North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox has hit out at JK Rowling being omitted from a list of writers to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
The BBC Arts and The Reading Agency has selected works from Bernardine Evaristo, Margaret Atwood, John le Carré, Marlon James, Seamus Heaney, Hilary Mantel and Andrea Levy for The Big Jubilee Read. But JK Rowling, author of the hugely popular Harry Potter book series, hasn't made the cut.
Suzy Klein, Head of Arts and Classical Music TV at the BBC, said: “Nineteen years on from the Big Read, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee feels like the perfect opportunity to foreground some of the greatest writing from across the Commonwealth in our Big Jubilee Read.” Dr Fox MP was quick to show his disapproval about no mention of the Harry Potter creator.
