Anthony Horowitz: Children’s publishers are most afraid of cancel culture - Times

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Anthony Horowitz: Children’s publishers are most afraid of cancel culture

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e756d744-dd93-11ec-bcbd-e35b52e0266c?shareToken=52f03cb7b87a27ca6f18a0f2dbca6ac6

Any book recommendations of his for older teens?

What are they into?

They are into good writers who don't subscribe to gender woo mostly 😂😂😂😂

I love Anthony Horowitz! I read his books as a child and he has some very enjoyable murder mysteries for adults. I think they'd be suitable for older teens if they're ok with a bit of Agatha Christie style murder in a plot.

All of Anthony Horowitz books are brilliant. The only ones I have struggled to read are his Bond and Sherlock books - buts that's because I find the original Bond and Sherlock books hard going.
I am really excited for the new Diamond Brothers book (and I am way older than the recommended 8-12 readerships). I am curious what he was told he couldn't put in the book. Will we ever know I wonder?

Oooh I'll look out for these!

@WandaWomblesaurus I forgot where I'd seen your post, sorry
I'ma bit out of date as to what the kids are reading nowadays. But maybe a safe bet are authors that died before this nonsense started. If they're into magic/fantasy/sci-fi, I used to love Diane Wynne Jones. Robert Westall wrote some excellent books, Inc a some with in a ww2 setting, the Machine Gunners is a bona fide classic. Then there's Alan Garner's books for kids, still alive but safely published many years ago.

I like his adult fiction but my fourteen year old likes the Alex Rider books. There's a TV series based on them too which is brilliant

I read the House of Silk before I gave it to DS. Dark subject matter - carefully written - of the sexual abuse of Victorian boys from poor backgrounds by toffs. (Sherlock series.)

Horowitz gets it about power imbalances and child abuse, and maybe he's starting to see how keen certain parties are to shut down that exposure, manipulating useful idiots along the way: publishers, politicians, lawyers, the police, NHS managers ...