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Bondi library removes book How to Sell a Genocide from shelves after complaint

Fading3 outlets reported this in 4 reports over 2 days
Tue, 18 August 2026peak 3 reports on Tue, 18 August 2026Fri, 28 August 2026

What it is about

Adam JohnsonBondi libraryWaverley councilPalestinian groupSydney libraryWaverley libraryBondi beachBondi JunctionKnjižnicaKNJIŽNICA WaverleySydneyjuWaverley LibraryGazaState LibraryState Library of New South Wales

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report
The Guardian World1 original report1 original report
Anadolu Agency (AA)1 original report
18 Aug, 00:55over 10 days28 Aug, 04:25

1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 4 original reports

  1. Tue, 18 August 2026

    3 reports
    • The Guardian World00:55first to report

      Author Adam Johnson criticises Waverley council saying ‘reality is often upsetting’ while Palestinian group says libraries should hold ‘challenging’ books Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Sydney library has removed a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide, following a complaint reportedly from a survivor of the Bondi beach terror attack. Waverley library at Bondi Junction is in the same council...

    • Index.hr (Croatia)04:30

      KNJIŽNICA Waverley u Sydneyju povukla je knjigu 'Kako prodati genocid' nakon pritužbe. Odluka je izazvala raspravu o cenzuri i slobodi govora, a autor i palestinske udruge su je kritizirali.

    • Anadolu Agency (AA)15:22

      Waverley Library removes ‘How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza’

  2. Fri, 28 August 2026

    1 report
    • The Guardian World04:25

      Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales. Waverley library removed the book “for...

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