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The Book Show

Banned Books 05: Censorship in Iran

May 18, 2024
19:55

Iran's Kafka like book censorship is causing authors to flee, including writer Shokoofeh Azar who now lives in Australia.

Banned Books is a new series that looks at what's driving book bans worldwide. 

In this last episode, writer Shokoofeh Azar who now lives in Australia and is the author of The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree which is banned in Iran.

Guests: 

  • Shokoofeh Azar - Iranian born, Australian based journalist and author The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree, shortlisted for the International Booker and Stella Prize.
  • Alireza Abiz - Iranian born, UK based scholar, poet and translator. He's the author of Censorship of Literature in Post-Revolutionary Iran: Politics and Culture since 1979
  • Nassim Khadem - ABC journalist. Provided reading from The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree

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