The Frontline

The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht now on display at the Dear Library exhibition

We have received a letter from Amina Shah, the National Librarian of Scotland today (December 4) in respect of her recent BBC interview.

In October, Ms Shah told the BBC podcast Front Row that her initial decision to exclude The Women Who Wouldn’t Wheesht from the National LIbrary’s centenary exhibit was because it “detailed violence, aggression and anger online or in real life,” which did not fit with the remit of exhibition.

She also said she feared that the highly-charged and polarised debate around the issue of gender meant there was a risk of violence to both the authors and staff at the library who had raised concerns. Read the BBC report here.

As co-editors, we have acknowledged her letter and shared it with the 32 women who contributed to the anthology.