Amid a rising tide of challenges to literature tackling themes such as LGBTQ+ issues, what could the future hold for books, readers and authors? This is The Overview.
Presented by Julia O'Driscoll with The Week's Leaf Arbuthnot and guests Deborah Caldwell-Stone, the director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, and Daniel Gorman, director of human rights organisation English PEN. Produced by Rich Jarman.
For more Information:
English Pen: https://www.englishpen.org/
American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom https://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/oif
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