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Our Coverage of Efforts to Ban Books

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PEN: US School-Year Book Bannings Jump 33 Percent Over Last Year

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonSeptember 21, 2023Leave a Comment

The surge in book bannings has affected at least 1,207 authors, 268 illustrators, and 14 translators, per PEN America’s new report.

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PRH Rolls Out Banned Books Resources: ‘Let Kids Read’

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 15, 20231 Comment

Penguin Random House’s new ‘banned books resources site’ is a consumer-facing compendium of connections, assists, and ideas.

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Open Access: 100 Big Ten Titles on Gender and Sexuality

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 14, 2023Leave a Comment

The first curation of free-to-read open-access titles from the Big Ten Open Books project features 100 works on sexuality and gender.

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Beyond Book Banning: PEN America Warns of ‘Booklash’

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonAugust 7, 20233 Comments

PEN America says it sees book publishing ‘at a crossroads’ in a new report warning of cancel culture, review-bombing, and book banning.

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A US Court Temporarily Blocks a Library and Bookstore Law

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJuly 30, 2023Leave a Comment

A part of Arkansas’ Act 372 would make it a crime for booksellers and librarians to give minors certain state-disapproved books.

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Free Expression: French and US Industries’ New Challenges

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJuly 26, 2023Leave a Comment

Parallel to a Texas law aimed at bookstores, the French government seeks to limit sales of a YA novel, Manu Causse’s Bien trop petit.

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US Book Market: Circana Reports an Uptick at Mid-June

In News by Porter AndersonJune 27, 2023Leave a Comment

In US print unit sales, Kristen McLean sees a 12-percent gain over the same time frame in 2019, if 8.6 million units below 2022’s number.

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A ‘Freedom to Read’ Campaign Amid US Censorship

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonJune 26, 2023Leave a Comment

Seventy years after being written, the ‘Freedom to Read Statement’ has been reissued amid efforts at book bannings in the United States.

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Battling Literary Censorship: New Court Actions

In News by Porter AndersonJune 2, 2023Leave a Comment

The Association of American Publishers is taking legal action in Arkansas and Texas in cases related to banning books in libraries and bookstores.

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US Book Bannings: PEN America Sues a Florida School District

In Feature Articles by Porter AndersonMay 17, 2023Leave a Comment

PEN America’s lawsuit includes Penguin Random House, authors, and parents in its plaintiffs in a court filing made in Pensacola.

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