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Christian publisher gives Joseph Conrad a makeover

In order to protect the public's delicate sensibilities, conservative Netherlands-based Christian publisher WordBridge Publishing has reprinted Joseph Conrad's The Nigger of the Narcissus as The N-word of the Narcissus. According to the publisher's website, the ... Read More »

January 5, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

The latest book-banning news: Catholic school board proposes a list of “acceptable” novels

By Stuart Woods

In the past year or so, a handful of parental complaints have resulted in books such as Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird being banned in several Toronto-area schools. ... Read More »

November 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Scholastic [U.S.] tries to censor kids’ book with same-sex couple characters [UPDATED]

By Nathan Whitlock

Publishers are often called upon to defend their books against people and organizations (parents, school boards, governments, self-appointed morality squads, etc.) who attempt to ban or suppress them. In the case of a new tween ... Read More »

October 29, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Orhan Pamuk and the IFOA audience revolt

By Nathan Whitlock

Orhan Pamuk seems to cause a bit of a stir wherever he goes. The Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist is perhaps best-known on these shores for his legal battles with the Turkish government over remarks he ... Read More »

October 23, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Salman Rushdie: still banned, still a ladies’ man

By Nathan Whitlock

Given that the Man Booker shortlist has just been announced, and talk of the Bookers often brings to mind author Salman Rushdie, it'd be interesting to know what he's up to these days. Well, there's ... Read More »

September 9, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: offensive books, William Golding, and Alice Munro country

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Where the Brooklyn Public Library hides the offensive books William Golding was not the lord of his own fly Travels in Alice Munro country How John Grisham helped free the Norfolk Four ... Read More »

August 19, 2009 | Filed under: Book news, Libraries

To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

By Nathan Whitlock

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

Bookmarks: new e-reader from Sony, Ignatieff’s a union man, censorship in Iraq, reading in Venezuela, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Sony to release two new e-readers Michael Ignatieff re-joins the Writers' Union Iraqi publishers worry about new censorship laws Venezuela's Revolutionary Reading Plan Arsenal Pulp re-designs and re-releases Hard Core Logo Even ... Read More »

August 5, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Three men sentenced for firebombing U.K. publisher

By Nathan Whitlock

From CBC.ca: A judge in Britain has sentenced three Muslim men to 4½ years in prison each for an arson attack on the home of a publisher of a novel about the child bride of ... Read More »

July 8, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

Former pharmaceutical executive ordered to write book

By Nathan Whitlock

Organizations like PEN and Amnesty International battle tirelessly to free writers who have been silenced, often through quasi-judicial means. But what happens when it goes the other way “ when someone is forced to write ... Read More »

June 10, 2009 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: censorship

Christian publisher gives Joseph Conrad a makeover

The latest book-banning news: Catholic school board proposes a list of “acceptable” novels

Scholastic [U.S.] tries to censor kids’ book with same-sex couple characters [UPDATED]

Orhan Pamuk and the IFOA audience revolt

Salman Rushdie: still banned, still a ladies’ man

Bookmarks: offensive books, William Golding, and Alice Munro country

To Kill a Mockingbird yanked at Brampton high school

Bookmarks: new e-reader from Sony, Ignatieff’s a union man, censorship in Iraq, reading in Venezuela, and more

Three men sentenced for firebombing U.K. publisher

Former pharmaceutical executive ordered to write book

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