Articles related to "Intellectual Freedom"

In conjunction with the celebration of Banned Books Week, here are ten some simple ways readers can fight literary censorship.

Since 1982, Banned Books Week has been celebrated in the United States during the last week in September. It reminds Americans of the freedom of speech and of the press.

Libraries, schools and bookstores celebrate this annual attempt to emphasize the importance of literary freedom and the opposition of all forms of literary censorship.

Have you ever read any books in the Harry Potter or Gossip Girl series? If you have, then you have read one of the top banned or challenged books of the 21st century.

Sponsored by the American Library Association, the 2009 Banned Books Week, running from September 26th through October 3rd, is the 28th of its kind.

Over the years books wirtten by minority authors have repeatedly fallen under the axe. Here is a compilation of the most banned books by minority authors for 1999-2000

The nineteenth century witnessed more rapid change than any other in history. Such drastic change left mankind struggling to adapt and searching for new meanings in life

From July 9-15, the American Library Association's annual meeting will take place in Chicago, IL, one of the largest gatherings of librarians in the country.

Three out of the top ten banned books of 2007-08 have LGBT content. The ALA is fighting to keep books with LGBT themes accessible to the public in libraries and schools.

John Donald Hicks's autobiography, "My Life With History," is a personal lesson in 19th and 20th century American history.

Elizabethan England breeds secrecy in an age of religious and intellectual persecution, causing many intellectuals to go underground.

Latin America's first great poet, the seventeenth-century nun, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, has attained the iconic force of a Frida Kahlo. Her work still resonates today.

Each year, the American Library Association (ALA) compiles a list from schools and libraries of the most challenged and controversial books. Here's a look at 2008's list.

When thinking about religiously inspired violence, its occurence within religious traditions is often forgotten.

Censored, challenged, forbidden, or just plain banned-some of the greatest books of our time have gotten the worst rap.

Since the date of their earliest establishment, coffeehouses have been hotbeds of radical politics and the free exchange of ideas.

Jean Margaret Laurence nee Wemyss, one of Canada's most revered writers, presented a wonderful depth of feelings in her characters such as Morag in The Diviners.