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December 2 East York, Ont. Jim […]
When
1981-12-02
Description
December 2 East York, Ont. Jim Quixley, a librarian at Glendon College, York University, and a member of the Writers' Union of Canada, was scheduled to read from his children's book Willie Won't Fly to a class of grade six students at William Burgess Public School. The reading was part of the Writers' Union programme and was funded by the OAC. Quixley's reading was cancelled, however, after the school's principal discovered that Quixley was a member of the CLA's Gay Interest Group. Quixley had given readings at several other schools without incident, and Willie Won't Fly did not contain any gay content.
