Saturday, September 29, 2012

The #spbkchat banned books chat list

A small housekeeping note before we begin:

New Zealand sprang forward for daylight savings last night, and the chat follows New Zealand time. So 10pm NZ time like always, but it'll be an hour later.

Er, if that makes sense. -.-

Next week we're talking about fantasy: sword and sorcery division.

On to the banned books list!

Titles:
1984
Lolita
American Psycho
In the Night Kitchen
50 Shades of Grey
Green Eggs and Ham
Brideshead Revisited
Frankenstein
The Lord of the Rings
Nancy Drew (series)
Moll Flanders
Twin Peaks (TV series)
IT
Chucky (horror movie series)
Catcher in the Rye
Rock Star
Black Beauty
Forever
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Howl
Harriet the Spy
Flowers in the Attic
Harry Potter (series)
Brave New World
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Color Purple
Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

Authors:
George Orwell
Vladimir Nabokov
Bret Easton Ellis
Maurice Sendak
Jackie Collins
Judy Blume
D H Lawrence
Allen Ginsberg
V C Andrews
Enid Blyton
Woodiwiss
James Joyce
Chris Crutcher

Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolita
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedbydecade/2000_2009
http://www.banned-books.org.uk/all
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments
http://www.chriscrutcher.com/censorship.html
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek


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