New Zealand – Banned Books Awareness

Banned Books Awareness: Into the River

May 31, 2016 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

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 […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Bloody Mama”

November 28, 2011 R. Wolf Baldassarro 1

Newswires around the world were abuzz last Wednesday after government officials in New Zealand seized a copy of “Bloody Mama” from a local business; the book has been banned there since 1971. Written by Robert Thom and published in 1970 by New English Library, the novel is based on the […]