Past Event19 May 2024

Pulp Friction: The Rise of Book Bans

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Hunua Rooms, Aotea Centre

Talks & ideas

With literary censorship on the rise Adam Dudding talks to three major creative figures fighting back:

Lauren Groff is opening a new bookshop in her home state of Florida dedicated to selling banned titles and books by marginalised writers; artist and writer Shubigi Rao has dedicated a decade to documenting the history of censored books from all over the world; and Viet Thanh Nguyen, speaks and writes widely on the dangers of censorship.  

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