English PEN and the Howard League for Penal Reform today (11th December) delivered hundreds of books to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to send on to prisoners. Authors Francesca Simon and Miranda France joined representatives of the charities, who wore Christmas-themed clothing and offered mince pies to staff as they took the gift-wrapped books to the MoJ’s London headquarters. The delivery was part of the Books for Prisoners campaign, which fought against an MoJ ban on prisoners being sent books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction has launched #ThisBookClub, a campaign to “celebrate the diversity of the modern day book club and the myriad ways that novels can bring people together”. The prize is partnering with fashion retailer Whistles and city bar chain All Bar One to deliver a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'These are the books that speak most immediately to young people, dealing with many of the difficult issues that arise in their own lives, or in the lives of their friends,' Judith Platt, chair of the Banned Books Week national committee, said of challenged YA books. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK’s Daily Mail reports that Oxford University Press has banned sausages and pigs from children’s books in an attempt “to avoid offence.” The post OUP Bans Pork from Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Oxford University Press we have to balance children’s cultural and learning needs, while retaining some healthy common senseGiven that our editorial guidelines that reference pigs and pork have been in place for as long as I can remember, little did I imagine that they would attract... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling, Philip Pullman, Julian Barnes, and others expressed delight when a high court in the United Kingdom struck down a ban on sending books to prisoners. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners and prominent trade figures, including many high-profile authors, have expressed their delight with the High Court’s decision to rule the government's ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The High Court has deemed the government’s ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Mr Justice Collins today (5th December) declared the ban unlawful saying he could see “no good reason” for the rule, “in the light of the importance of books for prisoners.” New measures were brought in in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus has launched a Christmas campaign to celebrate the joy of giving and receiving books. As part of the Greatest Gift campaign, 15 key bloggers and BookTubers will upload a post explaining why they think books are the greatest gift to give. Each Greatest Gift “blog tour partner” will also... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bay Area Book Festival, set for June 6-7, is launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise $50,000 to support their first festival in Berkeley. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson has launched a campaign in the US to persuade President Barack Obama to draw attention to the importance of reading. The campaign, which has the hashtag #SaveOurBooks on Twitter, asks people to sign a petition, write to their politicians, spread to word on social media and find... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blinkbox books is this week launching its biggest marketing campaign to date, which includes a partnership with the Mirror Group of newspapers. The Tesco-owned company’s marketing drive will celebrate “the joys of digital reading – without needing to buy a dedicated device”. A three-month... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Zed Books title about contemporary Thailand has been officially banned by the Royal Thai police following newspaper reviews. Thai officials have ruled that stockists and distributors of Andrew MacGregor Marshall’s A Kingdom in Crisis could face three years imprisonment and a 60,000 baht... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September 21-27 is Banned Books Week. Here we offer a list of titles that have been challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in 2013 and 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has released its first 'Banned Books Week Handbook,' a free resource for librarians, retailers and fans to use during this year's Banned Books Week, which will focus on comics and graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook comes under fire for all manner of things -- it's just part and parcel of being a social network. When users are not up in arms at the site's privacy policies, they are found voicing their disapproval at the types of content they're not allowed to publish on their timelines. There are... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ala Alsallal, founder of the website Jamalon, says there will be an entire section on the website devoted to selling banned books. Alsallal hopes to make banning books so pointless that governments stop doing so. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charity The Prison Reform Trust has said new prison regulations, which ban books, as well as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year several independent bookstores have tried putting their weight behind a single title in an effort to see if they can move the sales needle through strong, but quick, promotional efforts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freedom of speech charity English PEN has warned that the government could be acting illegally by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Justice ministers have responded to criticism over a ban on prisoners being sent books, by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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