Michael DahlIn 2023, Puffin Books, the children's imprint of the British publisher Penguin Books, expurgated various works by Welsh author Roald Dahl, causing controversy.
During his lifetime, Dahl had urged his publishers not to "so much as change a single comma in one of [his] books". On 19 February 2023 Puffin Books announced it had hired sensitivity readers over the span of three years to assess Dahl's works, rereleasing his work with multiple changes regarding Dahl's depiction of race, sex and character. A report from British newspaper The Telegraph determined that Puffin Books altered hundreds of passages in Dahl's work, including in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox and The Witches. Facing backlash from readers and authors, on 23 February Puffin Books announced that Dahl's original publications would be released alongside the expurgated versions as "The Roald Dahl Classic Collection", but did not retract the revisions.
