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Freedom to Read Week event round-up

Much of the debate preceding this year's national Freedom to Read Week (Feb. 20-26) has focused on Alabama publisher NewSouth Books' edited version of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. No doubt this sensitive ... Read More »

February 22, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Libraries

Pentagon celebrates Banned Books Week by destroying spy memoir

By Stuart Woods

Just in time for Banned Books Week comes news that the Pentagon has overseen the destruction of a book deemed to contain classified information about the war in Afghanistan. Earlier this month, The Washington Post ... Read More »

September 27, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Barrick Gold blocks mining book from B.C. small press

By Stuart Woods

Talonbooks has postponed a controversial book about the Canadian mining industry after being threatened with legal action by Barrick Gold, the Toronto-based mining giant. Speaking yesterday on CBC Radio's Q, Talonbooks publisher Karl Siegler told ... Read More »

May 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

By Steven W. Beattie

Egypt is not the only place where authors run afoul of censorship. It also happens with distressing regularity in the so-called Land of the Free to Canada's south. In the latest instance, the New Jersey ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Egyptian author could face jail term for novel accused of “insulting Christianity”

By Steven W. Beattie

Last year, Egyptian author Youssef Ziedan won the Man Booker prize foundation's $60,000 International Arabic Fiction Prize for his novel Azazeel. This year, that same novel could land the author up to five years in ... Read More »

May 10, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Controversial children’s novel allowed to remain in Toronto schools

By Stuart Woods

Three weeks after a parent complaint prompted pro-Israeli groups and at least one school trustee to call for the banning of children's novel The Shepherd's Granddaughter, it seems that calmer minds have prevailed, with the ... Read More »

April 8, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter censorship controversy heats up

By Stuart Woods

The war of words surrounding children's book The Shepherd's Granddaughter (Groundwood Books) has escalated, with a Toronto District School Board trustee calling on the country's largest school board to ban the book and to suspend ... Read More »

April 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, on the blacklist?

By Laura Godfrey

If you thought dictionaries were offensive to children, you should also be wary of Bill Martin, Jr.'s beloved picture book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? According to the Dallas Morning News, Texas' ... Read More »

January 26, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

No “oral sex” in California school dictionaries

By Steven W. Beattie

The Guardian is reporting that the 10th edition of The Mirriam-Webster Dictionary has been yanked from classrooms in the Menifee Union district of California after a parent complained about a "sexually graphic" definition for the ... Read More »

January 25, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

Vancouver librarians told to cover up non-Olympic logos

By Scott MacDonald

According to CTV, librarians in Vancouver have been warned by city officials to use only approved Olympic sponsors in any Games-themed events they host next month, and to conceal the logos of any non-Olympic companies ... Read More »

January 13, 2010 | Filed under: Book news, Events

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Search Results by tag: censorship

Freedom to Read Week event round-up

Pentagon celebrates Banned Books Week by destroying spy memoir

Barrick Gold blocks mining book from B.C. small press

Free speech advocates defend anthology about teen homosexuality

Egyptian author could face jail term for novel accused of “insulting Christianity”

Controversial children’s novel allowed to remain in Toronto schools

The Shepherd’s Granddaughter censorship controversy heats up

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, on the blacklist?

No “oral sex” in California school dictionaries

Vancouver librarians told to cover up non-Olympic logos

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