An update on the Greater Manchester school library #bookban ⬇️

Stay in touch with the UK ripples arriving from across the pond by following @indexoncensorship.org

-and look to #BannedBooksWeek UK 4-10 October.
#KidLitUK

Standing Up for the Freedom to Read - School of Information and Library Science In fall 2025, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) joined campus partners and community members to reflect on a right central to libraries, education, and democracy: the freedom to…

📚 A look back at how SILS took a stand for the freedom to read!

Last fall, the SILS community came together for a public reading of banned books to highlight the importance of access to information.

🔗 Read the full story: buff.ly/oMSSzB0

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Ban This Book Fest A bookish event in Michigan! Author signings, panels, vendors, and MORE!

Authors. The Ban This Book Fest takes place in the Detroit area in October 2026. The organizers are looking for authors to participate. Info in the link below.

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Thoughts on Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram I can now say that I have read a graphic book, as in one with illustrations as integral to the storytelling. Until reading Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe I had not picked up what to me is an adult comic book, mainly because my eye goes to words before pictures. Indeed, I often skim the pictures on a page or simply don’t look at them. So it took some concentration for me to be sure to actually look at the depicted content as well as the words on the page. I’m glad I did!

Thoughts on Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

I can now say that I have read a graphic book, as in one with illustrations as integral to the storytelling. Until reading Gender Queer…

Thoughts on Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram I adore the book I read this week! Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell is a sweet young adult romance between two sixteen-year-old kids. Eleanor lives with her mother, abusive stepfather, and her siblings in a small house in a poor neighborhood. Park lives with his parents and brother in a nicer house in the same neighborhood. They attend the same school, and meet when Eleanor gets on the school bus for the first time. She ends up sitting with him because there’s nowhere else for her to sit. That awkward meetup evolves into so very much more.

Thoughts on Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

I adore the book I read this week! Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell is a sweet young adult romance between two sixteen-year-old kids.…

Thoughts on Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram I enjoyed this week’s banned book, Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff. I never know what to expect when picking up a new author to me, but I will say the story was a fresh take on a layer of society I know little about. This is a coming of age story about a girl maturing through a new awareness of the people in her life. Let me explain… The main character, Annabelle, starts sixth grade with expectations of the sameness of her school. Same teachers, same topics, etc. Only to find a new student, Bailey, has moved into town.

Thoughts on Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

I enjoyed this week’s banned book, Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff. I never know what to expect when picking up a new author to…

Thoughts on Crank by Ellen Hopkins #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram The next novel on my list is actually a book-length poem in free style verse. It’s another book by Ellen Hopkins, Crank. After reading this book, I can see it for what the author intended it to be: a cautionary tale. Indeed, she states in her Author’s Note, “If this story speaks to you, I have accomplished what I set out to do. Crank is, indeed, a monster—one the is tough to leave behind once you invite it into your life. Think twice. Then think again.” In other words, don’t even start.

Thoughts on Crank by Ellen Hopkins #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

The next novel on my list is actually a book-length poem in free style verse. It’s another book by Ellen Hopkins, Crank. After reading this book, I can…

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I’ve talked about my most comfortable pants ( @meactnet.bsky.social joggers) — hands down best shirt for looking like clothes and feeling like PJs and wearing in bed —- my @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #BannedBooksWeek unisex baseball tee (sized up to xl) — different designs now but same shirt:

Thoughts on All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram Reading from a list of books generated by someone else always leads to reading something outside my wheelhouse. This week’s book, All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson is one fine example of that. The reason why is that this is a memoir written by a young man in his thirties about his life up to that point. You might wonder how he’d have much to say, so let me explain what I discovered. I don’t typically read memoirs, so it was an interesting switch for me. I have read biographies about famous people, but not their memoirs.

Thoughts on All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

Reading from a list of books generated by someone else always leads to reading something outside my wheelhouse. This week’s book, All…

Noted and Quoted: Intellectual Freedom | American Libraries Magazine Here's how a few notable figures American Libraries covered have reflected on advocacy, diverse stories, and censorship-free libraries.

Authors, celebrities, and librarians reflect on the importance of diverse stories and the threats against them in our #BannedBooksWeek Noted and Quoted feature. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/09/noted-and-quo...

Thoughts on Tricks by Ellen Hopkins #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram The fifth novel on the below list that I’m going to talk about today is Tricks by Ellen Hopkins. I really should have known simply by the title what the book was all about, but I didn’t attempt to prejudge the contents based on the title. Hopkins really did have the perfect title for this book, especially knowing from her author note that she was exploring the reasons for teenage prostitution through her fiction as inspired by statistics regarding the same topic. She succeeded in her aim, as far as I can tell.

Thoughts on Tricks by Ellen Hopkins #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

The fifth novel on the below list that I’m going to talk about today is Tricks by Ellen Hopkins. I really should have known simply by the title what…

Walk with a Purpose | American Libraries Magazine Instead of simply highlighting censorship statistics or bemoaning what we can’t read, the Freedom Walk celebrates our right to read.

In "Walk with a Purpose," Lucy Podmore shares how her library shifted the focus from book bans from freedom. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/10/06/walk-with-a-p... #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooks

Thoughts on The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram I have to admit that I didn’t really know what to expect from Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. I’d heard of the movie but didn’t delve any further into what the story is about. I really enjoyed reading this story for several reasons. First, the authentic voice of the main character, Starr Carter, as she works through her totally understandable emotional reaction to the murder of her best friend. Thomas captured the pain and the anger along with the grief of Starr. I could feel her pain. I even cried along with her.

