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Iran blocks Goodreads
Iran has reportedly blocked access to book review and social networking website Goodreads in its latest crackdown on the internet.
Dubai literary festival report
Despite controversies about a 'banned' book, the inaugural Dubai Festival of Literature has been well-received.
In brief
BNZ Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award winners announcedThe winners of the BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards for 2008 have been announced. The Awards celebrate New Zealand short stories. The Premier A...
Frankfurt gets underway
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens today and runs through this week until Sunday. The fair, celebrating its 60th birthday this year, is expecting one of its biggest years ever, with just under 7400 ex...
Tibet objections force atlas to print in Hong Kong
Earth, the new out-sized atlas from Millennium House, has been printed in Hong Kong to avoid a possible embargo by China, Millennium House managing director Gordon Cheers told WBN. Cheers said he coul...
'Offensive' word to be removed from Jacqueline Wilson book
Random UK has agreed to replace 'twat' with 'twit' in future editions of Jacqueline Wilson's My Sister Jodie following complaints by three people. The book has sold 150,000 copies to date in the UK....
Book on Mohammed's wife dropped by Random US
Random House US has pulled The Jewel Of Medina, a novel about the Prophet Mohammed's child bride, fearing it could "incite acts of violence". Random House deputy publisher Thomas P...
Chinese printer refuses Tibet book
A Chinese printer has refused to print Putting Queensland on the Map by Felicity Jack for UNSW Press because it mentions the China-Tibet border. The book contains just a single line wh...
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Call to ban Nitschke bookThe sisters of an Australian woman who committed suicide using the drug Nembutal, have called on Attorney-General Robert McClelland to ban Philip Nitschke's book Killing Me So...
IPA and PEN condemn prosecution of Turkish publisher
The International Publishers Association (IPA) and the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN have 'strongly condemned' the sentencing of Turkish publisher Ragıp Zarakolu for 'insu...
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