Majority of children's authors against age guidance
Lindesay Irvine writing on Friday July 11, 2008 in The Guardian.

A new survey has revealed the depth of opposition to plans for branding children's books with age guidance, just as the first titles indicating suitable ages are beginning to hit the shelves.
With 95% of reprints and new titles due to carry the logos from this autumn, the Society of Authors (SoA) has published the results from a poll showing 77% of its members are against the plan.
With more than half of the SoA's 800-strong Children's Writers and Illustrators Group having cast a vote, just 8% were in favour of graphics on back covers indicating suitable ages of 5+, 7+, 9+, 11+ and 13+/Teen. The result is particularly striking because of publishers' insistence that, with the exception of one book printed in error, all the authors affected have agreed.
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