The author Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from the Berlinale after the film festival’s chief juror said film-makers must stay out of politics. The festival got off to a shaky start on Thursday... Read more »
A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent Israeli police raid on a Palestinian-owned bookstore without mentioning... Read more »
Arundhati Roy quits Berlin film festival over ‘stay out of politics’ comment | Berlin film festival