Name: Controversy at Noon: Book Banning in Alberta and Canada by Writers' Guild of Alberta
Duration: 58 min 16 s
Description: With book banning in Alberta and Canada seemingly on the rise, it’s left many wondering what this means for writers, for readers, and for the community at large. What are the ways in which censorship affects and/or impedes the literary world, and what can we do to maintain the creative freedom to read and to write what we choose to?

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With book banning in Alberta and Canada seemingly on the rise, it’s left many wondering what this means for writers, for readers, and for the community at large. What are the ways in which censorship affects and/or impedes the literary world, and what can we do to maintain the creative freedom to read and to write what we choose to?

Controversy at Noon: Book Banning in Alberta and Canada

Writers' Guild of Alberta

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