Read dangerously this Banned Books Week (and Beyond)!
Our friends at the American Library Association have set aside the last week of September each year as Banned Books Week, a celebration that “brings…
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Celebrate Banned Books Week by… reading banned books!
Every year, the last week of September is officially Banned Books Week. As the American Library Association—who promote the annual campaign, along with Amnesty…
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Father’s Day Reads: The Revolutionary
These five picks are for all those dads packed to the brim with lively, political opinions. The dads who stand strong in the face…
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The Guardian Review: Forbidden Stories From Inside North Korea
This collection has an extraordinary origin story. Bandi, meaning “firefly”, is the pseudonym for a North Korean who has worked, and might still work, as part of the nation’s…
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NY Times Review: A Dissident Book Smuggled From North Korea Finds a Global Audience
SEOUL, South Korea — It was a dog-eared manuscript, 743 pages bound in string. But for Do Hee-youn, an activist campaigning for human rights…
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Quartz Review: The First Known Fiction Out of North Korea is a Dystopian Thriller
A rare piece of fiction from one of the world’s most repressive regimes reaches English speakers for the first time this week. The Accusation is…
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