Book bans and challenges: June 18, 2024

Here's the latest news on book bans, challenges, and other literary restrictions.

• A book-ban advocate who has previously targeted hundreds of titles in her Florida county’s school libraries is turning her negative attention to the local library system (Book Riot).

• Indian authorities are using an anti-terrorism statute to prosecute award-winning author Arundhati Roy over a 2010 speech criticizing the prime minister’s political party (Literary Hub).

• Julia Carpenter explores what types of books are available — and what kinds aren’t — in prison, and the ways in which inmates are trying to fight back (Esquire).