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Alberta's book ban backfires as librarians remove dystopian classics

Ellsworth Toohey
Sep 03, 2025
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The Handmaid's Tale

Alberta's conservative government just discovered that banning books about authoritarian control might make you look authoritarian.

As reported in the Guardian, Premier Danielle Smith had to slam the brakes on her shiny new book ban after librarians dutifully started pulling classics like The Handmaid's Tale, 1984, and Brave New World …

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