Overview
- Pan Macmillan CEO Joanna Prior told the BBC she was "sorry for the hurt" caused to Kate Clanchy and "many others," calling the episode a "regrettable series of events."
- The apology was issued in response to a BBC Radio 4 series revisiting the dispute and reporting on internal Picador emails from the period.
- Clanchy’s 2021 controversy centered on accusations that her memoir used racist, classist and ableist descriptions of children, accusations she rejects.
- Emails reported by the BBC show Picador drafted a supportive release on August 4, 2021, then switched course with a public apology on August 9.
- Clanchy later ended her long relationship with Picador in 2022, and both she and some critics say they suffered serious online abuse during the fallout.