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In the hostile climate of the current U.S. administration, queer authors persevere through writing and community building, continuing a culture of resistance and defiance that is radically, emphatically, grounded in joy and love.
Rosie Stewart, the new senior manager of public policy at Penguin Random House’s Intellectual Freedom Taskforce, shares some context for her new role, advice for those who want to get involved, and her hope for the future.
Led by best-selling author Lauren Groff, the Lynx Watch helps distribute books banned or challenged in the state of Florida to local readers and works with advocacy organizations to bring awareness to other threatened freedoms.
In response to the nationwide book-banning movement, libraries and other literary institutions are adopting the “sanctuary” label to show their commitment to protecting book access for readers.
In response to a wave of book banning in libraries and schools across the United States, Brooklyn Public Library launched a program where young readers can borrow from the entire online collection at no cost.
The author of one of last year’s most challenged books confronts a campaign of threats, cyberattacks, and doxing in the post-truth era.
Banned Books Week raises awareness of the rise in attempts to remove titles from schools and public libraries through a series of special events to be held across the country starting on September 18.
A special “unburnable” edition of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale was crafted to raise awareness about recent efforts to ban books from schools and libraries.
