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Agatha Christie Books Get Woke Makeover, Join Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

Books by the acclaimed mystery author have been edited, ostensibly to comport with modern sensibilities.

Reason

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

‘I’m an enormously talented man’: The life of born show-off Noel Coward

As a major new biography about Noel Coward is published half a century on from his death, Martin Chilton looks back on the life of the trailblazing playwright with ‘a talent to amuse’

The Independent UK

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Agatha Christie novels being rewritten due to 'modern sensitivities'

Poirot, Miss Marple and other characters no longer used the N-word, the term ‘Oriental’ or 'native' in the Queen of Crime's mysteries

Wales Online

Agatha Christie novels reworked to remove potentially offensive language

Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have passages edited by sensitivity readers for latest HarperCollins editions

The Guardian - UK

Agatha Christie books, including Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries, to be rewritten for modern sensitivities

The n-word and the term ‘Oriental’ are among the language being removed from new editions

The Independent UK

‘I’m an enormously talented man’: The life of born show-off Noel Coward, 50 years on

As a major new biography about Noel Coward is published half a century on from his death, Martin Chilton looks back on the life of the trailblazing playwright with ‘a talent to amuse’

The Independent UK

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Censorship or evolution? 'Sensitivity readers' divide publishing world

Washington (AFP) - It's a profession which is increasingly under the spotlight as the culture wars rumble on: "sensitivity readers" -- editors who identify insensitivities or stereotypes in manuscripts -- are becoming a lightning rod for the publishing industry.

AFP

The disabled villain: why sensitivity reading can’t kill off this ugly trope

The long read: For centuries, fictional narratives have used outer difference to telegraph inner monstrosity. As someone who uses a wheelchair, I’ve learned you can’t just edit out a few slurs or bad words to fix this – it’s often baked deep into the story

The Guardian - UK

Don't blame sensitivity readers

From Roald Dahl to Ian Fleming, books are being changed — but the ones being blamed for it have the least power

Salon

Publishers are cynically using ‘sensitivity readers’ to protect their bottom lines

As books become intellectual property assets, publishers become asset managers trying to future-proof their toxic investments

The Guardian - US

Goosebumps author sets record straight on historic edits

People accused of RL Stine of censoring some of his Goosebumps books. However, the author had nothing to do with the edits made back in 2018.

The New Daily

New editions of Ian Fleming's James Bond books to be published with changes 70 years on from first release

Ian Fleming's family says new editions of the James Bond books feature "very small" changes inspired by a 1955 US edition of Live and Let Die which the author preferred.

ABC News

Ian Fleming’s estate backs controversial James Bond edits: ‘It is something he would have wanted’

Author previously approved similar edits for the US publication of ‘Live and Let Die’

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Censoring Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming has nothing to do with ‘sensitivity’

Fleming and Dahl’s books are at the centre of a furore over censorship and outdated language. ‘Cancel-proofing’ makes sense from a cynical business perspective, writes Louis Chilton – but it lets everybody off the hook far too easily

Daily Mirror

Lizzie Cundy hits out at 'censoring' of books with throwback Bond Girl snap

Lizzie Cundy hits back at 'censoring' of James Bond books as she uploads an image of herself to Instagram as a Bond Girl

The Independent UK

Censoring Ian Fleming and Roald Dahl is an act of greed, not sensitivity

The Guardian - UK

James Bond novels to be reissued with racial references removed

The changes to the spy novels include the removal of the N-word and omitting references to the ethnicity of minor characters

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The New Daily

First Roald Dahl, now Ian Fleming’s James Bond books are changed by publishers

Ian Fleming's James Bond novel series is being adjusted for political correctness ahead of its 70th anniversary re-release.

The Independent UK

‘Sweet tang of rape’: Offensive language that has – and hasn’t – been cut from Ian Fleming’s James Bond books

An overview of what’s made the cut in the sensitivity reader-approved editions

Daily Mirror

James Bond books to be rewritten to remove offensive references after Roald Dahl row

James Bond novels are set to be reissued this year after a team of sensitivity experts deemed some of author Ian Fleming's language 'offensive'

The Independent UK

James Bond books rewritten to remove ‘offensive’ references

It comes days after a row over the editing of Roald Dahl’s books

Wales Online

James Bond books edited to remove racist terms

The novels were amended by 'sensitivity readers', with a publishing disclaimer saying that 'commonplace' terms used in the regional versions 'might be considered offensive by modern readers'

Salon

The burden of being named James Bond

Filmmaker Matthew Bauer says sharing the name of the famous spy comes with "this idea of a certain masculinity"

Chicago Sun-Times

Idris Elba on taking over James Bond role: ‘I’m not going to be that guy’

Elba, 50, is known for a variety of television and film roles, ranging from Stringer Bell on the American television series “The Wire” and the recent movie “Beast.”

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