Posted on December 1, 2022 at 10:13 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Publishers Weekly shared a few pieces of note for those following the rise in book challenges across the US. The...
Posted on November 17, 2022 at 11:23 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
PEN America reports that almost three hundred books have been banned in Missouri school districts since August. The freedom-of-expression organization...
Posted on November 16, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The National Book Awards will be handed out tonight (7 p.m. Central, available online if you'd like to stream them!)....
Posted on November 15, 2022 at 7:56 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Happy 125th birthday to the Brooklyn Public Library! To mark the occasion, the BPL has been gradually revealing the 125...
Posted on October 5, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Earlier this year, several media outlets including NPR reported on a federal lawsuit filed by angry library patrons in Llano...
Posted on September 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The rise of book challenges and bans has stolen the spotlight, so to speak, from other negative pressures on libraries....
Posted on September 28, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
An International Booker-shortlisted author is the next to join the Future Library project. The Guardian reports that German writer Judith...
Posted on September 27, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
The Chicago Public Library launched a local effort to fight book bans and challenges — but it's also welcoming anyone...
Posted on September 19, 2022 at 7:51 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Banned Books Week 2022 officially began yesterday, and the reports released to coincide with the occasion have some depressing statistics....
Posted on September 9, 2022 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
You have to tip your cap to Bob Jablonski. He either checked out a book from the Jersey City Public...
