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Gains Book by Alexander Trocchi

4 min 13 years ago / 399 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 7th December Marty Wade, National Librarian in the National Library of Scotland, presents Gain’s Book (1960) by Alexander Trocchi. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA […]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

4 min 13 years ago / 963 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : Finnish / Subtitle cc: English

Banned books: 6th December Library Director in the City of Espoo, Jaana Tyrni, presents Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) by Roald Dahl. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and […]

Decamerone by Giovanni Boccaccio

4 min 13 years ago / 1272 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 5th December Author & President of Finnish PEN, Jarkko Tontti, presents Decamerone (1350-1353) by Giovanni Boccaccio. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom […]

Ulysses by James Joyce

4 min 13 years ago / 660 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 4th December Programme Director of Europeana & The European Library, Jill Cousins, presents Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee […]

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler

4 min 13 years ago / 1434 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : Finnish / Subtitle cc: English

Banned books: 3rd December Librarian Juha Kortesluoma presents Mein Kampf (1925-1926) by Adolf Hitler. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information […]

The Egyptian by Mika Waltari

4 min 13 years ago / 1861 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 2nd December IFLA President-elect 2011-2013 Sinikka Sipilä presents The Egyptian (1945) by Mika Waltari. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access […]

The Wars by Timothy Findley

4 min 13 years ago / 3373 views / Literature programs, Banned Books Advent Calendar / Soundtrack : English

Banned books: 1st December UBC University Librarian and IFLA president Ingrid Parent presents The Wars (1977) by Timothy Findley. The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on […]

Banned books TEASER

1 min 13 years ago / 2139 views / Literature programs, Advertisements, Banned Books Advent Calendar, Library Issues / Soundtrack : English

The Entresse Library in Espoo, Finland and FAIFE (IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression) have together created the world’s first Banned Books video calendar. […]

Henning Mankell’s thoughts about illiteracy

3 min 14 years ago / 380 views / Literature programs, Author Interviews and Reading Tips, Education Channel, International Co-operation and IFLA / Soundtrack : English

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this interwiev he speaks about illiteracy. Read more: Henning Mankell web page Interviewer: Kirsi Luukkanen Filming and editing: Tuomas Lipponen […]

Henning Mankell speaks about libraries

21 min 14 years ago / 1180 views / Author interviews, Library channel, Literature programs, Author Interviews and Reading Tips, Recommended / Soundtrack : English

Henning Mankell visited Gothenburg’s University Library during IFLA conference. In this informal discussion Henning Mankell told about his experiences of Africa and the meaning of free access to information. In this […]