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Tag Archives: censorship
Censorship Is A Dead End
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Book Week, censorship, Harry Potter, The Handmaid's Tale
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Harry Potter and The Handmaid’s Tale
The American Library Association recently released its annual list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books, included as part of its 2020 State of America’s Libraries report. This report offers an annual summary of library trends, statistics and issues affecting all … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, J.K. Rowling, John Oliver, Margaret Atwood, Raina Telgemeier
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Forbidden Reads
I bet you thought that Banned Books Week would slip by without a mention from me; no chance of that. This week, September 22 through 28 is once again set aside to recognize the threat of censorship to any society. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Writing
Tagged censorship, Rohinton Mistry, Salman Rushdie, Sherman Alexie, Thomas Keneally
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A Very Timely Reminder
The American Library Association recently released its annual Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books, included in the ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report 2019, an annual summary of library trends “that outlines statistics and issues affecting all types of libraries. Never … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged ALA, censorship, John Oliver
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Still Alarming
I first discovered the science fiction novels by Ray Bradbury when I was 10 or 11 years old. In retrospect I’m certain that many of the themes of his books went way over my head. But when I read Fahrenheit 451 I … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, novels, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Stand Up To Censorship
The annual Banned Books Week this year has a new theme: Banning books silences voices. But as always, BBW focuses on raising awareness about the constant threat of censorship.
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Tagged censorship, Reading
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Freedom to Read
During National Library Week, the American Library Association released its annual Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books . American libraries continue to face challenges—including the potential for censorship—to a variety of books, programs and periodicals. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom … Continue reading
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Tagged ALA, censorship, freedom to read, Intellectual Freedom
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Words Have Power
Libraries, booksellers, publishers, schools, writers’ groups, and other organizations in North America are gearing up to mark Banned Books Week 2017, which runs from September 24 to the 30th. Many bookshops and libraries have gotten a jump on the upcoming … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Freedom of Speech, Libraries, Museums, USA, Writing
Tagged Banned Books Week, Bookstores, censorship, Publishing
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Words Have Power
Each year, the American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom calculates the Top Ten Most Challenged Books. Here’s the just released list for 2016: This One Summer written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Jillian Tamaki This young adult graphic novel, … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the press
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the best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Eighty years ago this month, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was first published. Based on Steinbeck’s own experiences as a bindlestiff – an impoverished migratory worker – in California during the 1920s, Of Mice and Men tells the story of George Milton and … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, hobos, John Steinbeck
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