It’s Banned Books Week, the week when we celebrate our freedom to read by remembering those books which have been banned and censored over the years. We’ll highlight a banned book a day here on the blog. If you’d like to participate in BBW, send us a video of yourself reading an excerpt from a banned book and we’ll post it on this Youtube channel, where a worldwide Virtual Read Out is in full swing. (Send your videos to alison@bookpeople.com.)
BANNED BOOK:
The Odyssey by Homer
~Attempted censorship by Plato, who suggested expurgation for immature readers.
~Ban attempted by Caligula on the grounds that it expressed Greek ideals of freedom.
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