Freedom to Read Palestine: a community read-in
Join us for a community read-in where we will gather in one of Toronto’s best independent bookshops to read and discuss Poems for Palestine.
Join us for a community read-in where we will gather in one of Toronto’s best independent bookshops to read and discuss Poems for Palestine.
Join the League of Canadian Poets to celebrate Freedom to Read Week with TWUC Freedom to Read Award-winners Farzana Doctor and Gary Geddes!
Lawrence Hill will discuss his lifelong literary passion for dramatizing neglected corners of Black history in Canada.
John will examine the various fronts in the war against words: efforts to excise uncomfortable paragraphs from P.G. Wodehouse or Agatha Christie, proscribing Huckleberry Finn and other books because of their language or narrative; campaigns by the religious right to keep books that explore LGBTQ relationships out of schools.
This lively discussion includes exchanges between library professionals, authors and other literary and information sector experts as they reflect on contested books, bad faith challenges, presumption of access, new frameworks around freedom of expression in libraries, and how to support intellectual freedom without bringing harm to marginalized communities.