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Dear sir, I intend to burn your book : an anatomy of a book burning Cover Image

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Dear sir, I intend to burn your book : an anatomy of a book burning

Hill, Lawrence 1957- (author.).

Summary: "In 2011, Canadian writer Lawrence Hill received an email from a man in the Netherlands stating that he intended to burn The Book of Negroes, Hill's internationally acclaimed novel. Soon, the threat was international news, affecting Hill's publishers and readers. In this provocative essay, Hill shares his private response to that moment and the controversy that followed, examing his reaction to the threat, while attempting to come to terms with the book burner's motives and complaints. Drawing on other instances of book banning and burning, Hill maintains that censorship is still alive and well, even in this age of access to information. All who are interested in literature, freedom of expression and human rights will appreciate this passionate defence of the freedom to read and write"--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0888646798
ISBN: 9780888646798
ISBN: 0888647093
ISBN: 9780888647092
ISBN: 0888647085
ISBN: 9780888647085
ISBN: 9780888648204
ISBN: 0888648200
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 33 pages)
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Publisher: Edmonton, Alta. : University of Alberta Press ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor], 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Liminaire; Introduction; Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book Burning; Notes; About the Author; Henry Kriesel Lecture Series.
Language Note:	Text chiefly in English. Foreword presented in English and French.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.