April 16, 2003

Canada Book Week approaches

Canada Book week approaches. CBC Radio will be airing Canada Reads starting Monday. Excerpts from the schedule... April 21st to 25th - Canada Book Week. The Canada Reads battle of books will be aired twice daily, during the first half hour of Sounds Like Canada (10 to 10:30 a.m./10:30 to 11 in Nfld.) and during the last half hour of As It Happens (7:30 to 8 p.m./8 to 8:30 in Nfld.) - Listen to Between the Covers 2:30 p.m. (3:00 N.T.) on Richardson's Roundup, evenings at 10:40 p.m. (11:10 N.T.) for readings from the five Canada Reads titles. April 25th - The final episode of the Canada Reads battle of the books, which will reveal the title of the book Canada Reads. For broadcast times, see April 21st to 25th above. April 25th - Canada Reads and Cobourg Celebrates! Join authors Jonathan Bennett, Michelle Berry, Sarah Dearing, Scott Gardiner and Andrew Pyper with moderator Ronald Wright for an evening of author readings and lively discussion at Cobourg Public Library, 200 Ontario Street, Cobourg. For more details, go to the website at www.cobourg.library.on.ca. From the Canada Reads schedule posted on cbc.ca 3:23:15 PM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

Librarians vs Big Brother

US librarians continue to make the news in their protests over the Patriot Act. Librarians Make Some Noise Over Patriot Act Concerns About Privacy Prompt Some to Warn Patrons, Destroy Records of Book and Computer Use By Rene Sanchez Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 10, 2003; Page A20 MONTEREY PARK, Calif. -- Every public computer inside this city's library has a new warning taped to its screen. Beware, the message says, anything you read is now subject to secret scrutiny by federal agents. "We felt strongly that this had to be done," said librarian Linda Wilson. "The government has never had this kind of power before. It feels like Big Brother." Wilson is not accustomed to protest. Her days are spent quietly tending to aisles of books in this immigrant community near Los Angeles. But now she is at the forefront of an unusual rebellion. Across the country, in a movement that belies their staid image, librarians are rising up in anger and rallying against a law the Justice Department calls one of its most important new tools to help catch terrorists before they strike. [Full story] 8:52:43 AM  [Permanent Link]    comment []

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