Hollywood comes calling for 'banned book' Into the River

KIM KNIGHT - stuff.co.nz - September 15 2015

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New Zealand's most famous book? Author Ted Dawe has been flooded with commercial offers following an interim restriction order on his teen read.

A Hollywood movie maker, an audio book producer and publishers seeking Dutch and French translation rights are the silver lining in Ted Dawe's censorship nightmare.

The Auckland author, whose young adult novel Into the River is currently banned from sale or loan because of complaints by Christian lobby Family First, says controversy about the book "has been hugely positive".


"It is now a famous book. It's in Time magazine. There is a lot of curiosity . . . I'm only guessing, but I think it's going to make a lot of money for me."
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