Among the week's headlines, ALA releases a new booklist for young readers on the importance of voting; Penguin Random Houses's Banned Wagon embarks on its second-ever tour; and why the Florida attorney general is wading into a closely watched book banning case from Llano County, Texas. 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 ]
As a key lawsuit in Llano County is set to be heard by the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, freedom-to-read advocates consider their next moves. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the week's headlines: PEN America reports a surge in school book bans; amicus briefs are filed in a key freedom to read case from Llano County, Texas; and Book Riot reports on the escalating attacks on academic libraries. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-13 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 ]
Among the week's headlines: An appeals court upholds a key freedom to read decision in Llano County, Texas; author Hanif Abdurraqib will keynote the ALA's Rally for the Right to Read; and what happened to the Free Library of Philadelphia's Author Events team? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
With oral arguments set for June 7 before a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, librarians and publishers have weighed in on a closely watched case in Texas concerning the banning of books in Llano County, Texas. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Officials in Llano County considered closing the entire library system in lieu of returning challenged titles to its shelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-04-13 23:55:21 UTC ]
In a victory for freedom to read advocates, federal judge Robert Pitman found that Llano County's "targeting and removal" of a host of allegedly "inappropriate" books from library shelves constituted viewpoint and content discrimination. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]