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Amy Hamm: Galloway's career collapse was 'heartbreaking,' publisher testifies

Festival appearances were cancelled, books returned from stores practically overnight

A publisher and editor of Steven Galloway’s books testified at his defamation trial Tuesday, telling the court that the November 2015 rape accusations against the author derailed his writing career “almost overnight.”

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“We had to cancel festival engagements. Books were returned from the bookstores,” Louise Dennys told B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. “It was extraordinary and I had not seen that before.”

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Dennys testified from Toronto via videoconference. She is the founder of Knopf Canada, and the publisher emerita of Penguin Random House Canada. Dennys is described as a “hands-on” editor of several famous authors including Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie.

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