Freight services are resuming again between the UK and France today (23rd December) after the two governments reached agreement on lifting a travel ban. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-12-23 02:20:11 UTC ]
The 55th annual National Magazine Awards, originally set for Thursday, have been pushed to a to-be-determined date later in the Spring, the American Society of Magazine Editors said Monday. A mere three days before the event, the timing of the announcement—in which ASME cited the "near-certain... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-03-10 17:17:20 UTC ]
The National Coalition Against Censorship has joined more than 30 other prominent arts organizations in a friend of the court brief urging the Supreme Court to strike down the third version of the Trump travel ban issued in September 2017. The case is going before the court today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday issued an order blocking major parts of President Trump’s newest travel ban, suggesting it violated immigration law. The decision from U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson in Honolulu stops the administration’s travel restrictions nationwide before they were... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Not content with its second crack of the whip with a travel ban, the Trump administration has now issued a ban on larger electronic devices being taken on flights from certain countries. Devices larger than a cell phone will not be permitted in cabin baggage but must instead be checked in. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Roth, Zadie Smith, J M Coetzee and Anne Tyler are among 65 leading writers joining with PEN America in an open letter to President Donald Trump, urging him to reconsider his travel ban against visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of American literary agents have put out a collective open call for submissions by Muslim writers following President Trump’s “travel ban”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publishers have been “spurred on” to continue producing works that give a voice to silenced nations following President Trump's controversial "travel ban". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon is funding a legal challenge against US president Donald Trump's controversial "travel ban" on behalf of its employees in the US and around the world who could be affected. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former children's laureate Malorie Blackman has vowed to boycott literature festivals and events in the US while Donald Trump's "travel ban" policy - barring refugees and arrivals from predominantly Muslim countries - is in place. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]