February 2010
29 posts
Best-sellers banned in Texas prisons →
Novelist John Grisham has had four blockbuster books banned since 2005, and books by Harold Robbins, James Patterson, Pat Conroy, Pablo Neruda and others …
January 2010
46 posts
No porn, no gore, no sensitive politics: Censored... →
GlobalPost
If a film is banned we can still find it. If bookstores don’t carry a banned book, we can easily read it online. It’s no problem. …
'Catcher in the Rye' Author Leaves Behind... →
NewsHour
JD Salinger, author of the popular book “Catcher in the Rye,” leaves behind a legacy … of Maryland Professor Herbert Foerstel’s book, Banned in the USA. …
JD Salinger dies →
Jewish Chronicle
Salinger’s seminal novel The Catcher in the Rye, published in 1951 was once the most banned book, and the most taught in America. …
JD Salinger Dies at 91 →
School Library Journal
According to Banned Books: Suppressed on Social Grounds (Facts on File,1998) by Dawn B. Sova it was the most frequently banned book between 1966 and…
German Mosques Raided Over Wife-Beating Manual →
His account is based on two articles, one from SWR.de and the other from Die Welt: In a nationwide raid, police impounded copies of a banned book which …
Book ban decision No. 1: SIS — Shanmuga K... →
The only other reported Malaysian case dealing with the seizure of a banned book is from the ’70s where the book “Lenin” was seized and impounded by a …
Lifting the SIS book ban →
The Nut Graph
Imagine this: 30 persons reading a copy of the banned book — this could be easily done if someone scanned it into PDF format and others downloaded and …
No evidence to show books banned in libraries →
I would welcome Mr Bennett expanding his arguments (“Books are too PC in libraries”, January 12). Exactly which books are banned by our city libraries? …
Oral Sex Definition Gets Dictionary Banned →
YourTango
Banned Book: My Two (Gay Penguin) Dads OK. Not to dash any idealism here, but it’s highly unlikely that any 10- or 11-year-old average American kid who’s in …
Dictionary banned from classrooms for defining... →
Daily Mail
Other books banned in the US schools last year included novels by Nobel prize winner Toni Morrison, Khaled Hosseini and Philip Pullman.
Steve MacKenzie: Bittersweet →
Of course that book has made dozens of banned book lists over the years. It’s no wonder Holden thinks adults are a bunch of phonies. Maybe he’s right. …
Author puzzled by Indonesian ban on his book about... →
The author of a book banned by the Indonesian Government says he doesn’t know why his work has been singled out. Canadian History Professor John Roosa is …
Dictionary Banned for “Oral Sex” →
Merriam Webster’s 10th edition joins an illustrious group of books banned from some American schools, including selected titles by Maya Angelou, …
Malaysian Court Ends Ban on Book →
“We were hoping, we were praying that this would mark a good day for all Malaysians,” said Professor Norani Othman, the editor of the banned book, …
Buying some of the bestselling books online in... →
What’s on Xiamen
For many of book fans, it may be hard to pick out the book they want since … slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book…
Counterculture Fetishization With Familiar Faces,... →
Indie Wire
… attempts to get the book banned, while the cool-headed defense attorney (Jon Hamm, … whose visual renderings of Ginsberg’s work appear in the book …
Too much too young →
They know very well that these books have been printed illegally and are … of the civil society and guardians to see that these books, banned as they are, …
Conroy's internet filtering plan 'may lead... →
Mr Nitschke’s online version of his banned book on painless suicide methods is available through his website, Exit International. …
5 Things To Do: Leonard Mynx, Banned Book Club,... →
The Banned Book Club discusses The Beet Fields by Gary Paulsen at 7 pm inside the Tempest Lounge. 4. Owen Miller, ND, presents the free lecture “Let Go of …
Motives of convicted ex-CIA agent still a mystery →
The Pulitzer-winning book also alleged that Adam received US$10000 from the CIA to … The Attorney General’s Office is looking at having the book banned.
