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Banned Books Week 2017 is being celebrated with multiple ways to get involved.<\/p>\n
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When: Friday 22 September, 5pm BST ArchWay With Words presents a thrilling event\u00a0with two of Britain\u2019s most exciting, prize-winning\u00a0writers who tell stories about young people.\u00a0Alex Wheatle talks about his trilogy of novels set in\u00a0\u2018Crongton\u2019, a place rife with gang warfare and home\u00a0to a cast of characters whose lives and loyalties\u00a0are tested in gripping dramas. Patrice Lawrence\u00a0talks about her dazzling debut \u2018Orangeboy\u2019, and the\u00a0breathtaking follow up \u2018Indigo Donut\u2019, a story about\u00a0tough choices and everyone\u2019s need to belong.<\/p>\n This event is presented by Archway With Words<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_custom_heading text=”24 September” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Sunday 24 September 2017, 2-4pm BST What is the place of the satirist in our age of controversies? The irreverent cartoonist Martin Rowson<\/strong>, of The Guardian and Index on Censorship magazine, joins publisher Joanna Prior<\/strong> of Penguin Random House for what promises to be a coruscating conversation; feathers will no doubt be ruffled. This event is in association with Pembroke College as part of Banned Books Week and will be introduced by Index CEO Jodie Ginsberg<\/strong>.\u00a0Full details<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”89693″ img_size=”500×300″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Martin Rowson<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95149″ img_size=”500×300″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Joanna Prior<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”80210″ img_size=”500×300″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Jodie Ginsberg<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”26 September” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Tuesday 26 September 5-6pm Over the past few years, the news has been replete with stories about how authors, thought-leaders, and others have become disinvited or pressured to withdraw from university speaking engagements because they don\u2019t promote prevailing ideology. What are the consequences of disallowing diverse viewpoints on campus and what can speakers, faculty, and librarians do to support intellectual freedom in academia?<\/span><\/p>\n Join the American Library Association\u2019s Office for Intellectual Freedom, SAGE Publishing and Index on Censorship for a webinar on speaker disinvitation during Banned Books Week. It will include perspectives from Mark Osler<\/strong>, a professor who was disinvited from a campus speaking engagement, Glenn Geher<\/strong>, a professor of psychology who helped to bring a controversial speaker to campus, and Judith C. Russell<\/strong>, a dean of libraries who addresses issues relating to controversial speakers, academic freedom and campus safety on campus.<\/p>\n The event will be chaired by Jemimah Steinfeld, deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine.<\/p>\n Full details<\/a><\/p>\n This event is presented by SAGE Publications<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95734″ img_size=”213×127″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Mark Osler<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95735″ img_size=”213×127″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Glenn Geher<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95736″ img_size=”213×127″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Judith C. Russell<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”88892″ img_size=”213×127″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Jemimah Steinfeld<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n British Library<\/p><\/div>\n When: Tuesday 26 September 7:15-8:30pm Censorship. Whose morals and values does it seek to protect? Trace the blue pencil and its consequences through literary history, from\u00a0Ulysses\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Lolita\u00a0<\/em>to a book implicated in a murder case.<\/p>\n For some, such restrictions may seem sensible, while for others, they appear arbitrary at best, oppressive and dangerous at worst. The list of books suppressed in the English language features the sacred and profane, poetic and pornographic, famous and infamous. A history of the censorship of literary texts is also a history of the authorities that have attempted to prevent their circulation: sovereigns, politicians, judges, prison officers, slaveholders, school governors, librarians, teachers, parents, students, editors and publishers.<\/p>\n Katherine Inglis<\/strong> and Matthew Fellion<\/strong>, authors of a fascinating new book on suppressed literature, explore the methods and consequences of censorship and some of the most contentious and fascinating cases. Followed by a book signing.\u00a0Full details<\/a><\/p>\n This event is presented by The British Library<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”27 September” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Wednesday 27 September 2017, 6:30-8:15pm Who are the modern-day censors? And what ingenious evasions \u2013 both modern and ancient \u2013 have writers and publishers used to protect our right to read? Join award-winning journalist David Aaronovitch<\/strong> in conversation with Irish author Claire Hennessy<\/strong> and publisher Lynn Gaspard<\/strong>, as they explore what happens when ideas are silenced. With readings by Moris Farhi\u00a0<\/strong>and Bidisha<\/strong>.