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I've just read the story on the BBC. Shifty afThis is the story that keeps on giving, at least from the Mail's pov. Lead story in today's paper. Including:
Translation - I am deeply regretful I've been found out!
They're particularly into wild grasses and nettles - great for insect life.Did anyone else read that article, where she says they’d been ‘hard at work’ rewilding the place, and think, “right, so they haven’t done any gardening then”?
Well worth doing and extremely easy! We've chucked a few of these around and they're fabulous!They're particularly into wild grasses and nettles - great for insect life.
I think someone may have done, had to have done, but day-to-day junior staff would keep quiet once the production process was rolling. It was at the acquisition point where the hard questions – does this really sound right? – should have been asked, by more senior people. Agent included. (Whose website raves about Winn. Even now, today.)Why didn’t anyone else (agent! editor!) pick this up, too?
I think in non-PR speak this is saying "There's a bit of a Raynor kerfuffle right now, but it should completely blow over if we back up a year."LATEST – from today's The Bookseller
"Penguin Michael Joseph delays publication
of Raynor Winn's next book"
The Bookseller said: "Penguin Michael Joseph (PMJ) will delay the publication of The Salt Path author Raynor Winn’s next book, On Winter Hill, following an investigation in the Observer over the weekend that suggested her debut memoir was not entirely true.
"A statement from the publisher read: "Given recent events, in particular intrusive conjecture around Moth’s health condition which has caused considerable distress to Raynor Winn and her family, it is our priority to support the author at this time. With this in mind, Penguin Michael Joseph, together with the author, have made the decision to delay the publication of On Winter Hill from this October. We will announce a new publication date in due course." "