Clementine Ford pulls writing grant application after COVID-19 tweet

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The City of Melbourne will not be issuing controversial bestselling author Clementine Ford a $2800 writing grant after she tweeted that COVID-19 wasn't killing men fast enough.

Clementine Ford.The Age

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp tweeted on Friday night that the author of Fight Like a Girl had decided not to proceed with her application for the grant from the City of Melbourne.