Freedom to Read

Posted on February 27, 2014 by M. le bibliothécaire

Did you know that one of the books commonly studied at Burnaby North today is the frequent target of challenges in the United States?  Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner was the 6th most commonly challenged novel in the US in 2012.

Watch doctor/author Hosseini reading from his book in the video below:

Watch famous authors, including Libba Bray, James Dashner, Jenny Han, Lois Lowry, Eoin Colfer and many others discuss  issues of censorship in the video below:

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