The lines in the sand continue to form at colleges across the country. While many colleges are instituting “safe spaces” and banning “trigger words”, some are not coddling their student body. The University of Chicago recently made it clear to its crop of incoming students that academic freedom and inquiry […]
A 2012 study showed that more than half of young adult books are actually being purchased and read by adults. So who are they really for? http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/08/25/books-young-adult-novels-for-grownups
With support from the American Library Association (ALA), U.K. organizations have united to host Banned Books Week programs throughout London, demonstrating that censorship is not confined to the United States. http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/banned-books-week-makes-international-splash-across-pond
According to tintaanakmuda.wordpress.com, by 2015, Home Ministry alone have banned over 1543 titles! And this number doesn’t even include the ones that have been banned by JAKIM, so there could be many more. Is this number even accurate? Thankfully the Home Ministry website provided a list of banned books that you can view on their website. […]
A simple idea is having an extraordinary impact on literacy and local communities: take a book, leave a book. Students walk up, open the door of a dollhouse-sized wooden box, and take a book. They can keep it, return it, or replace it with one which they have already enjoyed, […]
Step 1: Subversively retract and/or subdue rights. Step 2: Fill the void with pop culture nonsense and “reality” programing to keep them distracted from Step 1. Step 3: Make the population forget they had rights to begin with. Repeat. A remarkable 39 percent of Americans are unable to name any […]
“My public library offered more than just literature, it offered a sense of community, a sense of belonging. But now, in our present time, children of rural Newfoundland and Labrador could be stripped of these experiences. Everyone’s socioeconomic positions are different, so why do we jump to the conclusion that […]
The Houston Symphony is teaming up with the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation and the Houston Area Urban League to offer free music lessons to hundreds of underserved K-2 Houston Independent School District students in the Kashmere, Wheatley, Scarborough and Booker T. Washington High School feeder patterns as part of […]
Jersey Mike’s handed over the check to the Literacy Council Thursday morning. The sub shop raised the money during its month of giving back in March. This is the third year in a row Jersey Mike’s has raised funds for the Literacy Council and the non-profit says with Springfield’s inaction, […]
Marred by controversy, a Young Adult novel by New Zealand author Ted Dawe, will finally be released to North American bookshelves and tablets on June 14. The award-winning novel follows the story of Te Arepa Santos, holding onto his Maori heritage at a posh Auckland boarding school where bullying is […]
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