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  • A group of young children sit on the floor of a library reading books.

    Florida Teachers Are Being Told to Remove All Books in Classroom Libraries to Avoid Lawsuits

    By Siobhan BallJan 24th
     
  • Book cover and inside photo of Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez. Image: Carolrhoda Labs.

    Fourth Most Banned Author Last Year Opens Up About the Backlash

    By Alyssa ShotwellDec 16th
     
  • Text from archive says

    The Kind of Books Nazis Burned Is Super [email protected]#$ing Relevant Right Now

    By Alyssa ShotwellSep 22nd
     
  • Some reading apps imagined and real available. The real ones are higlighted and in the spotlight - Epic!, Overdrive, Libby, Axis 360, and Hoopla. Image: Alyssa Shotwell, Epic, Overdrive/Libby, Axis 360, and Hoopla.

    Schools, Public Libraries Now Censoring Digital Library Apps Within Hours of Complaints

    By Alyssa ShotwellMay 23rd
     
  • Banned crossed out above the words

    New York Public Library Offers Readers Free, Online Access to Banned Books

    By Alyssa ShotwellApr 26th
     
  • Four book covers Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison, Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, and Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin. Image: Algonquin Books, Oni Press, Vintage, and Candlewick Press.

    LGBTQIA+ Titles Got the Worst of the Latest Wave of Book Censorship

    By Alyssa ShotwellApr 14th
     
  • Library shelf with books hidden for content such as

    Highlights on What You Missed on House Oversight Committee Hearing on Book Bans and Academic Censorship

    By Alyssa ShotwellApr 8th
     
  • Dolly Parton in Netflix's Heartstrings.

    Stella Parton Tells Off Kentucky Lawmaker for ‘Age-Appropriate’ Remarks on Dolly’s Kids’ Book Program

    By Alyssa ShotwellMar 7th
     
  • Two girls talking about cramps via webcam. From the graphic novel

    Even Books About Menstruation Apparently Need To Be Banned Now, Too

    By Alyssa ShotwellFeb 24th
     
  • Three Black and brown girls reading. (Image: Nappy.co user @childrennaturenetwork.) SOURCE: https://nappy.co/photo/3073/children-and-nature

    Banned Book Sales Skyrocketing Isn’t the Win People Think It Is

    By Alyssa ShotwellFeb 2nd
     
  • The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman. (Image: Pantheon Books.)

    On Eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Schools Shamefully Ban Graphic Novel Maus

    By Alyssa ShotwellJan 27th
     
  • Library shelf with books hidden for content such as

    5 Ways to Fight Back Against School, Local Library Censorship

    By Alyssa ShotwellNov 17th
     
  • Cropped book cover

    Banning, Burning Isn’t Enough: New Trend Shows Parents Suing Schools, Libraries Over Book Content

    By Alyssa ShotwellNov 15th
     
  • Book on fire. (Image: Movidagrafica on Pexels.) https://www.pexels.com/hu-hu/foto/1474931/

    If Banning Wasn’t Enough, Two School Board Members Voice Support for Literal Book Burnings

    By Alyssa ShotwellNov 11th
     
  • 2015 image of State Rep Matt Krause next to a ban hammer (literally) and a lasso showing a few of the 850 titles

    Everything is Bigger in Texas, Even The Amount of Books “Under Review” by Texas Lawmakers

    By Alyssa ShotwellNov 1st
     
  • Locked cell in front of a bookshelf. (Image: Alyssa Shotwell.)

    Prison Censorship Should Be a Bigger Discussion in Banned Book Week

    By Alyssa ShotwellSep 29th
     
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    Banned Books Week Is About Censorship at Public-Funded Institutions, Not Your Local Target

    By Alyssa ShotwellSep 29th
     
  • Logo of York Banned Bookclub, reverse uno card (but orange) floating above an open book. (Image: Alyssa Shotwell.)

    School District Reverses Racist Book Ban in Win for Central York Student Protesters

    By Alyssa ShotwellSep 27th
     
  • Elmo talking with a Black child and parent at a park. (Image: Sesame Street/HBO.)

    Students Fight Back as Schools, Parents Seek to Censor Even Malala, Sesame Street on Race

    By Alyssa ShotwellSep 17th
     
  • The Hate U Give #4 on most banned 2018

    What Banned Books Tell Us About Literary Canon

    By Princess WeekesSep 23rd
     
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