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Montclair Public Library Adds Four New Board Members
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
via TAPinto (New Jersey)Montclair Public Library Adds Four New Board Members
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Essex County School Boards Association Passes Resolution Addressing Book Bans
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via TAPinto (New Jersey)ESSEX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION PASSES IMPORTANT RESOLUTION ON BOOK BANS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS EVALUATION
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It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The president of the BPL offers some tips for extending the fight against censorship beyond October 7.
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Adults have a lot to say about book bans — but what about kids?
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)We've heard from parents, authors, activists and other adults about banned books. But we haven't heard much from kids. We asked four young readers to share their thoughts about book bans.
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Judy Blume, James Patterson and other authors are helping PEN America open Miami office
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via WPLG (Florida)Judy Blume, James Patterson and Michael Connelly are among 24 prominent writers who have raised more than $3 million to help PEN America open an office in Miami and expand it efforts to counter…
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Judy Blume, James Patterson and other authors are helping PEN America open Florida office
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via The Associated Press (New York)Judy Blume, James Patterson and Michael Connelly are among 24 prominent writers who have raised more than $3 million to help PEN America open a center in Miami and expand it efforts to counter Florida's surge in book bannings in recent years.
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Column: Not satisfied with schools, book banners are now targeting adults’ right to read
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via Los Angeles Times (California)Book-banning typically pits small groups of prigs and right-wingers against the community, but communities are fighting back.
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How to fight book banning? Show up
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
via Tribune-Star News (Indiana)Banned Books Week used to be a triumphal celebration over a quaint time in the past that inspired First Amendment champions to slap their foreheads and say, 'What were we
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Hummingbird Books ships challenged titles to readers in South Carolina
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The Chestnut Hill bookstore joins with Beaufort County organizations to combat literary censorship
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Rising book censorship is also targeting public libraries, American Library Association says
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
via KUNR Public Radio (Nevada)Most of these books deal with race, gender identity or sex education.
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Banned Wagon visiting Houston to give away free books
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via KPRC (Texas)A book wagon bearing commonly banned titles will stop at Kindred Stories in Houston Saturday to distribute hundreds of free books.
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Banned Wagon visiting Houston to give communities free books
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The Banned Wagon plans to stop at Kindred Stories in Houston to distribute 500 free...
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For Banned Books Week, Michigan advocates take a stand against censorship
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via Detroit Metro Times (Michigan)Ann Arbor bookstore Booksweet is doing their part to make change and spread awareness about book bannings in the state
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How the nation’s most famous newspaper editor took on Trump and his own reporters
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via Los Angeles Times (California)Former Washington Post editor Martin Baron joins the L.A. Times Book Club Oct. 11 to discuss "Collision of Power," his book about Trump, Bezos and the future of journalism.
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Rahway’s Roosevelt School Holds Successful Back-to-School Night
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via TAPinto (New Jersey)Book Bans
‘Don’t Drag Me Down’: Artists expound on ‘Today’s Battle for Liberation’ in Oakton College exhibit
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
via Daily Herald (Illinois)This year's Oakton College Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program Art Exhibit features a record number of artists that address various topics across 15 mediums.
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Book bans are growing across Florida. So, a church and bookstore teamed up in protest
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)A Coral Gables bookstore and a church, which calls itself 'a sanctuary for banned books,' were behind the Banned Books Week event.
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As libraries face ‘frightening’ situation, this new Kansas City event celebrates books
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)The library's new Heartland Book Festival will showcase a weekend of literature for all genres and ages, plus children's theater, music and more.
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Books bring us together, but books are under attack
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)The librarian and archivist at Rollins College writes about Banned Books Week, which begins Oct. 1, and Let Freedom Read Day.
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