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FTRW 2007 – Day 6 – "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

As a bit of a follow-up to yesterday's FTRW post about an attempt to ban “Fahrenheit 451” in Texas last fall, here's an earlier essay by Ray Bradbury, on various attempts to censor his work over the years.  In other news, my appearance on the “Book Chick” radio show a couple nights ago talking about […]

Posted 03 March 2007 § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2007 – Day 5 – Irony As Big As Texas

Last fall, a parent in Texas demanded the removal of the book,  Fahrenheit 451 from his 15-year old daughter's school library. (The subject matter of that book being so famous that its title has become shorthand for “censorship”.)   And because you couldn't make this stuff up, the challenge happened the week after the American Library […]

Posted 02 March 2007 § LibrarySchool § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2007 – Day 4 – Can you Say "Scrotum" on the Radio?

For anybody who misses the sound of my voice pontificating away on all manner of stuff, I'll be on local community radio with the “Book Chick” tomorrow at 6pm Sask time (5pm Alberta time, 7pm Ontario time) talking about Freedom to Read Week and some of the related issues.  You can listen live at: www.cjtr.caI'm […]

Posted 28 February 2007 § Main Page ‡ Comments (5) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2007 – Day 3 – The Biggest Collection of Banned Books In The World Is Owned By…

Guess who?  I'd have guessed the FBI.  Or the Library of Congress.  Or a private collector with an interest in the area – someone like Larry Flynt.  But nope, the biggest collection of banned books is owned by the Catholic Church.  Their List of Forbidden Books is an index of books that the Church has […]

Posted 27 February 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

FTRW 2007 – Day 2 – What Freedom to Read Week Is *Not*

From my time on the Calgary Freedom to Read Week committee and having planned a student reading at FIMS, I’ve heard quite a few misconceptions about what “Freedom To Read” is about:  Here’s what Freedom to Read is not:1. Freedom to Read is not limited to reading.  Freedom to Read means you have the right […]

Posted 27 February 2007 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged:

FTRW 2007 – Day 1 – Happy Freedom to Read Week! (A Challenge)

It's Freedom to Read Week and to celebrate, I'm going to do a week's worth of posts on the topic.  I know a lot of librarians, writers and others will be talking about this topic so I'm going to try to come up with some unique angles for my posts where possible.  But with that […]

Posted 25 February 2007 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Reasons You Should Read at the Freedom To Read Week event on Monday

Talking to Michelle Lake on IM and it sounds like she's got a good line-up for the Freedom to Read Week event on Monday although there's still room for more readers to sign up, even now.  So if you're interested in reading, why not drop her a line!  Here's the scoop on the event:What: Freedom […]

Posted 17 February 2007 § LibrarySchool § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Alternatives to 'R" Rated Movies For A Business Ethics Course?

A professor teaching a business ethics course assigns certain films (“Thank You For Not Smoking”, “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room”, “Wall Street”) but has had a request for alternate films from a student who doesn't watch 'R' rated movies.  The professor posts a question on AskMetafilter looking for alternate selections but in addition […]

Posted 23 January 2007 § Main Page ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: