Category: Banned Books
Near the Grand Husseini Mosque, on a street that was once the Amman River, there is a bookshop like no other. Hamzeh AlMaaytah (36) runs a 24-hour “emergency room …
It seems that great works are often hated before they are loved; great movies like The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful Life were initially panned by critics. Even Michelangelo’s …
Kathy Gates
May 11, 2017
Banned Books, Biography, Book Lists, Ernest Hemingway, History, Literary Fiction, Memoir, Non-Fiction, Politics, Reference
In 1917, the United States entered World War I and turned the tide in favor of the so-called Triple Entente Powers. It was also the year British troops in …
Travelers to Tajikistan may want to reconsider which books they bring with them. Recently, the Culture Ministry announced that travelers would need written consent to carry books over the …
Argentine artist Marta Minujín is set to open an art installation this year built from books that have been banned around the world. Minujín is a conceptual and performance artist who …
When it comes to banned books, there’s rarely a grey area. On one end, you have more conservative readers who don’t agree with themes such as explicit sex, profanity, …
The North Pole is definitely shaking things up. Daniel Kibblesmith, a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, has written a new children’s book called Santa’s Husband …
A group of 21 students in an English class at Boston College have developed Joycestick, a virtual reality game based on James Joyce’s Ulysses. It is believed by a …
Millenials can easily be described as one of the most sexualized generations and it’s shown in the way Young Adult fiction is portrayed now, as opposed to our grandparents …
The Chinese Communist Party has initiated a ban of certain foreign children’s books that include “subversive ideology,” Newsweek reports. The newly banned books include A. A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, …
The Nazi regime is notorious for many reasons. They were the minds behind numerous historical atrocities including the Holocaust and continue to inspire white supremacists to this day. However, …
YouTube Channel: Wochit News From the Description: Texas’s Department of Criminal Justice is preventing inmates from receiving reading material. Dan Slater, author of the book ‘Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers …
The Hong Kong branch of the human rights organization Amnesty International has been using books to illustrate the injustice of censorship laws in a pop-up bookstore, on the 16th …
If you’ve been following book news, you’ve probably heard that George Orwell’s 1984 hit the best seller list on Amazon. In light of the new Trump administration, the possibility of …
Amazon is one of the most valuable online retailers in the United States, functioning as an accessible, free-to-use online market that helps customers and sellers to exchange goods. Surpassing …
Today, February 2nd, is the 135th birthday of famed Irish author James Joyce. A man who, on his 50th birthday, received a big blue cake, decorated as a copy …
Christianna Marks
January 11, 2017
Adult, Banned Books, Book Lists, Book News, Cassandra Clare, Chick Lit, Children, Contemporary, Fantasy, Horror, Humor, J.K. Rowling, Romance, Stephanie Meyer, Suspense/Thriller, Travel, Women, Young Adult
It’s mind blowing to me that so many of these books are turning, or have already turned, 10 this year. How is it that so many of these books, …
Virginia lawmakers are currently working on a bill that would allow parents to veto school reading material that includes “sexually explicit” content. Specifically, schools would be required to warn parents …
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall is not a particularly famous or well known novel amongst general reading circles. Written in 1928, three years after The Great Gatsby, …
We live in a world of severe upheaval and a mixture of ideals that are so diverse that coming to a universal truth is simply unachievable. The one thing, …
