Read a banned book

London libraries are running a banned books project to spread awareness of literary censorship. A selected list of books that have been banned in various countries due to profanity, sex, age-inappropriateness, political views, drug use, religious heterodoxy, yadda yadda, is available at http://www.banned-books.org.uk/all. The list makes it clear that book banning isn't just a historical relic, but very much an ongoing issue. Whether you read, share, buy and/or discuss one of these books, you'll be respecting the authors' right to have their ideas aired.


Effort involved: not much, silly. Reading one of the graphic novels or children's books on the list might only take an hour. Sharing one is even easier.