Enghebatu Togochong is the director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center. In this episode we discuss the ongoing persecution of the Mongolian people in China. You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or by listening below:
ITS HERE! This Friday we release Series 2 of our podcast Banned Voices Every week in July join Banned Books founder Joseph Dunnigan and a distinguished guest to discuss free speech for ethnic minority groups in China Be ready censorship enthusiasts, you’re going to have your eyes opened wide by these stories..search and subscribe to …
Mohammed Almahfali, Ph.D, is an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University in Sweden. In this episode we discuss his personal story of travelling from Yemen to Sweden, his expertise on literature of the Arabic speaking world, and of course censorship and book banning across the region and what …
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Ulrika Ahlberg and Jude Chukwuma Dibia work at the Dawitt Isaak Library in Malmö, Sweden, a library dedicated to authors who have been censored, repressed, or forced into exile. We discuss our shared passion for the free exchange of ideas, and the similarities and differences between their library and the Banned Books museum. You can …
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After two months of lockdown, Banned Books is open to the public again. We have been hard at work upgrading the museum, adding to our collection and creating new merchandise, so come check out the new place! Open, as always, Fri-Sun 11-18. We have added new photos of historic book-burning events… …more furniture for your …
Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia. He talks about his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband books across the border, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life in Estonia. You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, …
S1E4 – Captain Roy D, on QAnon and Amazon De-listing Read More »
The third episode of our podcast, Banned Voices is available now! Guest Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia. He talks about his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband books across the border, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life …
S1E3 – Denis Poljakov, Bookseller, on Smuggling Books Across the Russian Border Read More »
The second episode of Banned Voices is available now! Our guest is Dutch author Edwin Giltay, who discusses his 2014 book “De Doofpotgeneraal” and the aftermath of its release. The book details a scandal in Dutch military intelligence regarding film footage of war crimes that took place in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. Listen to …
S1E2 – Edwin Giltay, Whistleblower, on the Bosnian War and a Dutch Cover-up Read More »
The first episode of our bi-weekly podcast series Banned Voices is available now! Our first guest is Latvian author Santa Remere, who discusses her 2020 book Mūsējās. The book was intended as an inspiring collection of biographies of Latvian women presented in a fairy-tale style, but was attacked upon publication for its inclusion of one highly …
S1E1 – Santa Remere on the Consequences of Inspiring Girls Read More »
On the 24th of February, Estonia celebrates 103 years of independence. Our museum features an ever-growing collection of books which were censored or destroyed during the Soviet occupation. We are collecting these based on an extensive list of prohibited works published by the authorities in 1940 – come take a look to see if you …
