Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Books Americans most want banned
Shelf Awareness
The American Library Association released its annual Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom reported that a current analysis of book challenges recorded by the OIF from 2001 to 2013 indicated that attempts to remove books by authors of color and books with themes about issues concerning communities of color are disproportionately challenged and banned.
The American Library Association released its annual Top Ten List of Frequently Challenged Books. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom reported that a current analysis of book challenges recorded by the OIF from 2001 to 2013 indicated that attempts to remove books by authors of color and books with themes about issues concerning communities of color are disproportionately challenged and banned.
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