For 30 years now, the sponsors of Banned Books Week have united in defense of books that others deem offensive, insensitive, anti-family, satanic, sexually explicit or racist, or all of the above.

The CIA's International Literacy Center played a vital role in providing access to “the expression of independent ideas so desperately sought by millions.” ...

Banned Book Week, a “week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people ...

Family-owned bookstore Dragonfly Books is improving literacy and fostering a love of reading for all ages. Here's what to check out at the Iowa store.

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 ...

Banned Books Week, which runs through Sunday, was established in 1982 and features readings and displays of banned works. It is supported by the ALA, PEN, the Authors Guild, ...

In recent years, book bans and challenges have reached unprecedented levels, intensifying the battle for freedom of expression.This year’s Banned Books Week theme, chosen by the American Library ...

A Banned Books Week display is at the Mott Haven branch of the New York Public Library in the Bronx borough of New York City on Saturday, October 7, 2023. The organization Authors Against Book Bans ...

And for Harper Rossi, a current student who attended the meeting, one widely banned book—"All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson—played a role in helping Rossi feel seen.

Utah has banned two more women-authored books from public schools statewide. The latest: The state Board of Education this week added Sara Gruen's bestselling 2006 novel "Water for Elephants" to a ...

Cartoonist Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer is one of the most frequently banned books in the US, a fact that is now fueling a fundraising campaign called "Fight Censorship, Read Comics." ...

BANNED TOGETHER: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights. Edited by Ashley Hope Pérez, illustrated by Debbie Fong. Holiday House. 304 pages. $19.99. “Knowledge is power,” says one of America’s most ...