When Montreal author David Bernans booked a reading of his novel, North of 9/11 for the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks back in 2006, he wasn't expecting to be shut down by agents of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in conjunction with university security.
Emails and documents from the 2006 censorship were recently released, citing that Bernans was seen "photographing posters" at Concordia University and that "agents will be informed." Read more about the story at Art Threat. North of 9/11: The novel's plot revolves around a group of punks and youth of the Arab Diaspora who fall under the surveillance of an intelligence agency because of their plans for non-violent opposition to the war in Afghanistan.
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