In 2023, Banned Books Week is more important than ever
PEN America found an "escalation of book bans and censorship in classrooms and school libraries across the United States."
AI enlisted to help one Iowa school district determine which books to censor; Canadian publishers caught in Texas school labelling push
Some Canadian children's publishers have been approached about labelling their books.
ACP issues statement in support of publishers, booksellers, and librarians opposing Texas book rating law
The ACP declares that it "stands in solidarity with the American writing, publishing, and bookselling communities."
Telling the reader to jump in the lake: some thoughts on censorship, self-censorship, and the Elizabeth Gilbert affair
It's hard not to see Gilbert's experience as one of selective persecution.
Arrest of French publisher’s foreign rights manager results in protests at the London Book Fair
The police used Section 7 of the U.K. Terrorism Act 2000 as justification for the detention.
Toronto Public Library joins Book Sanctuary movement to protect and promote banned books
The books in TPL's collection feature works for adults, teens, and children.
Still recovering from last year’s near-fatal public attack, Salman Rushdie releases new novel
The book's release seems like more than just the appearance of new work from a novelist regularly deemed one of the world's most important living writers.
Racist incident at the Bookshelf in Guelph, Ontario, involves an encounter with a man trying to remove “anti-white” books from store shelves
"It was like nothing I've ever seen – someone trying to take a whole section," says co-founder Barb Minett.
Sounding the alarm: What two classic 20th century science fiction novels have to say about our world in 2023
Both books portray societies in which strife and discord have been replaced with a kind of analgesic conformity, but the social cohesion comes at a stiff price.
Kid lit non-profit We Need Diverse Books initiates anti-censorship effort Books Save Lives
The campaign includes a grant to schools as well as grassroots organizing and support for affected writers.