JK Rowling apologises for explicit ‘TERF’ response to child’s illustration

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JK Rowling has addressed a tweet she sent in which she pasted a string of text about the assault of Maria Maclaughlin.

The Harry Potter author has been sharing artwork from kids for her upcoming children’s book Ickabog, over the last few days.

Taking to Twitter on Friday (29 May), the 54-year-old quote-tweeted a picture a nine-year-old drew of the character – sent in by their mum.

However, when responding to the photo, she appeared to add a sentence from a message about transgender activist Tara Wolf, who assaulted Maria in 2018.

The text she pasted misgendered Tara, referring to her as ‘he’ – and was taken down shortly after.

‘I love this truly fabulous Ickabog, with its bat ears, mismatched eyes and terrifying bloodstained teeth!’ it read.