The CEO of Macmillan Publishers talks about his personal experience of reading and the stark dangers of banning books. The post Jon Yaged on Book Banning: ‘It Stigmatizes Reading’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2025-02-10 22:21:16 UTC ]
From teen anti-book ban activism to common myths about book banning, here are some of the most important, timely, and actionable literary activism stories from 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-12-27 14:00:00 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 ]
Here are the latest numbers out of Banned Books Week. Spoiler: book banning is not slowing down. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-27 13:30:00 UTC ]
New York Comic Con offers a wide-ranging slate of panels and other programming for fans and industry professionals alike. This year’s event will feature discussions of book banning, trends in the romance and speculative fiction spaces (including, of course, the booming romantasy subcategory),... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Texas county, with a population about 3,000, has become an epicenter in the fight against book banning. Leila Green Little explains the echoes of history are playing out in rural Texas—and in communities across the across the nation. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
With a hearing before the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans less than two weeks away, a host of amicus briefs were filed this week in a closely watched case over book banning in Llano County, Tex. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
The new memoir 'That Librarian' by Amanda Jones is a troubling portrait of America's culture war over censorship and book banning Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-08-22 10:00:07 UTC ]
In an effort to help consumers find and read books that have been banned in their localities, Open Road Integrated Media has started a new marketing service, the Free Voices Geo-Targeting initiative, focusing on 10 states where book banning is most prevalent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
The author of ‘That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America’ discusses her fight for the freedom to read and her debut memoir. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Amid an ongoing battle over book banning, the ousted board members are suing St. Tammany Parish claiming they are victims of a “smear campaign that vilified them, and sought and achieved their ouster.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Richards told his personal story of escaping a toxic workplace and offered a roadmap for public librarians—who have been feeling the stress of their ever-expanding work long before the current surge in book banning and political attacks began—to begin addressing the challenges in their own... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
Public libraries need to prepare for what's happening at school libraries to happen to them. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-12 11:40:00 UTC ]
PEN America says it sees book publishing 'at a crossroads' in a new report warning of cancel culture, review-bombing, and book banning. The post Beyond Book Banning: PEN America Warns of ‘Booklash,’ Self-Censorship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-07 21:16:27 UTC ]
PW talks to author and iSchool professor Emily Knox about book banning has changed in just a few short years—and, perhaps most importantly, why it’s changed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrities including Julia Roberts, Julianna Margulies, and Selma Blair are urging people to take part in the #LetAmericaRead campaign. April is National School Library Month but, unfortunately, some of the books in school libraries have never been under greater threat in parts of America than... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2023-04-11 12:01:00 UTC ]
With book banning and legislative attacks on the freedom to read continuing to surge across the country, the American Library Association tracked a stunning 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, nearly double the record-shattering 729 challenges recorded in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The just-concluded New Voices New Rooms joint virtual gathering of the New Atlantic and Southern Independent Booksellers Associations delved into such issues as book banning, de-escalating confrontations, and ways to generate additional revenue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
Last Thursday's Independent Book Publishers Association's “The Battle for Free Expression: Indie Publishers and Libraries in the Fight Against Censorship.” panel offered insights from digital media, public libraries, academic research, and online education on the rise in book banning. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-22 04:00:00 UTC ]