Malorie Blackman leads books world's protests against US travel ban
The former children’s laureate has turned down all invitations from the US, while Comma Press says in 2018 it will translate only authors from banned nations
Former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and The Humans author Matt Haig have vowed not to return to the US while a travel ban signed by president Donald Trump remains in place. The news came as Manchester-based Comma Press announced that during 2018 it would only translate books by authors from the seven countries named in the executive order.
Blackman led authors’ furious response to the travel ban with a tweet on Saturday night. “Thank you to all those who have invited me to various US lit fests/events, but I won’t be visiting the US any time soon,” she wrote.
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