Catch up on library news from the last few weeks, including an art exhibit of items patrons have left behind in library books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-10-18 11:15:00 UTC ]
Banned Books Week is drawing to a close, but that's not going to put a stop to the censorship happening across the country. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: it was a busy Banned Books Week in court with developments in two major book banning cases; an anti–book banning resolution is reintroduced in Congress; Delaware libraries grapple with a ransomware attack; and the Carnegie Corporation gives $4 million to New York City... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Banned Books Week in the United States: PEN America hails two Congress members for a new resolution on literary censorship. The post During US Book Banning Week: A New Resolution in Congress appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-26 22:31:32 UTC ]
Banned Books Week in the United States: PEN America lists preliminary research points from its 2023-2024 school year report. The post Censorship: PEN America Sees US Book Bannings Triple appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-23 11:01:35 UTC ]
Ezzial Williams writes from prison about the extraordinary costs of "free" tablets for reading as part of Prison Banned Books Week 2024. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-09-16 13:30:00 UTC ]
Plus: the most read books on Goodreads in July, new cookbooks for the school year, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-02 15:00:00 UTC ]
Making Banned Books Week about action will bring us one step closer to curtailing book censorship. That, plus this week's book censorship news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-02 13:30:00 UTC ]
As Banned Books Week opens its October 1 to 7 run, Penguin Random House is taking some of the most attacked books on the road. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Taking the Fight on the Road t Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 18 to 22), programming on tap in many parts of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-30 01:09:21 UTC ]
As Banned Books Week 2023 gets underway, new data shows that an organized right-wing political movement is continuing to drive a surge in censorship attempts in schools and libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: Banned Books Week begins on Sunday; South Carolina's state library withdraws from the ALA; EveryLibrary and 'Book Riot' survey parents attitudes about book bans; and 'Library Journal' questions whether KKR's ownership of OverDrive is an issue for the firm's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
Reading advocate and icon Levar Burton will serve as the first actor to lead Banned Books Week as the honorary chair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-09-21 16:12:23 UTC ]
Voters in Michigan overwhelmingly support their local libraries and oppose book bans; Illinois passes a groundbreaking bill to support the freedom to read; ALA announces its Banned Books Week 2023 theme, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Banned Books Week has been a busy week for banning books. That, plus a look at some of the regional groups pushing censorship. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-09-23 10:40:00 UTC ]
Take action during Banned Books Week with these action items. That, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2022-09-16 10:40:00 UTC ]
This year's event is themed "Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us" and comes as LGBTQIA+ books and books that focus on racism and racial justice are being challenged in alarming numbers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
The end of this month marks the 39th annual Banned Books Week, a celebration of the freedom to read, to express and exchange ideas. Perhaps it goes without saying that absent such liberties, there would be no Los Angeles Review of Books. But while books of all stripes keep us occupied here at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-09-27 12:30:03 UTC ]
Reflecting on the ways that we “softly” censor books for young readers by the titles we recommend in the bookstore. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-23 12:00:51 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 ]
Among the week's headlines: As Banned Books Week kicks off, the DoJ sues Edward Snowden over his just-published memoir; NPR reports on how a Colorado library is seeking to help its local town's news operation; and rave reviews for a new Queens Public Library building, which opens next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]