Margaret Atwood’s new fireproof copy of The Handmaid’s Tale protests book banning – and burning. The Venn diagram of those who burn books and those who read them is typically two separate circles.
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Struggles to uphold free speech throughout the centuries teach us that we should never take it for granted.
South Africa has a history of burning books. The ashes of burnt books tell of the barbarism to which a society can descend.
As Harry Potter turns 20, a scholar says protesters who try to censor books do not trust young readers to discern the difference between fantasy and reality. But why?
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Reader in Early Modern History, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Emeritus Professor of Information Science, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Social and Political Thought, The Open University
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Associate Professor, Philosophy, Western Sydney University
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Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
