I'll be touring around some wonderful bookstores with some wonderful people this winter - more to come! I hope to see you! @rajanilarocca.bsky.social@joshfunkbooks.bsky.social@portersqbooks.bsky.social
In a win, a federal judge has ordered a library in Crawford County, Arkansas to return children's books, including Uncle Bobby's Wedding, that had been restricted (to the adult section, on high shelves) to the children's room. www.ualrpublicradio.org/local-region...
A judge ruled that books containing LGBTQ+ themes placed in a restricted section of the library have to be relocated.
This is such a wonderful thread! A HS teacher told me his kids don't read, want everything to be videos, and it breaks my heart to think of what they're missing.
The issue in attempts to ban books in public libraries: are they set up for the public good or a form of "government speech"? Here it is, playing out: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... (Different but related issue in schools, I think.)
At an appeal hearing, lawyers for the rural Texas county told the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that it should strike down a 30-year-old precedent and hand politicians near total authority over what ...
They’re doing more than trying to ban books. They’re trying to ban people.
This list of banned books FLOORED me. I can't pick just one. I mean, EVERYTHING is on it! #kidlitchat pen.org/banned-books...
PEN America and We Need Diverse Books are calling attention to 176 banned books that Duval, County, Florida removed from classroom libraries in January 2022 for “review,” and kept in storage.
Eek, new skates! Good luck breaking them in, and be careful!
We appreciate the work you're doing enormously! It's a nightmare out there.