JK Rowling called ‘Britain’s nastiest novelist’ in New Statesman

Oh Mr Hilton. What are little boys like you made of? 'Slugs and snails and puppy dog's tails'. You silly boy. You'll feel better when you've grown up a bit. I hope.

Wonder what his opinion is of Stephen king? Or the American psycho author Brett something? Their novels are/ can be much more nasty imo.

This. What did he think would happen? I can't get worked up about his daft article, but the fact he can't defend it - doesn't even try - and instead deletes his account entirely is just so telling. If that's what you want to put out into the world - stand by it. Don't run away.

What's he having to deal with? A few hours of people criticising the piece and asking for proof of some of his wilder claims? That he can't, or won't, and has just fecked off has shown an astounding lack of credibility.

As ever - come for the queen and you best not miss...

Bram Stoker is a very bad person. He could have used his talent for good. But instead he targeted the Undead , the most marginalised group in history. 🦇 😭

Man who supports misogynistic movement with strict adherence to sex stereotypes is shocked when a woman does not behave according to her sex. And then runs away when people give him a little pushback. JKR never deactivated no matter how much criticism she got. What a pathetic little man.

Nick who?

Here's the Times account of the story.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/acb235a9-8060-47e3-802d-402113de89d3?shareToken=c2990929e034d8fdc7f5e46ea9d3345c

Ah, but what about the menz?

She's spending all her money on orphaned children and raped women. How DARE she!

Waaah! Mantrum alert!

So it's your basic insecure man driven to spiteful rage by a woman being successful and not doing as he approves? Having free will?

Loads of women think she's about the best person on earth - me included - I doubt she cares about this man or his mantrums. Which is probably why he's driven to such vitriol.

I would definitely buy that!

Interesting he went for JKR and not the many other female writers of murdering fiction. Anyway, it's a huge error on his part. Hopefully he learns from it.

Rowling is a BAD person.

You don’t see Stephen King opening rape centres for women. I never heard about Thomas Harris running a charity for orphans all over the world and paying for overheads out of his own pocket so all donations went straight to helping the cause. When did Bram Stoker ever fall off any Forbes billionaires lists because he’d given away so much money?

It’s disgusting! Why can’t she stick to nice boy wizards and hippogriffs and such?

I can't read McDermid or Shriver. Getting queasy in old age. And they are actually nasty people too , unlike Jo Rowling. Isn't the Statesman owned by some Russian oligarch? It's all getting nasty out there....

I read this article before it was famous 😁

Let me guess - writer bingo

He thinks writing children's novels is easy.
He has written a really shiiiiit fantasy novel about himself, the chosen one, with a big sword.

Not only that, but using swear words! He literally ran a search for how many times she used the word “cunt” in The Running Grave.

Does he genuinely think it’s beyond the pale for the woman who wrote Harry Potter to now write books with adult themes and language?

I just saw that El Bandito mentioned the Post office thing. Sorry!

Anyway, the whole thing has given me a lorra laughs, as Cilla might say. I'm guessing Hilton has never read any Val McDermid or Patricia Cornwell.

Apparently the "far right" tweet is one by Libs of TikTok.

Talented, prolific author goes from writing a beloved series of children’s books to penning grown-up stories about crime and blood and stuff. And all this while focusing on women’s rights in her spare time. Nasty woman. She really shouldn’t be allowed.

I am sick of the misogynistic, horrible, brainwashing, nasty bullshit that the media keeps churning out about JKR. These “journalists” really ought to acquire some critical thinking skills.

It's very funny. He appears to be a Harry Potter devotee who can't cope with the fact that Rowling has turned into a horrible Terf. She even "liked" a far-right tweet, apparently (no evidence of this is provided).

The same guy wrote a piece for the Independent saying he didn't think many viewers would make it past episode one of Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

I'll let you know when it's near completion @Boiledbeetle!

I was heartened to read an article recently by a writer about why he self-publishes or, as he prefers, independently publishes. I know the big publishing houses have taken a downturn recently and I'm hoping that publishing, as we now know it, is one of the industries that is in for a massive shake-up. There's a few of them, God knows they need it.

Can we pre-order?

I agree...

They published the Dawkins article too - although delayed publication in order to "balance" it out with the usual drivel.

The "balance" article was shockingly bad. Enjoy.

“What is a woman?” The formulation has the merit of suggesting that to be a woman, far from being obvious, is a question, and one susceptible to more than a single reply. This is encouraging at a time when the fight over the definition of what a woman is has taken on such virulence. Being a woman is at risk of becoming a protected category, as the binary man/woman hardens into place. This is happening even though it has always been a central goal of feminismm^ to repudiate the very idea of womanhood, as a form of coercive control that means the end of freedom.
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2023/07/the-gender-binary-debate-jacqueline-rose

Julie Bindel’s GoFundMe appeal in support of JKR is hilarious.

The idiot writer seems to believe only lovely subjects should be covered by female writers. He presumably thinks Lionel Shriver is a man. Poor love.

And yes regarding use of nasty. It's not a word you seen used about a man in this context.

I find this interesting. Stephen King was roundly called a hypocrite for applauding The Running Grave. Presumably because of twitter spats where he has tried to appease his following by stating TWAW.

He is also a writer who writes with a political angle and references current times. He was criticised by a large amount of his following about being anti-Bush pro-covid injection in his book Holly.

It seems that authors cannot win.

I find it is interesting that this is in the New Statesman though I would have thought they'd have more sympathy with writers like JKR basing their fiction on the current era.

Seems some can't help but woman bash, eh?