ROWLING VOWS TO HAVE HER SAY ON 'PERSECUTED' FOE'S MEMOIR

JK ROWLING is set to publish her own review of Nicola Sturgeon's political memoir after the ex-SNP leader claimed the author had helped create a "toxic" climate around Scotland's gender reform debate.

- BY CHRIS MCCALL

The Harry Potter writer has been scathing of the gender policies pursued by the former first minister and her supporters.

In an interview with the BBC, Sturgeon said Rowling helped trigger a wave of "vile" abuse which left her fearing for her safety.

The MSP said the author's decision to wear a T-shirt branding her a "destroyer of women's rights" marked the point at which "rational debate" on the issue became "impossible" and "any hope of finding common ground disappeared".

Rowling shared a selfie on Twitter in October 2022 in solidarity with a For Women Scotland protest outside Holyrood against the Scottish Government's planned Gender Recognition Reform (GRR) Bill.