[CASL-L] Speaking of Banned Books Week... Are you following the New Zealand story?

[Cathy Andronik]

I'd heard about this.

I'm writing my doctoral dissertation on Aussie YA lit.  When I was there interviewing authors and editors, they overwhelming said, "Oh, book banning--that's an American thing.  It doesn't happen here."  They admitted there aren't as many books published there with GLBTQ characters as we have here, and they need aboriginal authors--but censorship on this scale, not so much.  Ironically, books by NZ children's author William Taylor ("Agnes the Sheep," "Knitwits") got me interested in AU/NZ lit, specifically BECAUSE they were so politically incorrect!  

Cathy
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On Wed, 9/16/15, Michelle Luhtala <mluhtala at me.com> wrote:

 Subject: [CASL-L] Speaking of Banned Books Week... Are you following the New	Zealand story?
 To: "Cathy Andronik" <cathyandronik at yahoo.com>
 Cc: "CASL" <casl-l at mylist.net>, "neslaboard" <neslaboard at googlegroups.com>
 Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 3:09 PM
 
 http://www.slj.com/2015/09/censorship/new-zealand-bans-ya-title-into-the-river-imposes-fine-for-selling-sharing/
 
 On Wed, Sep 16, 2015
 at 1:20 PM, Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
 wrote:
 Great
 minds think alike!  I started preparing my Banned Books
 Week display this morning.  "Part-time Indian" is
 #1 on the challenged list this year, followed by
 "Persepolis" and "And Tango Makes
 Three."  Just sayin', but it's a disturbing
 trend I'm seeing that more of the books being challenged
 recently have, in some way, an Islamic theme, though
 that's not the reason stated for the challenge.
 
 Also, just received a Facebook post with a disturbing
 experience by Bill Konigsburg.  Let me check and see
 whether he's okay with it being shared.  It's very
 Banned Books Week-appropriate.
 
 
 
 Cathy Andronik
 
 Teacher Librarian
 
 Brien McMahon HS
 
 Norwalk
 
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 On Wed, 9/16/15, Michelle Luhtala <mluhtala at me.com>
 wrote:
 
 
 
  Subject: [CASL-L] Banned Books Week
 
  To: "neslaboard" <neslaboard at googlegroups.com>,
 "CASL" <casl-l at mylist.net>
 
  Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 12:40 PM
 
 
 
 
 
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  From: Kristin
 
  Pekoll <kpekoll at ala.org>
 
  Date: Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:37 AM
 
  Subject: [stateifc] Banned Books Week
 
  To: "stateifc at lists.ala.org"
 
  <stateifc at lists.ala.org>,
 
  "ifrt-members at lists.ala.org"
 
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  Banned Books Week is less
 
  than 2 weeks away. I just wanted to share a few things
 that
 
  you can pass on to the librarians around
 
  you:
 
   
 
  Virtual Readout
 
  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/events/virtualreadout/participate
 
 
 
 
 
  Share your local event
 
  http://bannedbooksweek.org/events
 
  Clipart and Free Downloads
 
 
 
  http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/freedownloads
 
 
 
 
 
  Follow on Facebook
 
  https://www.facebook.com/bannedbooksweek
 
 
 
  Free
 
  Webinars
 
                
 
 
 
  How to Protect the Freedom to Read in Your
 
  Library
 
                
 
 
 
  Championing Internet Access for Students on Banned
 Websites
 
  Awareness Day
 
  I’m doing library shout
 
  outs on Twitter. Send me a message if you have something
 
  cool to share.
 
  https://twitter.com/OIF
 
 
 
   
 
  Kristin
 
   
 
  Kristin Pekoll, Assistant
 
  Director
 
  Office for
 
  Intellectual Freedom
 
  www.ala.org/oif
 
   
 
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