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SUMMARY:Ira Wells: Controversy @ Noon 2025 - Banned Books: What's Next?
DESCRIPTION:Ira Wells\, author of On Book Banning\, will be joining this virtual event held by the Writers Guild of Alberta as a panelist\, to discuss book banning in the Canadian literary community\, particularly in Alberta where certain books are slated to be pulled from school shelves this Fall. What do these types of bans mean for writers and for readers\, now and in the coming months? Years? What calls to action might help prevent the banning of books in the future? \nIra will be joined by fellow panelists Gail de Vos and Malcolm Azania\, along with moderator Peter Midgley\, as they explore the ramifications of banned books and more this August. \nThe virtual event will take place on Tuesday\, August 26 at 12PM MT. The event is free to attend with registration here. \nMore details here. \nGrab a copy of On Book Banning here! \nABOUT ON BOOK BANNING \nThe freedom to read is under attack. \nFrom the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature\, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases\, literary controversies\, and philosophical arguments\, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization\, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves. \nABOUT IRA WELLS \nIra Wells is a critic\, essayist\, and an associate professor at Victoria College in the University of Toronto\, where he teaches in the Northrop Frye stream in literature and the humanities in the Vic One program. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, Globe and Mail\, Guardian\, The New Republic\, and many other venues. His most recent book is Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life. He lives in Toronto with his wife and children.
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