Woody Allen memoir will be published next month via Hachette
According to The New York Times, four major publishing houses rejected Woody Allen's memoir, Apropos of Nothing, as a result of the allegations against him from his estranged daughter Dylan Farrow, who claimed Allen molested her as a child. Allen as denied these claims, and was not charged following a legal battle in the Nineties.
Despite the controversy however, Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, has now been announced as the home to Allen's memoir, released April 7. The book will be released in hardcover print, e-book and audio editions.
Deadline bills the book as "a comprehensive account of his life, both personal and professional, and describes his work in films, theater, television, nightclubs, and print. Allen also writes of his relationships with family, friends, and the loves of his life."
Hachette has announced Apropos of Nothing will be released this spring in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, followed by a rollout in other countries around the world. A UK and United States release has not been specified.
Last night, Dylan Farrow released a statement on Twitter expressing her dismay at the publication, calling the memoir "deeply upsetting and an utter betrayal of my brother whose brave reporting, capitalized on by Hachette, gave voice to numerous survivors of sexual assault by powerful men."
Another wing of Hachette Book Group, Little, Brown and Company, published Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators, last year.
"For the record I was never contacted by any fact checkers to verify the information in this 'memoir', demonstrating an egregious abdication of Hachette's most basic responsibility...Hachette's complicity in this should be called out for what it is and they should have to answer for it," Dylan continued in her Twitter statement. Hachette is yet to comment.
Allen is still seeking a United States release for his film A Rainy Day in New York, starring Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning, who have formally distanced themselves from the project. Chalamet donated the salary he received from the film to victims of sexual abuse. Amazon shelved the film, which led to Allen hitting the studio with a $68million law suit, claiming breach of contract. Amazon and Allen have since settled the dispute out of court.
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