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BANNED! Does a rising trend of book censorship mean we’re destined for Orwell’s Oceania after all?

BANNED! Does a rising trend of book censorship mean we’re destined for Orwell’s Oceania after all?

Books
Published on January 17, 2025

By Laura McCarthy. It is a well known fact that George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 is the most banned book of all time. The irony of censoring literature which is prophetic of extreme censorship isn’t lost on most of us. You may well have heard of other past bans too, including...

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Under the Covers – August: Meet prize-winning Totton-born author/illustrator Kim Hillyard

Under the Covers – August: Meet prize-winning Totton-born author/illustrator Kim Hillyard

Books, Features, Local Heroes
Published on August 11, 2023

By books editor Carolyn Thomas. Images by Jasmine Joynson. In just a few years Totton-born children’s author and illustrator Kim Hillyard has cornered the market in life-enhancing stories featuring quirky animal heroes.  So far she’s featured a fly, a hamster, and a mammoth in her beautifully illustrated stories for...

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