Spend any time scanning a list of banned books and you’ll find some head-scratchers: picture books challenged for including seemingly gay characters in the background, or describing a difficult moment in history, or revealing a naked goblin butt. Among the most banned picture books of the last... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2025-03-10 08:58:37 UTC ]
Florida is one the most diverse and fastest growing states in the United States. It is also, tragically, the epicenter of book banning in America. Thousands of books have been banned from public schools and libraries in an attempt to silence dissenting voices that explore the experiences of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-11-13 12:05:00 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 ]
Children's author, educator, and free speech champion Robie Harris, best known for her stories about young children's powerful emotions and her frequently challenged and banned books on human sexuality, including 'It's Perfectly Normal,' died on January 6 at 83. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
A comprehensive guide to the public libraries offering free access to banned books. Here's where and how. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-23 10:40:00 UTC ]
Author Leah Johnson isn't simply speaking up against censorship—she's putting banned books into people's hands, and will open Loudmouth Books in Indianapolis in late September. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Keynoting a resurgent ALA Annual Conference, the author talked about her experiences with books bans in the 1980s and thanked librarians for their ardent defense of banned books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
This year, I’m celebrating Pride through LGBTQ children’s books. I’m building a new library for my two kids and wife Stefanie, who is trans and transitioned just two years ago. We began with Being You: A First Conversation About Gender (Penguin, 2021) and a pride alphabet book, Pride Puppy... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-06-01 08:53:12 UTC ]
On May 24, actor and author LeVar Burton discusses the State of Banned Books with Times readers in Los Angeles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-05-24 20:15:39 UTC ]
"Banned Books," one of the most popular panels at the Festival of Books, featured Angie Thomas, George M. Johnson and some sharp students from Fairfax High. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-04-24 19:40:50 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 ]
The Authors Guild hosted a virtual panel yesterday evening with Sherman Alexie, Jonathan Evison, and Ellen Hopkins discussing banned books and what authors can do to support books that are under attack. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The former "Reading Rainbow" host said banned books are "where the good stuff is." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-06-12 14:45:21 UTC ]
If you’ve been paying attention to local news, you know the wave of book bans sweeping the nation isn’t slowing down—but people are pushing back. PEN America continues to speak out against censorship; a professor has offered to teach Maus to all students affected by its ban; the Authors Guild... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-17 15:55:49 UTC ]
Angela Engel, publisher of the Collective Book Studio, examines the disturbing connection between banned books and antisemitism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
As Banned Books Week UK kicks offi, Global English Editing shares a map of books currently banned internationally. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-22 01:40:16 UTC ]
Hot air and rightwing controversy fuel social media and fill column inches, but there’s no evidence they make people buy books. Quite the oppositePublishing has always been a controversial industry. Its history of banned books, lawsuits and angry letters wouldn’t look out of place in the most... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The mayor of Venice has banned books about same-sex families but I and my fellow authors don’t want our work in schools where censorship rulesThe community of children’s and young persons’ authors is a varied and nurturing collection of people, each distinguished by a unique identity. It would... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American Library Association's 2014 list of most banned books may be indicative of contemporary concerns. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]