Publishing house of children’s literature “Samota” sent bookstores a list of 23 books, asking to withdraw them from sale and return to the publisher. The list was shared by one of the St. Petersburg bookstores with the “paper”. The list includes works for both children and adults published by the “Self -Cat”. Among them: a comic book about the history of feminism “Freedom, equality, nursing” by Marta Breen; the story of a girl who, together with his family, leaves his hometown due to hostilities, “Sit and look” by Martha Kaydanovskaya and Andrei Bulbenko; Roman Marie-Od Murai OH, Boy!, In which the theme of LGBT’s theme “Traveling in pictures in pictures The continents, seas and cultures of the world ”by Alexandra and Daniel Mizelinsky. The publishing house explained their request“ shortcomings that make them (books) unsuitable for use and distribution ”. “They must be removed from the sale in accordance with applicable law,” the letter says. According to the source of “Paper” in bookstores, the request to return the books is connected with the fear of publishing houses that they can find “LGBT propaganda” or other violations. Another interlocutor of the publication noted that now all publishers are sending such lists of book. Earlier it was reported that such lists were sent to stores by the EXMO Publishing House and the book-trade company “BMM Trading House”. The publications began to withdraw their books from sales against the background, the defendants of which were accused of extremism due to Quirry literature, as well as after the visit of the security forces to the St. Petersburg Book store “Signature Publications”. The store ultimately fined 800 thousand rubles according to the protocol on “propaganda of non -traditional sexual relations and” (part 1 of Article 6.21 of the Administrative Code). The reason for the fine was the sale of three books by Ad Marginem – the “body of everyone” Olivia Lang, as well as “On Women” and “Against Interpretation and Other Essays” Susan Zontag. (Tagstotranslate) News
