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ALA’s Graphic Novel webinar

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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Booklist and the American Library Association posts up an hour-long webinar on graphic novels and their increasing importance for the mix of reading material in public and school libraries, including contributions from folks from Lerner Publishing and SLG: Booklist Webinar – Seeing is Reading: An Inside Look at Graphic Novels from ALA Publishing on Vimeo.

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Ban this delightful all ages graphic novel – head shaking news from the ALA

Sunday, October 3, 2010

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Every year the American Library Association publishes it’s list of the most challenged books in American libraries as part of the Banned Books Week. Like most people who love words, the concept of banning books, or even of attempting to ban them, is an anathema to me. It does no-one any good and I’m a firm [...]

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Burn, baby, burn, literary inferno…

Friday, October 2, 2009

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I hadn’t realised that the annual (and highly commendable) Banned Book Week organised by the American Library Association to celebrate the important writing some would try to ban or even burn (a true mark of a barbarian to my way of thinking, burning books) included a poster inspired by Tim Hamilton’s recent graphic novel adaptation [...]

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