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FINDLEY, Timothy

1997-0066

Enregistrement sonore

1 of 1

1994-10-30

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

host, Ian Brown

Host Ian Brown, writer Timothy Findley, and Osdgoode Hall Law School Professor Bruce Rider disthe Cuss the implications of censorship of books by Customs Canada; the gay and lesbian bookshop Little Sisters that initiated a Supreme Court ruling on the application of obscenity charges to literature, and a sampling of the texts seized by Customs Canada that sparked the legal battle; the Customs Act alleged to be unconstitutional, prohibiting distribution of obscenity causing harm to women and children (Butler Decision, 1992); and the reading of passages from "The Dead Can Dance" (Findley); "The Vampire" (Rice); "In Search of a Master" (John Preston); and "The Madman" (Samuel R. Delaney).

English

Libre

MSS 18244

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur