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Canadian Conservative Politicians are Borrowing U.S. Book-Banning Playbook: Book Censorship News, October 4, 2024

Here are the latest censorship news stories, including Canadian politician promising to ban LGBTQ educational resources.

The ALA and PEN America Offer New Data on Recent Book Bans: Book Censorship News, September 27, 2024

Here are the biggest censorship news stories that came out of Banned Books Week, including new data from the ALA and PEN America.

Why Teens Across the Country Are Acquiring Brooklyn Public Library’s Free Digital Cards: Book Censorship News, September 20, 2024

Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned program has made a real impact on the lives of young people nationwide.

Prison Banned Books Week: Mark Twain Goes to Prison

"I treated each book I examined like it was a precious gem."

Prison Banned Books Week: Uninspired Reading by Ken Meyers

"None of the writers I've relied on for decades as an intellectual and emotional redoubt in a hostile, homophobic world would be there to support me."

Prison Banned Books Week: Free Prison Tablets Aren’t Actually Free

"Behind these "free” tablet programs state officials and prison telecom companies are making mad loot."

Major Win Against Book Censorship in Florida School District

As part of the settlement, the district admitted that AND TANGO MAKES THREE has value and is not obscene per Florida laws.

The State of Academic Libraries: Book Censorship News, September 13, 2024

Academic libraries are a backbone to higher education but they're being gutted. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

Authors Discover Book Bans Four Years Later: Book Censorship News, September 6, 2024

Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell could mobilize their 8+ million followers against book bans, but they're not.

California Passes Freedom to Read Act to Curtail Book Bans; Governor to Sign

The bill is on the governor's desk and he is expected to sign it. The state joins several others who have passed anti-book ban bills.