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Colorful wall of books on the shelfs at the rotunda in Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Public Library), April 22, 2017. The building is from 1928 and the architect is Gunnar Asplund. (Photo: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)

Book Challenges Reach Record Highs

April 4, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Dolly Parton, FReadom Fighters, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Imagination Library, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Maia Kebab, Toni Morrison

Library association urges people to unite against book bans

Soft Censorship

FICTION Young Adult

The Insidious Rise of ‘Soft Censorship’

March 14, 2022March 23, 2022 Sharyn Vane 4 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Brandy Colbert, Kari Lavelle, Round Rock ISD, We Need Diverse Books

YA authors face canceled events, shadow bans, and other quiet dismissals of their work

American Library Association

FICTION Young Adult

American Library Association Awards Winners Are Facing Bans

January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Ashley Hope Perez, Carole Boston Weatherford, Eliot Schrefer, Last Night At The Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, Printz award

School districts continue to challenge the best young-adult books

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Podcast #035: Censorship and a One-Star Matrix

December 27, 2021June 16, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Laurence Fishburne, Laurie Halse Anderson, Neal Pollack, Podcast, Sharyn Vane

Not just the week—the YEAR—in books, film and excellent tv

censorship

FICTION Politics Young Adult

Attacks on Student Access to Books Ramping up Nationwide

November 18, 2021April 3, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments All Boys Aren't Blue, Ashley Hope Perez, Gabrielle Union, George M. Johnson, Last Night At The Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, PEN America, Separate Is Never Equal

An unprecedented wave of censorship attempts

Evison

FICTION Young Adult

Evison, Pérez Speak Out Against Censorship

October 12, 2021October 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Out of Darkness

Authors deal with a rise of school book bans across the country

Classrooms

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

Classrooms Gone Wild

September 20, 2021September 23, 2021 Sharyn Vane 4 Comments A Big Mooncake for Little Star, Ashley Hope Perez, Erika Sanchez, Forget the Alamo, Ibram X. Kendi, Jewell Parker Rhodes, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Leander ISD, Tiffany Jewell

The push to control what your kids read and write is intensifying nationwide