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Simon Miraudo is a Western Australian writer, broadcaster and film critic. He is the General Manager of RTRFM, which is an independent, non-profit community radio station that provides an alternative voice for WA through innovative music and talks programming, with a strong focus on the arts, culture, social justice, politics and the environment. Simon has presented a film review segment on RTRFM since 2010, and has covered films extensively for the ABC and The Guardian, among other outlets. You can find more than 1,400 of his film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, where he is a verified contributor. He lives in Perth with his wife, Jenny, and son, Miles.
'A uniquely Australian ride into the dark side of film censorship, pearl-clutching outrages and moral panics, Simon Miraudo's Book of the Banned is an essential book for film fans, cinema scholars and card-carrying perverts alike.' -Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 'This book is f***ing great. And if they put asterisks in this quote, the censors will have won again. Impeccably researched and superbly written, Book of the Banned is an endlessly riveting slice of film history that demands to be read.' -Chris Taylor 'Miraudo masterfully guides us through the tangled and surprisingly fascinating history of Australian censorship and takes us on a wild journey through the rule-breaking films that tested those boundaries. Anchored by a detailed account of film history and censorship policy plus interviews with leading researchers and cinephiles, Book of the Banned is both a lively love-letter to controversial and challenging films and a call for our censorship practices to be reviewed.' -Flick Ford 'Important, because it pulls together the exhaustive record of snipped and smothered films, lying in the wake of decisions by Australian authorities.' -John Safran
