Banned Books Week Has Begun

Banned books week has begun over at American Fiction, so be sure to check it out. Celebrate Banned Books Week September 23 through 30, 2006. The ALA website has some nice printouts and study aids for teachers and librarians as well.

To tide you over here and on The Writer’s Well, let me share a book recommendation link with you all:

What Should I Read Next is a neat little AI program I found through a Ze Frank viewer that will recommend a book for you to read when you’re having trouble deciding for yourself.

Get Ready for Banned Books Week

September 23 – 30, 2006 is Banned Books Week.

Wear a t-shirt declaring your support for free speech and make people aware that books are still being banned in this century.

Read a banned book in public and talk about it with the people around you.

Talk about banning books with your students. Open discussions on the reasoning behind banning books, free speech and whether or not an idea can be an instrument of harm or change.

However you celebrate the power of the written word, be sure to honor a banned book this week.

Books are constantly being banned for reasons including politics, religion, sexual taboo, race and general “subversiveness”. Even J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series isn’t safe from the shackles of a book ban. Following are the top ten classic novels that have fallen under the axe repeatedly over the years:

Ulysses, James Joyce

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert

The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe

Of Mice And Men, John Steinbeck

Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence

Moll Flanders, Daniel Dafoe

Candide, Voltaire

Keep an eye on my American Fiction site and The Writer’s Well over the next two weeks for a series of articles on Banned Books Week.

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