Library creates double bound copy of 1984

This edition of 1984 is commissioned by the Dawit Isaak Library to protest the blatant censorship of books around the world. Bound on both sides, this book will be the first of many to be published ‘bound’ to spark conversations about the dangers of censorship. With the act of 'double-binding' important pieces of literature, we symbolize the feeling of one's expression being silenced when a book is banned.

We have now made a copy of the bound book available to borrow for the 1000+ libraries that are participating in this year's Banned Books Week in Sweden. If you run a local library or are a librarian at a school, please fill in the form to borrow the book. Through borrowing the book we hope you can have meaningful discussions and debates about censorship and free expression.

If you run a library outside of Sweden, write to us for more information on borrowing the book.

The Dawit Isaak Database of Censorship (DIDOC) maps and catalogues banner and censored literature from all over the world. It serves as a resource for information on the free word and censorship. You can access the database via its website.

The Dawit Isaak Library is the world’s first library entirely dedicated to freedom of speech. On its shelves and in its digital database are books and information about works that have been banned, burned, or censored, as well as works by writers who have been silenced, threatened, imprisoned, or forced into exile for their words.