Books in the Index on Censorship series

Including an interview with Judy Blume, the author illustrates a short story from Turkey.

Looks at taboos all over the world from Bangladesh to Britain. This title also includes a special section of cartoons from across the planet.

Features historian Tom Holland, actor Simon Callow, Brazil's controversial director Roberto Alvim and Bollywood's Aparna Sen who all talk Shakespeare, protest and dissent. This magazine takes a look at how staging Shakespeare has allowed directors to tackle issues that would have otherwise been censored in countries around the world.

Television foreign correspondent Lindsey Hilsum thinks about why and when war zones become too dangerous to cover. The author (who broke the story of extraordinary rendition) reports on the modern threats to reporters' keeping their sources secret, while an Iraqi trainer of journalists investigates what measures journalists can take to stay safer.

Does it pose threats if people choose to write under a pen name? Is that as true of a book as a Tweet? Why should that be? This special report includes an analysis of the value of anonymity with articles looking at when it is used and why. It also looks at why writers, journalists and artists choose to do work under an assumed name.

This issue of the magazine includes a special report with reports from a range of countries formerly behind the Berlin Wall about whether the expected level of freedoms have exceeded or not met expectations.

Index marks its fortieth anniversary with a special issue marking the highs and lows for freedom of expression since the magazine was founded, and assessing the future for free speech.

In the latest issue we look at threats to the right to protest around the world, how protesters are being threatened in different ways and an investigation into rising numbers of attacks on journalists covering protests, Authors include Ariel Dorfman, Micah White, Robert McCrum and an interview with Pentagon Papers lawyer Floyd Abrams.

The March 2010 issue considers the Internet, its effect on free speech and how it has reinvented free speech.

As modern technology multiplies radio's reach, the June issue of Index on Censorship examines the medium and its messengers. Includes contributions from Joe Queenan, Alexei Venediktov and Shirazuddin Siddiqi.

This issue of Index on Censorship looks at censorship in music, including the songs they tried to ban, the musicians stopped for playing live, and the singers who are put on trial. With contributions by Radiohead's Colin Greenwood, legendary band manager Peter Jenner and novelist Will Self.

This issue of Index on Censorship celebrates 50 years of English PEN by looking at the impact that imprisonment and persecution has on literature -- and asking what challenges writers continue to face today. Contributors include Margaret Atwood, Lydia Cacho and Maureen Freel

This issue of Index hears from the grassroots activists, pioneering journalists and frontline bloggers who depend on new media to get the message out - and assesses its impact.

From libel to intelligent design, Index on Censorship examines the obstacles to scientific inquiry.