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Sign at the Toronto Public Library against censorship. Book Censorship in Canada is primarily limited to the control of which books may be imported. Canada Border Services Agency is able to block materials considered to be inappropriate from entering the country, although this practice has become less frequent since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was put into place.
Banned in Canada from 1945 to 1975 under the influence of Smart's family's political power due to its sexual documentation of Smart's affair with a married man. The Naked and the Dead (1948) Norman Mailer: 1948 Novel Banned in Canada in 1949 for "obscenity". [52] Lolita (1955) Vladimir Nabokov: 1955 Novel Banned in Canada in 1956.
Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28. It's usually held during the last week of September. The theme of this year's event, according to the ALA, is " Freed Between the Lines ."
Banned books is a contentious debate in courts, classrooms and libraries. Here's an overview of the national debate and the most banned books. It's Banned Books Week: Most challenged titles and ...
The American Library Association publishes a list of the top "Banned and Challenged Books" for any given year. [21] The American Library Association also organizes a "Banned Books Week", which is "an annual event celebrating the freedom to read." [21] The goal of the project is to bring awareness to banned books and promote the freedom to learn ...
The American Library Association reports that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 of this year, schools, universities and public libraries saw attempts to ban or restrict 1,651 different books.
The following articles contain lists of prohibited books: Index Librorum Prohibitorum. List of authors and works on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum; List of books banned by governments. Book censorship in Canada; Book censorship in China; List of books banned in India; Book censorship in Iran; List of authors banned in Nazi Germany
There are the high schoolers from the Texas’ Granbury Banned Book Club. Rev. Jeffrey Dove, a pastor in Florida’s Clay County who joined forces with librarian Julie Miller, says “to attempt ...