Florida Keys book banning brings up issue of teen... →
Examiner.com
Parents at Sugarloaf School are attempting to have a book banned from the library for its depictions of teen sex, according to a report by the Key West …
Literary Calendar →
Banned Book Club reads banned or challenged books. This week’s discussion is of “The Beet Fields” by Gary Paulsen at 7 pm Tuesday at Tempest Lounge, …
How to Live by Sarah Bakewell →
The Guardian
He fared less well in the following century: his book, banned in France by a zealous church for whom doubt was now devilish, became a primary inspiration …
She's terrifyingly thin, he's boiling with... →
Daily Mail
Melodramatically titled Maddie: The Truth Of The Lie, the book had become a … a second (not banned) book expounding this theory, titled The English Gag. …
KATE MCCANN: IT'S HARD BEING TOLD I FAKED... →
But she said confronting ex-police chief Goncalo Amaral – who alleges in a banned book that the McCanns concocted a kidnap story to cover up their …
AWPA Condemns Book Bans In Indonesia →
The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) condemns the banning of books by the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office (AGO) . The books banned cover a …
License to Libel →
In his recently released book Banned in Britain, Michael Savage, an American conservative talk show host, reveals the sordid details that caused the British …
Five most popular TV series of 2009 →
In winter of 1975, a young intellectual Shuaizi is punished for reading a banned book. Niu Xianhua, a rural girl is asked to educate him. …
Madeleine detective plans to speak his mind in UK →
First Post
As The First Post reported in December, the McCanns’ argument for having the book banned was that it potentially damaged the chances of finding their …
License to Libel – by Deborah Weiss →
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry In his recently released book Banned in Britain, Michael Savage, an American conservative talk show host …
Publishers feeling the pinch of banning →
After having two of its published books banned by the AGO in 2007 Galang Press recently had to endure the removal of its newly released title Unmasking the …
Banning looms as draconian officials remain →
However, he said a banned book would be able to return to bookstores once there was a recommendation from any of the institutions in the Clearing House. …
Banning books: A flashback to the colonial era →
Among the high-profile books banned by the administration was Soeharto and His Generals: Indonesia Military Politics, 1975-1983 by David Jenkins, …
Jury Selection To Begin In Cheshire Home Invasion... →
Hartford Courant
Brian McDonald’s book was published in late September. Many Cheshire residents have sought to have the book banned from the local library. …
4 Responses to “Bookmarks: Apple Tablet rumours,... →
Mary Soderstrom: Please register your annoyance with the regulations regarding books on airplanes to the US by… Paul: “Why,” asks Andrew Brown, …
Bookmarks: Apple Tablet rumours, books banned on... →
Apparently, books and magazines pose a security threat to airplanes. They have been banned as carry-ons by Transport Canada until further notice Ami Sands …
American Library Association's Not-So-Hidden... →
Every year the ALA likes to remind Americans about its “Intellectual Principles” by sponsoring a “Banned Books Week.” The event supposedly “celebrates the …
Books banned by Transport Canada in wake of foiled... →
Notice – newpapers, magazines and books are not on that list, and therefore banned from flights (although those purchased once passengers are through …
Books Banned on Canada-US Flights →
Are books dangerous? A new Transport Canada ban on almost all airline carry-on items would seem to indicate just that. The new measures were put in place as …
Editorial: The same old story →
… from where we learned Saturday that dozens of new books might be banned. … the figure of Internet access to virtually all books, banned or otherwise. …
Raúl's nightmare →
Whether a blogger, the ladies in white, a man on a hunger strike, a rapper singing truth to power or a young woman reading a banned book, ordinary people …
Religious persecution should not be allowed →
The teacher singled her out and reprimanded her for reading an “inappropriate” and “banned” book in school. This little Muslim girl’s civil rights were …
American Book Banned in Iraq. →
The American Book “How Fatima Started Islam: Mohammad’s Daughter Tells It All” by Noor Barack has been banned in Iraq. (I-Newswire) January 2, 2010 - Iraq’s …
Embarrassments need not apply →
Literary history is laced with controversial poets, including Missouri-born writers Samuel Clemens and Maya Angelou, both of whom have had books banned in …
Breaking taboos in Middle Eastern fiction →
… which end up being censored or banned outright (the Coptic Orthodox church lobbied the Egyptian government unsuccessfully to have Ziedan’s book banned). …