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Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocideto shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

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Jordyn Beazley28 Aug 2026, 04:25 amUpdated 1d ago1 min readAsiaAustralia

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Bondi library returns book How to Sell a Genocide to shelves after State Library ‘outlines the law’

Book was removed for review earlier this month following complaint but reinstated after petition and State Library letter to Waverley council

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A Sydney library has returned to its borrowing shelves a book critical of Israel called How to Sell a Genocide following a public campaign and an intervention from the State Library of New South Wales.

Waverley library removed the book “for review ” earlier this month after the Jewish news outlet JWire reported it had approached the council.

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Source: The Guardian · Jordyn Beazley. Published 28 Aug 2026, 04:25 am.

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