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.

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

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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...