Walliams hit by book ban
DAVID Walliams is facing a backlash for compering the ball with his popular children’s books being removed from some shops.
Walliams, 46, said he was “appalled” by what went on, but The Bookseller trade magazine said his response had “not been enough to allay the frustrations of some independent bookshops”.
Eleanor Lowenthal from Pages of Hackney, in East London, told the magazine: “I have already taken the books off the shelves. For me his response doesn’t cut it.” Natasha Radford, of the Chicken and Frog Bookshop in Brentwood, Essex, said: “His decision to take part in that event is unacceptable.”