Ignored, erased, silenced: the cost of speaking up about abuse

The many losses surrounding Alice Munro, and her daughter's ongoing fight to be heard

Trigger Warning: this article discusses sexual abuse.

If you follow the news in the literary world you’ll already be aware of the shocking story about Canadian author Alice Munro which recently came to light. Munro is a revered Nobel Prize winning author and acknowledged master of the short story, who died in May 2024 aged 92. However, in the aftermath o…