Banned Books Postcard Swap

Love this idea !!! Thanks to defend literature ! I didn't know the "Banned Book Week", I don't think it exist in France ... Watching for now but will join for sure ! :-)

WOW.. I just peeked at the first page of banned books via the link and am surprised by how many of these books Ive read and never realized they were banned!!

If you are part of the Book Lovers United Group, there is also a banned book swap set up there. Come check it out.

Here is another great resource: http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/index.cfm

Which also leads to my question: Most of lists I have found also include "challenged books" is it okay to inlcude those as well?

I think that would be Ok, if you just said that on the pc.

Also, I think there are different books banned in different countries, so those lists might be different.

book banning has always facinated me. my reading was NEVER censored at home as a kid. both of my parents were avid readers. i was allowed to read v.c. andrews, jurassic park, stephen king, and all sorts of "questionable" material in the fourth grade and on. (that's when i started to tackle adult books) the catcher in the rye has always saddened me being banned. our lit teacher kept it on the "borrowing" shelf anyway. along with plenty of other banned books. i LOVE that lady!

Great idea for a swap!

I also was never censored in what I read. If I wanted to read it, it was OK with my folks, and yes I probably read some stuff that most people wouldn't let their kids read. However, I don't think it corrupted me or turned me into some horrible person. I think it made me more well-rounded and more apt to actually read a lot, which is a good thing! Thanks to all the comments everyone is posting.

I know this isn't he best resource, as it is Wikipedia, but this link has books not only banned in America, but in other countries also. Quite interesting! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listofbooksbannedby_governments

I think this is the list I will use for my postcard, if that's alright, as this is an international swap.

Thanks delavia! I remember looking over the Wikipedia list last year for banned book week -- can't believe I forgot to look there for this swap! I'm going to check it out right now.

Banning books is anathema to any curious, interested, informed type of person, and I'll be curious to see if Australia has a history of banning quite the amount of books the US has. (Hope not!) As for censorship, my parents never knew or cared what I read, to their credit (well, they might have cared; that would have been nice!), but I still covered my first and only trashy sex novel in patterned paper so I could read it in public. I was all of 13 and I must say - that book did me the world of good. ;)

OK, swap partners are assigned. Any questions, let me know.