NPR: Hachette Drops Allen Book After Workers Walkout & Farrow Objects

NPR reports that at the end of last week Hachette Book Group announced it would no longer be publishing Woody Allen's memoir following a protest by the publishers employees that ended with a walkout after senior leadership failed to take concerns about the company's relationship with Allen seriously.

Ronan Farrow, who published Catch & Kill with an HBG imprint, had previously announced that he may not be able to continue to work with HBG after they announced they would publish Allen's book.

Publishers Weekly: Hatchet Book Group employees walk out to protest publishers' Woody Allen deal

Employees at Little, Brown led a walkout that included other Hatchet Brown Group imprint employees including Basic, Hatchette Books, Forever, and Orbit three days after Grand Central Publishing-another HBG imprint- announced it would publish a forthcoming book by Woody Allen, Publishers Weekly reports.

The workers announced that they were taking a stand in solidarity with Ronan Farrow, Dylan Farrow, and survivors of sexual assault after senior leadership at Hatchette refused to side with workers filing a complaint with human resources this afternoon. Dylan Farrow is Allen's adoptive daughter and has accused the director of sexually assaulting her when she was seven. Her brother Ronan, an author with Little, Brown where he published his expose on Harvey Weinstein, has stood by and defended his sister over the years.