Banned Books Week: How to get your hands on free banned or challenged books in Florida
More books have been challenged and removed from schools in Florida than any other state, and not everyone can afford to buy them. Here's where to go.
It’s Banned Books Week. LGBTQ+ content tops the most-challenged list.
The attempts to censor, restrict or ban books in 2024 in the United States continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, while books with LGBTQ+ themes dominate the most-challenged list, advocacy groups said in reports released Monday,
As Banned Books Week begins, report finds over 10,000 books removed in last school year
More than 10,000 books were removed from school library shelves over the 2023-2024 school year, free expression advocacy group PEN America said in a new report released Monday at the start of national Banned Books Week.
It's Banned Books Week. Here's what you need to know
The annual event is meant to bring the book community together in support of literature and the need for having free and open access to information.
Banned Books Week Starts With Mixed Messages as Reports Show Challenges Both up and Down
Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual Banned Books Week begins for schools, stores and libraries nationwide
Tallahassee authors, performers step up for 'Freadom' during Banned Book Week
Freadom: An Evening of Anti-Censorship Book Readings and Film” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Blue Tavern, 1206 North Monroe St.
Read between the lines of book bans
Sunday marked the start of Banned Books Week, and bookstores across the country are on a shopping spree, saying they are 100% determined to keep books on the banned list in stock.
Knox County students to get free books at OWL Fest as efforts to promote literacy continue
Fest is coming to Knox County this week which means students can shop for free books as state leaders work to promote ...
Cincinnati book bank offers kids free book from a local author
Free books are going out to students all across greater Cincinnati. The Queen City Book Bank is giving out a popular children ...
Vanity Fair10h
When Between the World and Me Faced a School Book Ban, Ta-Nehisi Coates Decided to Report It Out
But books work when no one else is looking ... claims and excuses for the world as it is—bad cops are rotten apples, America is guardian of the free world—we have the burden of crafting new ...
This free ‘Outlaw’ book and vinyl festival aims to celebrate the underground
The Analog Outlaw Book and Record Fair, coming to L.A. nightclub Zebulon on Sept. 22, will include local vendors, publishers, ...
Columbus Telegram3d
Schuyler to become a Community Book Garden, providing free books in five locations
Schuyler has been selected to be a Community Book Garden. Community Book Gardens are trusted sources within book deserts that ...
Department of Corrections stops nonprofit from sending free books to Wisconsin inmates
Wisconsin Books to Prisoners was formed in the fall of 2006 and has delivered more than 70,000 books to the state's inmates.
WJHG’s Chapter Chat Book Drive wraps up, more than 2,000 books donated to local children
WJHG has partnered with the Bay County Public Library Foundation to be able to get as many books in the hands of children as ...
Hoodline2d
Rutherford County School Board Bans Four Books Amidst Heated Free Speech Debate
Rutherford County school board banned four books due to content concerns, while keeping three others, amidst debates on ...
Education Matters: Banned Books Week raises awareness of threats to free speech
No one would expect to come away scared after attending a library convention. Yet the prevailing theme at this year’s ...