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Writers Should Comply With Schools Vetting, Says Children's LaureatePosted at 9:27PM Thursday 16 Jul 2009 New children's laureate Anthony Browne has attempted to calm the storm that has blown up among children's authors over a new scheme requiring them to be vetted before visiting schools.Philip Pullman described the vetting scheme as "outrageous, demeaning and insulting" to the Guardian on Friday and said he wouldn't be appearing in schools again because of it. Browne, however, has taken a more sanguine approach to news of the scheme. "I feel that as writers we shouldn't necessarily be granted an exemption," he said. "If all people who work with children have to be vetted by the police then we shouldn't be an exception."
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