Library censorship updates, recent adaptations to know, and more library-focused news for the week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-20 13:00:00 UTC ]
It’s been another long year, and ending it with a book club pick sounds like a pretty good choice. Especially ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-10 13:00:00 UTC ]
Welcome to The Best of Book Riot, our daily round-up of what’s on offer across our site, newsletters, podcasts, and ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-10-08 16:01:59 UTC ]
The bestselling books of the week, a look at states that have banned book bans, and more from Book Riot's news coverage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-15 15:00:00 UTC ]
Seven states have anti-book ban laws on the books, with several others progressing this legislative session. That, plus this week's extensive book censorship news roundup. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-06-14 13:30:00 UTC ]
The effort will feature a banned book every Wednesday on DPLA’s social media accounts. Last year, the group launched its Banned Book Club, a program that uses GPS-based “geo-targeting” to enable readers to check out e-book versions of banned books via an e-reader app. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
What begins as a story about a Girl Scout Honor being censored for being about a teen's banned books project is a story of commissioners complicit in book banning county-wide. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-04-24 12:00:00 UTC ]
In China we have a saying that reading a banned book on a snowy night is one of the true joys of life. From this, one can well imagine the kind of satisfaction that reading a banned book may bring—like candy locked up in a cabinet, it releases a sweet fragrance into solitary spaces. Whenever […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-04-23 08:56:19 UTC ]
On February 17, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard College will host the first-ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards; in addition, Judy Blume will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
Banned book tables are a frequent sight at many bookstores. But are they helping the authors who need it most? Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-12-16 10:01:32 UTC ]
U.S. prisons have banned tens of thousands of books and remain the largest purveyors of censorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-30 10:40:00 UTC ]
The publisher’s $10,000 Freedom of Expression prize invites teens to write about a banned book that changed their life, against a backdrop of rising censorshipPublisher Penguin Random House has launched a new writing award in the US celebrating freedom of expression in response to a rise in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-10-24 12:34:56 UTC ]
The New York Public Library's Teen Banned Book Club offers free nationwide digital access to banned and challenged YA books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-03 11:00:00 UTC ]
Book bans are on the rise nationally, with nearly half those prohibitions happening in Florida school districts. Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2023-09-26 19:43:13 UTC ]
The new program utilizes GPS-based “geo-targeting” to show readers the books that have been banned in their area, making e-book versions available to borrow digitally. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The award-winning author was arrested and tortured for his work – and then tortured again for writing about his detention. Now he smuggles his latest banned book into Uganda to ensure it is readKakwenza Rukirabashaija tries to keep his scars covered around his children. Even in the height of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-07-04 12:53:40 UTC ]
Illinois is the first state to officially ban book bans through new legislation that takes effect January 1, 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-06-12 20:34:10 UTC ]
Shirts, pins, and stickers promoting banned books and fighting censorship are a great way to keep book bans in the public consciousness.- Rachel Brittain Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-05-03 10:33:00 UTC ]
Banned books are some of the best to discuss in book clubs. This reading guide to frequently banned book New Kid will help you get started! Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-01-17 11:37:00 UTC ]
Maia Kobabe's graphic memoir "Gender Queer" became the most banned book in American schools, drawing the Northern California artist and writer into the nation's cultural wars. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2022-12-21 11:00:19 UTC ]