\u00a0Full details<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95061″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n David Aaronovitch<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95059″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Lynn Gaspard<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95058″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Claire Hennessy<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95062″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Moris Farhi<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95425″ img_size=”200×200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Bidisha<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Wednesday 27 September, 7-8:30pm Join Index on Censorship magazine Deputy Editor Jemimah Steinfeld<\/strong> in conversation with Matthew Fellion<\/strong> and Katherine Inglis<\/strong>, authors of the new book Censored: A Literary History of Subversion and Control.<\/p>\n In twenty-five chapters focusing on a wide range of texts, including the Bible, slave narratives, modernist classics, comic books, and Chicana\/o literature, Fellion and Inglis chart the forces that have driven censorship for over six hundred years, from fears of civil unrest and corruptible youth to the oppression of various groups \u2013 religious and political dissidents, same-sex lovers, the working class, immigrants, women, racialized people, and those who have been incarcerated or enslaved. The authors also consider the weight of speech, and when restraints might be justified.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95334″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]The Book Hive is Norwich\u2019s only truly independent new bookshop[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95338″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Censored: A Literary History of Subversion and Control by Matthew Fellion and Katherine Inglis<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”88892″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]Jemimah Steinfeld, deputy editor Index on Censorship magazine[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”28 September” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Thursday 28 September 8pm The event is in conjunction with the Kemmy Business School and is a six-part series of public lectures to be delivered by internationally renowned commentators and thought leaders in their field. The third lecture in the series with Jodie Ginsberg<\/strong>\u00a0will take place on 28 September. Ginsberg will speak about how censorship stifles debate and undermines the tenets of free and democratic societies. Full details<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”80210″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Jodie Ginsberg<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”95175″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n When: Thursday 28 September, 7:00-8:30pm “In 1989 the death penalty was re-introduced in Britain. Not for terrorism. Not for murder. But for writing a book.” Nearly 20 years after Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding following the publication of The Satanic Verses, members of the Salman Rushdie Campaign Group re-unite to talk about their fight for freedom of expression. With archive recordings of Salman Rushdie reading from The Satanic Verses. With Lisa Appignanesi<\/strong>, Melvyn Bragg<\/strong>, Frances D\u2019Souza<\/strong>, Sara Khan<\/strong> and Caroline Michel<\/strong>. Full details<\/a><\/p>\n Presented by The\u00a0British Library<\/a> in partnership with The Royal Society of Literature<\/a>, Free Word<\/a> and Islington Library and Heritage Services<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”30 September” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n British Library<\/p><\/div>\n When: Saturday 30 September, 2:30-6pm Revisit the shock of symphorophilia with Will Self<\/strong> and Chris Beckett<\/strong>, editor of a new edition of Crash. Their discussion is followed by a rare chance to see the uncut version of David Cronenberg\u2019s 1996 film adaptation on the big screen. Cronenberg\u2019s film of Crash (1996), which Ballard greatly admired, was awarded a Special Jury Prize at its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. The film introduced a second generation to Ballard\u2019s unsettling vision, and sparked a censorship controversy that led to the film being banned by Westminster City Council. The film will be introduced by its producer, Jeremy Thomas<\/strong>. Full details<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWhere: Archway Methodist Church Archway Close N19 3TD Map
\nTickets: \u00a35\/\u00a31 under 16s via\u00a0ArchWay With Words<\/a><\/p>\nHow far can you go in speaking the unspeakable?<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: Old Library, Pembroke College, Cambridge\u00a0Map<\/a>
\nTickets: Free.\u00a0Registration required via Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\nWebinar on disinvited speakers and academic freedom<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: Online at GoToWebinar<\/a>
\nTickets: Free. Registration required<\/a><\/p>\nCensored: A Literary History of Subversion and Control<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nWhere: Knowledge Centre British Library, 96 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 2DB
\nTickets: From \u00a37 via British Library<\/a><\/p>\nWhat happens when ideas are silenced?<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: Free Word Centre\u00a060 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3GA<\/a>
\nTickets:\u00a0From \u00a35 via Free Word Centre<\/a><\/p>\nCensored at The Book Hive, Norwich<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: The Book Hive, 53 London St, Norwich NR2 1HL<\/a>
\nTickets: Free. More details<\/a>.<\/p>\nLimerick Civic Trust: How censorship stifles debate<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: St Mary’s Cathedral, Bridge St, Limerick, V94 E068, Ireland\u00a0Map<\/a>
\nTickets:\u00a0From \u20ac8 via Eventbrite<\/a><\/p>\nStanding with Salman<\/a><\/h3>\n
\nWhere: Knowledge Centre British Library, 96 Euston Rd, Kings Cross, London NW1 2DB
\nTickets: From \u00a37 via British Library<\/a><\/p>\nJ G Ballard\u2019s Crash: On Page and Screen<\/a><\/h3>\n
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\nWhere: Regent Street Cinema 309 Regent Street London W1B 2UW
\nTickets: From \u00a316 via British Library<\/a><\/p>\n