Two days after one of its star authors, Ronan Farrow, broke ties with Hachette Book Group over their decision to publish his estranged father Woody Allen’s memoir, employees at Little, Brown and Company have reportedly walked out in protest. (Little, Brown is an imprint of Hachette, where Farrow’s book was published.)

The walkout reportedly extended to employees in Boston as well:

Deadline reported that the walkout happened after Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch attempted to hold a town hall to explain Grand Central’s decision to publish the memoir, but could not get the support of senior staff. Page Six added that staff also went to human resources to complain.

In an e-mail statement, Pietsch told Vanity Fair, “We respect and understand the perspective of our employees who have decided to express their concern over the publication of this book. We will engage our staff in a fuller discussion about this at the earliest opportunity.”

Grand Central Publishing, another division of Hachette, announced Monday that it would publish Allen’s memoir Apropos of Nothing on April 7; the filmmaker had reportedly been shopping the memoir around last year, with no takers. When the news broke, Farrow’s sister Dylan, who has accused Allen of molesting her when she was a child, called Hachette’s decision “deeply upsetting to me personally and an utter betrayal of my brother, whose brave reporting, capitalized on by Hachette, gave voice to numerous survivors of sexual assault by powerful men.” Allen has vehemently denied Dylan’s accusations and was not criminally charged after a police investigation, while a protracted legal battle with Dylan and Ronan’s mother, Mia Farrow, was playing out in the ’90s.