Scroll down to read what critics have written about Book of the Banned, and listen to radio and podcast interviews with Simon on the subject of film censorship.
Oh, and if you found out about Book of the Banned through Alexei Toliopoulos and Zachary Ruane’s hilarious comedy show about Margaret and David’s battle with the censors, Refused Classification, listen to them in conversation with Simon and his Movie Squad co-host Tristan Fidler right here. You can also learn more about how Alexei and Zachary used Book of the Banned as a resource in this interview with The Curb, as well as Simon’s Substack. Plus, read a review of the show here!
The year in books: 2023
– The West Australian, 2 December 2023
Book Club: Simon Miraudo delves into censorship in Australia in Book of the Banned
– The West Australian, 5 August 2023
Margaret Pomeranz v the police: how Australian film standards – and censors – limit what we watch
– The Guardian, 1 August 2023
Australian film censorship and the movies that made us sweat
– ScreenHub, 20 July 2023
Interview with ABC Radio & ABC Digital article by Molly Schmidt
– ABC, 25 July 2023
‘Labor’s lost interest in transparency’: Another year of a broken FOI scheme
– Crikey, 13 December 2023
Simon Miraudo on the wild history of censorship in Australia
– Always Be Watching, 7 August 2024
RADIO/PODCASTS
Interview with ABC Darwin
– ABC, 9 May 2025
What We Wrote
– Podcast, 23 June 2024
Interview with ABC NSW’s Nightlife
– ABC, 11 August 2023
Interview with RTRFM’s Artbeat
– RTRFM, 28 July 2023
Interview with FBi Radio’s Movies, Movies Movies
– FBi Radio, 31 July 2023
Interview with RRR’s Primal Screen
– RRR, 31 July 2023
Interview with ABC Radio National’s Life Matters
– RN, 16 October 2023
Interview with Writing WA’s Podstreet
– Podstreet, 17 October 2023
Interview with Screen Watching
– Screen Watching, 20 November 2023
Also heard on ABC Radio Sydney Mornings, ABC Radio Great Southern Mornings, 6PR Perth’s The Nightshift and 6PR Perth’s Weekends.