“It’s just been too quiet,” former HarperCollins ceo Jane Friedman said at a party at her house last night to help launch the Free Speech Leadership Council–which she is chairing–of the National Coalition Against Censorship. “I don’t like being quiet,” Friedman added. “How can you be a publisher and not care about this? Friedman was introduced to the group by Chip Gibson at Random House, and others from book publishing becoming involved include Vicky Wilson, Binky Urban, Peter Workman, Larry Kirshbaum. The event also launched BURN THIS BOOK, an anthology prepared in conjunction with the PEN American Center just published […]
