Indigo to remove portraits of Alice Munro from stores; keep books on shelves
By The Canadian Press on July 16, 2024.
TORONTO – Canada’s biggest bookseller will remove images of Alice Munro from its stores, but a spokeswoman for Indigo says the store will keep her books on the shelves. A spokeswoman for the company says Indigo supports Munro’s daughter Andrea Skinner, who last week published an essay revealing that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather, and her mother did not act. Madison Downey says in an email that Munro’s books don’t violate the store’s content policy and will continue to be sold. But she says there are images of Munro in some stores, and they “have determined that it is appropriate … to remove these.” Individuals and institutions alike have been grappling with Munro’s legacy in the last week. Western University is pausing its Alice Munro Chair in Creativity program and some professors have said they’ll now include Skinner’s essay in their approach to teaching the Nobel laureate’s work. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 16, 2024. 8-7
