Once-banned kids book 'Into the River' gets movie dealBEVAN READ/stuff.co.nz Ted Dawe, author of banned book Into the River, discusses censorship and the inspiration for his work. Ted Dawe's once-banned childrens novel Into the River is reportedly headed for the big screen. Into the River, which won a New Zealand Post Children's Book Award in 2013, was temporarily banned in 2015 after a complaint by conservatives about the publication's detailed scenes of sex, drugs, and coarse language. JASON DORDAY/FAIRFAX NZ Author Ted Dawe with a copy of his book Into the River, which was temporarily banned in 2015. In an interview with Fairfax Media in September, 2015, Dawe said controversy about the book had been "hugely positive".

Source: Stuff January 29, 2017 07:01 UTC