Banned Books Week

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Happy Banned Books Week! Go read!

Support the First Amendment, Read a Banned Book

What can you do to support Banned Books Week?

1. Sign up at Tahereh's page with other bloggers drawing attention to Banned Books.

2. Talk about your favourite Banned Books over at Random Acts of Reading.

3. Blog about Banned Books Week, and let Random House know at firstamendment@randomhouse.com, to win a free book!

I have to say, I was surprised to see that so many of my favourite authors have had their books banned at one time or another - everyone from Lois Lowry and Judy Blume (which I knew about), to Roald Dahl and Katherine Paterson (which I definitely did *not* know about); not to mention Steinbeck and l'Engle. Or Joyce!

Imagine a world without any of these authors? To read interviews with Steinbeck and many many other seminal authors of the 20th century (Dorothy Parker, E.B. White, Paul Auster, etc.), visit Paris Review, where they've recently uploaded their archives.

Comments

AYDIN ÖRSTAN said…
Which books are we banning this week?
30 September 2010 at 11:28
Theresa Milstein said…
I wrote a review about a banned book today through Tahereh's blog. When I looked at the list last week, I was surprised by some of the titles too.
30 September 2010 at 21:37
Deniz Bevan said…
Here's a long list of some of the: http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/firstamendment/books.html
I really fail to see how these books could be banned by anyone, but...
1 October 2010 at 08:16
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