Families clear homes of David Walliams books after sexual offence allegations
Summary
Families and booksellers are removing David Walliams’s children’s books after allegations that he pursued young women and girls for sex, including girls as young as 15. Walliams denies the allegations; major retailers have pulled or begun returning his books, while most library services plan to keep them under existing collection policies.Key Facts
- Sarah, a mother in west London, plans to remove Walliams’s books from her home and replace them with books by other authors.
- HarperCollins stopped publishing new Walliams books in December 2025 and dropped his backlist in September 2026.
- Several independent children’s bookshops had stopped stocking Walliams’s books before the allegations became public, citing concerns about their content or writing.
- The Works removed all Walliams titles from sale, and TG Jones said it no longer sold them in stores or online.
- Waterstones said it was discussing returns with HarperCollins for the small number of copies still in some shops.
- Retailers sold 7,497 Walliams books in the four weeks covered by the latest figures, compared with 102,000 in the same period a year earlier, when he had a new book out.
- Walliams’s books have sold nearly 108,000 copies so far in 2026, generating more than £702,000 in sales.
- Most library services plan to keep his books in their collections until they are withdrawn through normal stock policies.
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