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To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

Here we go again. From the Toronto Star: The classic literary novel To Kill a Mockingbird is being pulled from the Grade 10 English course at a Brampton high school after a parent complained about ... Read More »

August 12, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Kids’ books with the added value of gaming

By Scott MacDonald

According to a report by the BBC, Oxford University Press has created a new series of picture books “ branded Project X “ that attempt to appeal to young boys by mimicking the look of ... Read More »

January 7, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Banned books

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, and their website features lists of frequently challenged books covering various eras on their website. Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale is 37th on the ALA's list of the ... Read More »

September 30, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

Hope for school libraries (in Ontario, anyway)

By Leigh Anne Williams

Heather Reisman can take a bow today. The Indigo CEO appears to have shamed Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty into promising a major funding boost for the province's cash-starved school library system. As The Globe and ... Read More »

September 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

More discouraging words for would-be writers

By Scott MacDonald

Sam Sacks of the New York Press takes a stab at that educational institution we all love to hate: the graduate-level writing workshop. The importance of workshops in contemporary American literature can be seen both ... Read More »

December 7, 2005 | Filed under: Industry news

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