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Tories cancel cultural travel grants

From the Toronto Star: The federal government has scrapped a travel assistance program to promote Canadian culture abroad, suggesting it catered to fringe groups, the well-off and left-wingers. The decision yesterday to cancel the $4.7 ... Read More »

August 11, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Rushdie may put fatwa in the, er, crosshairs

By Nathan Whitlock

From the BBC News site: Sir Salman Rushdie says he may write a book about the fatwa imposed on him 20 years ago after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses. The author, who ... Read More »

July 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

By Scott MacDonald

A teacher in Indiana has been suspended without pay for 18 months for using The Freedom Writers Diary, a widely lauded collection of biographical stories written by inner-city teenagers, as part of her curriculum. For ... Read More »

July 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news, Opinion

Little Sister’s profiled

By Scott MacDonald

The Globe and Mail has posted an interesting interview with Jim Deva, one of the proprietors of Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium in Vancouver, in which he explains his reasons for wanting to sell ... Read More »

June 13, 2008 | Filed under: Bookselling

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

By Scott MacDonald

As we noted in Quillblog last week, British children's book publishers are gearing up to begin putting recommended age ranges on the covers of all their books. According to a new piece in The Daily ... Read More »

June 4, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

New ratings system for kids’ books?

By Scott MacDonald

A bit of controversy erupted at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts in Wales yesterday when the Children's Book Group of the Publishers' Association announced plans to pursue putting recommended age ranges on ... Read More »

May 30, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

By Scott MacDonald

Over the past week, the Toronto District School Board's decision to pull Barbara Coloroso's Extraordinary Evil from a Grade 11 course has continued to draw criticism from the literary community. Yesterday, Coloroso's publisher “ Penguin ... Read More »

May 23, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Suicide is painful

By Scott MacDonald

How-to books on the subject of suicide don't seem to be welcome in New Zealand. The Australian author and assisted-suicide advocate Philip Nitschke was detained by authorities in a New Zealand airport earlier this week, ... Read More »

February 1, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

By Stuart Woods

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk's life has been threatened “ not for the first time “ by "an ultra-nationalist gang," reports The Guardian. According to reports in the Turkish press, the author of international bestsellers including ... Read More »

January 29, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Burmese poet arrested for “hidden message”

By Nathan Whitlock

From The Guardian: A Burmese author known for his love poetry has been arrested after penning a Valentine's Day verse carrying a hidden message about the leader of the country's military junta, Senior General Than ... Read More »

January 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

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Search Results by tag: censorship

Tories cancel cultural travel grants

Rushdie may put fatwa in the, er, crosshairs

Teacher suspended over Freedom Writers

Little Sister’s profiled

Pullman leads U.K. children’s author revolt

New ratings system for kids’ books?

Coloroso’s publisher weighs in

Suicide is painful

The ongoing persecution of Orhan Pamuk

Burmese poet arrested for “hidden message”

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