July 2010
18 posts
Noted: The trials of the modern Marilynne... →
The latter organisation successfully applied to have the book banned in the UK. I have not read the book in question (The Mother Country) and, thus, …
5 Things To Do: Kids Day at the Market, Banned... →
It’s a night of doubles when The Banned Book Club meets at the Tempest Lounge to discuss The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger AND Of Mice and Men by John …
Probably no property bubble here yet, says MM Lee →
The Temasek Review
Is the book on sale now? Where… CCB: “… has completed the … Find out where to buy the banned book Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock….
Is the silly season ever over? →
In Ulysses, by the way, there are a few blasphemies too so that’s another reason to place James Joyce on the banned book list. …
Readers' picks on nation's novel include a... →
‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ often is cited on lists of books banned because of the racial epithet used to identify Jim, Aunt Polly’s slave. …
Perdue signs suspects' DNA testing into law →
“Jesus is not an illegal word, the Bible is not a banned book and evangelistic speech is not a crime,” said the letter, signed by Chaplain Gordon James …
Of books, court cases and fatwas →
The book is banned in India, but is freely available in the pirated form … The other famous banned book in India is Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. …
The Savage Nation Versus The Dying Nation →
Savage’s book Banned in Britain outlines the first ban. I suggest you purchase it online. Go to http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/ to see if it’s still …
Savage Still Banned In Britain →
The Right Perspective
The list of banned people includes several known terrorists, including Hamas leader Yunis Al-Astal. In his book Banned in Britain, Savage publishes …
'To Kill A Mockingbird' Anniversary: Anna... →
This book is filled with the use of the word nigger. I mean, it is in here over and over again, and somehow, it stays off the banned book list. …
Breaking News: Death penalty book banned by MDA →
The Online Citizen
Kino has also confirmed that the book is now “banned” by the MDA. No reason was given to the bookstore for the ban but Kino expects to receive “written” …
Watch author of 'How Evil Works' on... →
“This guy’s books are powerful. It’s now clear why the Left is trying to get his books banned, why they hate his works; he’s keenly effective, and right! …
Put series of books banned in Turkey back on... →
A French author’s erotic novel and two other books that risk being banned in Turkey as obscene have literary merit and should be allowed to stay on the …
"You can't break the law to enforce the... →
There are two books banned in Ontario: one is Hitler’s Mein Kampf. The other is “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The contrasts between these books …
We Love Arts: Dana Ellyn, BANNED →
I distinctly remember being very frightened as a child by the idea of books being banned – or worse, burned. The clandestine copy of Forever passed around …
Book about North Korean wins UK non-fiction award →
“In the totalitarian regime where they lived, all radio and television broadcasts are government sponsored; ‘Gone With the Wind’ is a dangerous, banned book …
Peter Lennon's 1968 documentary about the... →
Irish Central
Each of them (and many others) had their books banned for decades by censorship laws that the writer Robert Graves called “the fiercest literary censorship …
Book review: Quite Footsteps →
It was no surprise, therefore, that he fell foul of the powers of the day: books banned, detained. He left the country, became part and parcel of the ANC’s …
June 2010
22 posts
One Week With John Gulliver - Illtyd Harrington... →
Camden New Journal newspapers website
His books were devoured by millions of ordinary Russians. Even after falling out with the state, with his books banned and years spent…
Nepal bans school book after outcry →
The now banned book, meant to be taught in class 8, also carried an illustration of Prophet Muhammad looking like a woman. …
Tom Shields on … the brave new world of education →
Another parent:Is there any progress with the list of books banned from the school library. There are still subversive works by Aldous Huxley on the shelves …
Prophet sketch row in Nepal; book banned →
The now banned book, meant to be taught in class 8, also carried an illustration of Prophet Mohammed looking like a woman. …
Nepal bans school book after Muslim outcry →
This is the first time in Nepal, which has enjoyed religious harmony despite being a Hindu kingdom till 2006, that the government has banned a book after …
Europeans Outmuscle Americans in the Booths at Art... →
ARTINFO
… Sperone Westwater’s success continued, as it sold Beijing-based painter Liu Ye’s 2010 Banned Book 3 for $200000 and Evan Penny’s 2010 Michael (variation …
Book Review: 'Telling Times: Writing and... →
Much of her work was censored, and some books were banned outright. Throughout, she remained in South Africa, her choice the one Anna Akhmatova made in …
