After a January 10 hearing, judge T. Kent Wetherell denied a motion by the Escambia County School Board to dismiss the case, suggesting that school officials cannot simply pull books they find objectionable from library shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: librarians, educators, and publishers grapple with new state book banning laws; bestselling author John Green responds to having his books pulled from library shelves; a proposed judgment has been filed in the Internet Archive copyright case; and PEN America publishes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
A library in the U.S. is dealing with complaints about a children's book from a Quebec author that deals with sexual and gender diversity. Parents have asked that the book be removed from the library shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2023-02-03 09:00:44 UTC ]
In a statement this week, the Michigan Library Association called the vote to defund the Patmos Library (Jamestown, Mich.) over the library’s refusal to pull several LGBTQ-themed books from library shelves "a local tragedy with national implications." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
"Rebeldita la Alegre en el País de los Ogros," by Oriel María Siu, was inspired by the glaring gap between her family's experiences and the children's books she saw on library shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-01-13 15:00:43 UTC ]
‘Gay adults grew up reading straight romances,’ says writer Daniel Haack after US library withdraws Prince & Knight from shelvesThe author of a rhyming picture book removed from the shelves of a West Virginia library has hit back at protesters, suggesting that anyone concerned the book could... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-11-20 12:31:16 UTC ]
Punny cozy mystery titles have always been among the most fun on bookstore and library shelves. Here are twelve new cozies with puns to make you laugh. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-07 10:38:11 UTC ]