Literary judges quit over decision to destroy books on gay

A censorship row es­­­­calated when judges of a literary prize quit over the national library’s plans to destroy three children’s books deemed to be pro-homosexual.

In a statement, the three judges of the non-fiction category of the biennial Singapore Literature Prize condemned a National Library Board (NLB) decision last week to pulp three titles that went against its “pro-family” stance.