The ALA, which counted 729 challenges against 273 books, released a list of the 10 most-frequently challenged books, including Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, All Boys Arent Blue by George M. The PEN report states 1,145 separate books by 874 authors have been challenged since last summer, with Texas accounting for substantially more challenges than any other state.īoth organizations report books touching on sexual orientation and racism as frequent targets. The American Library Association and the freedom of expression organization PEN released separate reports recently on the rising tide of challenges to books in American schools. I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement.
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Ontarios Festival of Literary Diversity will once again be largely virtual, with a series of panels and workshops starting tomorrow and running through May 7 and featuring a primarily BIPOC group of writers, including Governor-Generals and Writers Trust winner Katherena Vermette, Giller winner André Alexis and Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, whose debut The Son of the House last year was shortlisted for the Giller and who will be part of a panel discussion by Nigerian-Canadian writers. In some cases, Thoreau observed plants blooming 18 days later than they do today, an indication of the effect of a warming climate. Lately, though, Thoreaus writings have found a readership among scientists using them to monitor global climate change.Īccording to Lithub, Thoreau kept detailed notes of the flowering of plants and the appearance of migratory species at Walden. Henry David Thoreaus Walden has been read by generations of seekers, nature-lovers and counterculturalists looking for insights in the 19th-century authors observations at the eponymous water body. A summary of Suzanne Simards bestselling Finding the Mother Tree, for example, is described in a product review as reading like something translated from Swedish to Italian by a Turk before finally being translated into English by a Russian. Rustad then discovered additional summary books being sold under different bylines.Ī quick Google search reveals that slapdash summaries are sold for many successful books. Tracker School to the Tom Earthy colored Jr. The reviews had been slightly modified, sometimes bizarrely, such as changing the name of a survival program called the Tom Brown Jr. The summary turned out to consist of reviews of Rustads book, which tells the story of a globe-trotting seeker who disappeared after meeting a supposed holy man in the Himalayas.
Yost was selling a book titled Summary of Lost in the Valley of Death, for $11.64. Rustad discovered that somebody using the name Sidney P. The workshop runs May 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 7-9 p.m., costs $140 and is billed as appropriate for all levels and all genres.Ĭanadian author Harley Rustad uncovered a strange case of plagiarism recently while looking for his own book, Lost in the Valley of Death, on Amazon. Moncrieff is leading a four-week online workshop through the Winnipeg International Writers Festival entitled Writing a Page Turner. Looking to write a book that keeps readers hooked? The in-person launch, hosted by fellow author Colleen Nelson, will also be streamed on McNally Robinsons YouTube channel. The new book tells the story of a 12-year-old whos hit by lightning, meets a being from a parallel world and acquires strange new powers that he needs to use to solve a mystery and get his new friend home.