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Banning Stephen King books is silly

By Rachel Leishman Oct 3rd
Brooklyn’s LGBTQ Book Bike Is Crowdfunding to Open a Brick-and-Mortar Storefront

By Samantha Puc Oct 2nd
Exclusive: Most-Banned Book in the U.S., ‘Gender Queer,’ Will Be Released as an Audiobook in May

By Samantha Puc Apr 11th
Bill O’Reilly Has a Major ‘Leopards Ate My Face’ Moment Over His Own Banned Book

By Autumn Alston Jan 18th
Woman Who Claims Scholastic Book Caused Her Porn Addiction Works for Right-Wing Publisher

By Julia Glassman Dec 13th
PEN America Launches Inaugural Prison Banned Books Week (It’s About Time!)

By Ollie Kaplan Oct 31st
The Best Social Media Posts From ‘Banned Book Week’

By Kimberly Terasaki Oct 9th
This Brooklyn-Based Mobile Mutual Aid Initiative Is Handing Out LGBTQ Books for Free

By Samantha Puc Sep 23rd
Entire District To Lose Access to New Books After School Board Member Misreads Kindergarten Book

By D.R. Medlen Aug 30th
Author Behind the Most Banned Book in the U.S. Once Thought ‘Who is Even Gonna Read This?’

By Ana Valens Aug 13th
State of Texas Removing Dozens of Librarians & Turning School Libraries Into Disciplinary Halls

By Sarah Fimm Jul 28th
Public Libraries Deserve Better Than This

By Samantha Puc May 18th
ALL of the New Top 13 Banned Books Had One Thing in Common

By Rachel Ulatowski Apr 28th
School Removes Black Author’s Memoir Because They Have Other Books on Race—From White People

By Brooke Pollock Apr 24th
Florida Teachers Are Being Told to Remove All Books in Classroom Libraries to Avoid Lawsuits

By Siobhan Ball Jan 24th
Fourth Most Banned Author Last Year Opens Up About the Backlash

By Alyssa Shotwell Dec 16th
The Kind of Books Nazis Burned Is Super !@#$ing Relevant Right Now

By Alyssa Shotwell Sep 22nd
Schools, Public Libraries Now Censoring Digital Library Apps Within Hours of Complaints

By Alyssa Shotwell May 23rd
New York Public Library Offers Readers Free, Online Access to Banned Books

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 26th
LGBTQIA+ Titles Got the Worst of the Latest Wave of Book Censorship

By Alyssa Shotwell Apr 14th