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The Forbidden Fruit conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people.

It will be an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences.

Topics will include:
  • Graphic novels
  • Gay & lesbian fiction
  • Students' perspectives on book banning
  • Attitudes towards censorship in different cultures
  • The history of censorship
  • Internet and mobile censorship
  • The availability of controversial titles
  • Pre-censorship
  • Translations and adaptations
  • Professional attitudes towards censorship.

There will also be talks by young adult authors:
  • David Belbin
  • Bali Rai
  • Claire Hennessy

Download a booking form at the bottom of the page.

Take a look at the programme
Find out about the venue, travel and accommodation options
Find out about fees and registration
Book a place

If you have any questions about the conference email ffruit@hotmail.co.uk



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Anonymous Children's Choice 1 Apr 30 2008, 7:18 AM EDT by tim_davies
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Thought this link might be of interest to folks on here...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/03/let_children_choose_the_books.html

Some really interesting comments, highlighting the role of libraries in the control (or not) of taste, and the availability of texts.

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JohnLindsay knowbot 3 Apr 24 2008, 9:13 AM EDT by Anonymous
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I wonder whether we could use this wonderful adventure to start a knowledge gathering exercise on the theme, and thus build something?

The first thing I discovered after this thought is the Children's Literature Association which produces a Quarterly, which is in our library, and I presume available electronically, so scuttle off and grep

Now we can work on what they have had to say about the forbidden fruit theme?:

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The second thought I found was the link between film and literature. I had found a book in the BFI bookshop on children's film and censorship, but I hadn't thought to take down the detail, as I wasn't that interested at that stage, so back to the BFI, or try grepping the concept.
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msimkin conference themes 2 Nov 6 2007, 2:41 AM EST by Anonymous
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I wish I could get to the UK for this. It looks really interesting and very topical. I hope many practitioners take up the call and join in by offering papers etc.
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