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SUMMARY:Freedom to Read and Write: Books and Authors Behind Bars
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DESCRIPTION:Prisoner publications creator Sara Falconer\, former prison li
 brarian Michelle De Agostini and prison support worker Pam discuss prisone
 rs' struggles to access and write books behind bars. .\nhttps://hpl.libnet
 .info/event/10426213
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>A conversation with local writer and priso
 ner publications creator Sara Falconer\, former prison librarian and unive
 rsity library manager Michelle De Agostini\, and prisoner support worker P
 am. Sara discusses her experience working with political prisoners across 
 North America to produce and edit publications authored by prisoners. Mich
 elle discusses her experience running a prison library and the state of pr
 ison library policy in Canada.&nbsp\;Pam discusses their experience workin
 g with local prisoners and as the Project Lead for Disability&nbsp\;Justic
 e Network of Ontario's Prison Project.</p>\n<p>The 45-minute conversation 
 is followed by a 15-minute question and answer period.</p>\n<p>Check out t
 he HPL catalogue to <a href="https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/">borrow</a>&nb
 sp\;<em>Rattling The Cages: Oral Histories of North American Political Pri
 soners\,&nbsp\;</em>featuring an introduction written by Falconer.</p>\n<p
 >Check out De Agostini's article\, <em>Locked Up Libraries: A Critique of 
 Canadian Prison Library Policy</em> in the <a href="https://journal.radica
 llibrarianship.org/index.php/journal/article/view/69"><em>Journal of Radic
 al Librarianship.</em></a></p>\n<p>Check out <a href="https://www.djno.ca/
 ">Disability&nbsp\;Justice Network of Ontario</a>'s Prison Project website
  for their research and advocacy work.</p>\n<p><strong>Falconer</strong>&n
 bsp\;is a writer\, editor and digital strategist who works with nonprofits
 . She has created publications with prisoners since 2001.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><
 strong>De Agostini</strong> is a library worker who worked at the Edmonton
  Institution\, a federal\, maximum-security prison for men from 2019-2021.
  During that time\, De Agostini also helped to run programs in prisons\, i
 ncluding a creative writing workshop for people housed at the New Edmonton
  Remand Centre (Canada's largest prison) and a book club program for peopl
 e housed at the Edmonton Institution.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>Pam&nbsp\;</s
 trong>(they/them) is queer\, brain-injured\, bilingual (Spanish-English)\,
  of Peruvian and Chilean-Italian ancestry\, and Disability&nbsp\;Justice N
 etwork of Ontario's Prison Project Lead coordinating the prisoner support 
 phone lines. They're a former outreach and advocacy worker&nbsp\;with chro
 nically houseless folx who are between prisons\, hospitals\, and streets/s
 helters.&nbsp\;Pam is&nbsp\;passionate about Indigenous sovereignty\, comm
 unity care\, and harm reduction. They also have a Master of Social Work wi
 th experience in research\, therapy\, and disability justice.</p>\n<p></p>
 \n<p></p>\nhttps://hpl.libnet.info/event/10426213
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