5 Things To Do: The Bad Boys of McNeil Island,... →
Banned Book Club - a book club reading books that have been banned or challenged - will discuss The Color Purple by Alice Walker over cocktails at 7 pm …
Daily TWiP - The Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a... →
Centuries before the US government was debating which books should be included in school … In other cases, an author’s complete works were banned. …
13/06 Tales From The Tabs →
Also in The Star, the author of a banned book on England striker Wayne Rooney has spoken out in defence of his work. Rooney’s Gold, written by BBC …
Kanawha Library joins 'Bloomsday'... →
It was Random House in 1932 that arranged to have a copy of the banned book seized by US customs in order to challenge the import ban. …
A Publishing Tradition: Apple Censors Joyce's... →
BNET
In the ultimate irony, it threatened to ban and is now censoring a graphic novella of Ulysses – the same classic James Joyce book banned in America nearly a …
Ulysses Seen iPad webcomic gets Apple approval... →
A comic book adaptation of James Joyce’s notoriously challenging epic Ulysses is … of Vice helped get the book banned in the US for more than 10 years. …
Ulysses Seen iPad webcomic gets Apple approval... →
By Nick Spence, Macworld.co.uk A comic book adaptation of James Joyce’s notoriously … of Vice helped get the book banned in the US for more than 10 years. …
MTV Movie Awards Uncensored? Great Moments In... →
It continues to be a frequently banned book in high schools for a variety of reasons, the F-bomb included. Really though, what better way to get a young kid …
Author fights to publish Sonia Gandhi book →
Radio Netherlands
… “taking lines out of context and manipulating the text” as part of a campaign by India’s elite to have the book banned and protect her from scrutiny. …
WAYNE ROONEY ATTACK FURY →
His people wanted to get the book banned but they failed. “This book was due to be published years ago but the publishers got cold feet because they feared …
Prisoner sues over restricted access to book →
… “Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions” is a banned book. … Sera’s attorney, John Wesley Hall Jr., says the book is harmless because it …
Attorney: 'Tintin ban is book burning' →
Digital Spy
That’s not where we are in Belgium.” Mondondo has lead a three-year effort to see the book banned for its portrayal of Congolese natives.
Sonia book author alleges Cong threat →
India Today
Moro vowed to fight if the Congress tried to get the book banned in India. “If they have their way, it will be a sad day for Indian democracy which, …
Tintin racism allegations rejected by lawyer →
To ban books is to burn them. “Since the freedom of the press law of 1831 there are very few books banned in Belgium.” To date, the Adventures of Tintin has …
A book banned by China in Tibet reprinted in exile →
Dharamshala: ‘Nam-Sa Go-Ched’, a book which the Chinese government has banned in Tibet, was reprinted and released jointly by Dhomay Alliance for Freedom …
May 2010
24 posts
Tintin lawyers denounce book burning →
“Since the freedom of the press law of 1831 there are very few books banned in Belgium. “In Egypt an association wants to ban the ‘Arabian Nights’. …
Libraries are important to communities →
For many years now public libraries have participated in a banned book week where all the books that are banned are put on display where people can find …
Power, justice and truth →
Korea Times
The translators of the TRC’s banned book have studied more than 10 years in English-speaking countries such as the UK and US They are people with doctorate …
Bonfire Of The Inanities →
Of course, no book has been banned in the US for close to half a century. By some accounts, the last book banned in this country was the John Cleland novel …
The Brimstone: Limited Literature →
A banned book as defined by the American Library Association (ALA) is a book in which free access is not permitted. However, books aren’t necessarily banned …
5 Things To Do: Zeit-Bike, three book chats and a... →
The Banned Book Club will discuss the controversial novel Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence at 7 pm inside the Tempest Lounge.
Opposition to a Book Inspires More Art →
Adam Rapp, writer of “The Metal Children,” which originated with his experience with a banned book. Billy Crudup, left, and David Greenspan in “The Metal …
Azerbaijan's falsifications banned at Tehran... →
The representatives of Azerbaijan’s pavilion at the 23rd Tehran International Book Fair were not allowed to display books which included false information … See all stories on this topic
The Inquisition and Index: Vatican records shed... →
The Catholic Spirit
Also, it was fairly easy to get permission to read a banned book, they wrote, and forbidden books were in wide circulation. …
A Belarusian Writer Exposes Minsk's Dark... →
Prominent Belarusian literary critic Alyaksandr Fyaduta, himself the author of a banned book on President Alyaksandr Lukashenka, describes Martinovich as a …