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In an unprecedented outpouring of anger, 42 of the UK's most celebrated writers will each publish a short story, essay or poem tomorrow attacking the government's determination to proceed with legislation to ...

Author calls for rethink on development of historic Oxford boatyard after inspector rejects plans to build luxury flats John Vidal Environment editor The eviction of boat dwellers at the Castle Mill boatyard in ...

The developers behind a plan to build an apartment block on the site of a historic boatyard in Oxford have vowed to forge ahead with the scheme.

Campaigners led by Philip Pullman, the author of Northern Lights, are celebrating victory in a battle with developers over the fate of a historic Oxford boatyard which has a string of literary associations.

It's the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, celebrating the freedom to read.

A selection of banned or challenged books is currently on display in the Douglas County Library's lobby.

Happy Banned Book Week . We Canadians celebrate ours at the end of February. But there seems to be an awful lot of anger about a few books in particular.

Philip Pullman is apparently delighted that his trilogy is one of the most challenged books of the year in America, with numerous calls having being made to pull His Dark Materials from libraries.

Philip Pullman says he's delighted to discover his books have been challenged in the US, where 420 formal requests to have Northern Lights removed from libraries were lodged last year.

The ACLU cited His Dark Materials author Philip Pullman as the most challenged author this year, followed by Alvin Schwartz, author of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series.

When I heard that my novel The Golden Compass appeared in the top five of the American Library Association's list of 2007's most challenged books, my immediate and ignoble response was glee.

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy constitutes one of the finest reading experiences for children I've ever seen.

Philip Pullman has revealed he was delighted to discover his novel Northern Lights was one of the most "challenged" titles of the year in America, with numerous calls made to have it removed from libraries.

The Urbandale Library, 3520 86th St., is encouraging residents to participate in the American Library Association's 27th annual Banned Books Week from Sept.

Never having read these books, nor seen the movie based upon "The Golden Compass", I don't have any preconceived notions of the author's alleged atheism or the grudge he supposedly has against the Catholic ...

Several months ago I did a complete double-take when a galley arrived at our store for a novel called How the Solider Repairs the Gramophone by Sasa Stanisic .

A leading publisher has admitted that the introduction of age banding to children's books has been poorly handled.

A child from the poor side of town finds an otherworldly toy that becomes a gremlin with magical powers.

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I read that Philip Pullman and many other children's book creators have taken a strong stance against publishers putting recommended reading ages on book covers.