Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label censorship. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Pesky Censorship

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/30/american-library-association-banned-books

Makes you wonder whether any of these people have actually read the books they want banned or just other people's prejudices. You never know what you might learn if you actually open a book and take a read. Ignorance breeds ignorance. If you don't want to read the book, then don't. But don't stop other people making their own minds up about an author or a piece of fiction.

"There, where one burns books, one in the end burns men" - Heinrich Heine.



They'd rather we all just read this:

(to read the disclaimer sticker, click the image, if it's not clear enough, google it!)

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Mightier than the sword

I just filled out a form volunteering to work for English PEN (www.englishpen.org) a charity that promotes literacy and literature in prisons, schools and local communities. They also campaign against censorship and help writers who are being persecuted for their words. Being a book geek in this country makes me very lucky, and PEN (and its international cousin) do vital work to make sure words are safe and free, as well as introducing more people to the magic and power of literature.