Gilbert back from play-full leave

English instructor Reid Gilbert is back at
Cap this fall, after having taken a one
term Paid Educational Leave, and his
experfences over the past few months
should provide some interesting enrichment
for his classes. In addition to doing a
great deal of research, he attended
productions of various styles of theatre
in Tokyo, Kyoto, The People's Republic of
China, Bangkok, Florence, Sienna, the
Cannes Film Festival, Paris, Madrid,
Montreal and Toronto.

Gilbert was granted the leave to work on
his book, ''An Introductory Guide to 25
Canadian Plays'', and completed five
chapters of the guide as well as the
introductory apparatus. During a research
trip to Toronto and Montreal he added 1100
entries to the bibliographical section of
the book; these were mainly in archive
collections and were located through
vertical files and microfilm records,
mostly in the Toronto Metropolitan Library.
The book is now represented by Fernwood
Books of Toronto.

In addition to this work, Reid published
a major article, chronology, critical

i, synopsis, primary and secondary
bibliography of Canadian playwright Sharon
Pollock for the Profiles in Canadian
Literature series. He delivered a guest
lecture--"Extending the record west: The
Vancouver Art's Club scrapbooks, 1950-65''—
at the Graduate Centre for the Study of
Drama of the University of Toronto. He
also published an article on Daphne
Marlatt and an update of his earlier essay
on Phillis Gotlieb for the third edition
of Contemporary Poets (London: St. James
Press/Macmillan). Finally, he published a
review of Chad Evens' new book on British
Columbia theatre of the 19th century in
Canadian Theatre Review.

Welcome back, Reid.

Eat Elsewhere

The administration is asking for
co-operation from faculty and students in
maintaining a policy of no food in
classrooms for 1984/85. Because facilities
maintenance services are minimal, the
college wishes to avoid extra trouble and
expense, so please do your munching in the

cafeterias.

Benefit concert upcoming

There will be an Amnesty International
Benefit Folk Concert at the Centennial
Theatre on October 20 at 8 pm. Starring
Nancy White, Holly Arntzen and Connie
Kaldor, the concert will cost $10 ($7 for
seniors, students adn unemployed). Tickets
are available through Jean Malinson, 926-
2520.

Freedom to Read week Sept. 16-23

Bookstores, libraries and newsstands are
crammed with thousands of books on every
conceivable subject. We, in Canada, are
free to read what we like when we like. Or
are we?

Despite the recent enshrinement of freedom
of expression as a fundamental right In
Canada's Constitution, the freedom to read
is under attack from many different
quarters. While we have had no bonfires,
no burning of books in public, we have
throughout Canada a quieéter—perhaps
deadlier—form of censorship. Sometimes
the banning or suppression of a book is
done so swiftly and silently that the
public is not even aware it has happened.
Occasionally, a small item in the
newspaper draws our attention to the fact
that a school principal or trustee has had
a book withdrawn from a school library, or
Customs officers have ordered a bookseller
to remove a certain title from his
shelves. Almost invariably, this is the
result of pressure from parents or
citizens' groups.

What kind of books are banned in Canada?
Margaret Laurence's novel, ''The Diviners,'"!
has been withdrawn from certain school
reading Ifsts. W.0. Mitchell's ''Who Has
Seen the Wind!'', Alice Munro's "'Lives of
Girls and Women'', J.D. Salinger's ''The
Catcher In the Rye'', and William Golding's
"The Lord of the Flies'', among many other
titles of high literary quality, have been
banned, challenged or removed from the
sight of students before they could be
"corrupted'' by reading them.

Freedom to Read week is sponsored by the
Freedom of Expression Committee of the
Book and Periodical Development Council to
raise public awareness of this growing
threat and the need to resist it. For
further .tnformation, check the display in
our library.