Quentin Blake

...children's authors boycott school visits in row over 'paedophile' checks Philip Pullman and Quentin Blake abandon school visits over plans for paedophile checks Last updated at 10:36 PM on 16th July 2009 Leading children's authors...

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...about their books. Some of the top names in children's publishing - including Philip Pullman, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake - have pledged to stop giving readings at schools in protest at the new regulations, which...

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...they pose a danger to children. Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake all told The Independent that they object to having their names on the database - which is intended to protect children from...

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...nothing but contempt." Mr Pullman is not alone in his refusal. Other authors who object to being vetted include Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake. According to former Children's Laureate Mrs Fine: "The whole...

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...the powers-that-be to change things." The manifesto by ACA, whose other patrons include Philip Pullman, Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Quentin Blake and Sir Alan Ayckbourn, states that: • Creativity, play and the arts should be put "at...

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...visiting schools in protest. Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake all said they would refuse to have their names on the database, which carries a GBP64 registration fee. However, the chief executive...

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...way and forces authors to register on a national child safety database. As Philip Pullman, Quentin Blake and other writers are saying, this is an insult and an absurdity. And if I can add my twopennorth, let's face facts. Kids are most at...

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...Jul 2009 Pullman, Anthony Horowitz, who wrote the Alex Rider series, plus three former holders of the Children's Laureateship - Quentin Blake, Michael Morpurgo, and Anne Fine - are all objecting to their names being put on a new database...

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...trying to help education It's very easy to write him off as some prima donna who thinks writers are superior beings, but Pullman was a teacher himself and has been outspoken about civil liberties in the past. What he is objecting to is...

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