Thoughts on The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

I have to admit that I didn’t really know what to expect from Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. I’d heard of the movie but didn’t delve any…

Thoughts on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram The third book on my list of banned books that I’m going to read has a somewhat humorous title. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a somewhat lighthearted look at a serious situation. The main character, Junior, lives on an Indian reservation and attends a school in a neighboring town. Why is that serious? The boy considers himself a part-time Indian because he’s one of only a very few who attend the school off the reservation. His Indian neighbors on the reservation consider him to have betrayed his nationality and them in particular by having “gone off the reservation.” He ends up feeling less Indian the farther from his home he goes.

Thoughts on The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

The third book on my list of banned books that I’m going to read has a somewhat humorous title. The…

Why should young people care about books bans?

That's a question we posed to some of the special guests at our "Who's Afraid of Fiction?" event, hosted by PEN America Young Patrons during #BannedBooksWeek.

Learn more about PEN America Young Patrons at: pen.org/youngpatrons/

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Cast of Wonders 659: The Archive of Unnamed Joy by Bella Chacha narrated by Opie Ogundiran produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

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ICYMI: Cast of Wonders 658: Your Hold is Ready by @lduerr.bsky.social narrated by @danicutler.bsky.social produced by @jeremycarter42.bsky.social hosted by @chesneycat.bsky.social

www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...

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Unbound 205 - Leaf, "Alright Galley. We should be all ready for the library events this week. Panel #2: "Galley in a sudden, serious tone, "Leaf..." Panel #3: Galley, "It's 'banned' book week. Not 'band.'" A rock band stand in the middle of the library in the background, "Bummer man."

Banned book week was at the beginning of the month. Oh well... We are almost caught up! #comics #BannedBooksWeek

'Save Our Stories' Unites Advocates in Celebration & Solidarity PRH’s Save Our Stories Supper kicked off Banned Books Week 2025, uniting authors, advocates, and policymakers in the fight to read freely.

Save Our Stories! @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social brought together advocates and authors for a powerful event on the dangers of book bans and the ways we are defeating them. F/@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's Lisa Varga:

https://bit.ly/4nfz0tV

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

What’s scarier than ghosts, ghouls, or goblins?
A banned book collecting dust.
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#ReadingIsPower #BooksAreMagic #FreedomToRead #ReadFreely #BooksNotBans #LetBooksBeBooks #RightToRead #BannedBooksWeek #UncensoredStories #ReadWithoutLimits #ProtectBooks #StoriesForAll #Halloween

Thoughts on Looking for Alaska by John Green #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram This week’s read was the second most banned book in Alabama, Looking for Alaska by John Green. I’m jumping into reading these books without delving into what they are about. I want to just experience the story without any preconceived concept of what to expect. Looking for Alaska touched me in many ways. This story is a coming of age story. The main character, Miles, is 16 years old and attends his first year at a boarding school in Alabama. This story is one of self-discovery, hard lessons learned, and a new understanding of what friendship means.

Thoughts on Looking for Alaska by John Green #author #BannedBooksWeek #readbannedbooks #LetFreedomReadDay #readmorebooks #booksky #bookthreads #bookstagram

This week’s read was the second most banned book in Alabama, Looking for Alaska by John Green. I’m jumping into reading these books without…

Celebrating Banned Books Week with Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books Belated to the party but right on time to celebrate Banned Books Week (Oct 5–11)! 📚 Join me as I revisit Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller, a witty, powerful story that defends the freedom to read. Discover the most inspiring quotes, a little history of Banned Books Week, and a celebration of stories that refuse to be silenced.

📚 “Every banned book is a mirror someone’s afraid to look into.” Belated to the party, but proud to celebrate #BannedBooksWeek with Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books. Discover the most powerful quotes, celebrate reading freedom, and join the conversation! #ViewsSheWrites

Get 20% OFF Banned & Challenged Books with code BBW25 Checkout out this list on Bookshop

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to SAVE 20% OFF banned book titles via our @Bookshop.org store by using code BBW25.

Check out the list and place your orders online before midnight tonight:
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#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #PrisonBannedBooks #PrisonBannedBooksWeek

The banned books display at my local library is pretty fire.
🔥🔥 Pun intended. 🔥🔥🔥
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#BannedBooksWeek is over, but we champion your #FreedomToRead every day of the year!

Last week was #bannedbooksweek and we celebrated by reading and discussing some banned children's books. Highly recommend this one for a giggle plus some important discussions around what you can do to help prevent book banning in your community!

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Promotional graphic for NCTE event, "A Conversation About Intellectual Freedom with NCTE Affiliates," happening Tuesday, October 21 from 7-8 p.m. ET. A bulleted list says that attendees will: Receive resources for preparing for and responding to book challenges, learn from two state affiliates promoting intellectual freedom, and find community and engagement from peers. The list appears next to logos of NCTE, the Western Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of English, and the New York State English Council.

Learn how educators are standing up for students’ right to read and intellectual freedom in the classroom.

All literacy educators can register to join this annual virtual event with #NCTE state and regional affiliates: https://ncte.org/events/if-affiliates-25/

#CensorshipIsSo1984 #BannedBooksWeek

Diese Bücher sind in den USA verboten Bücher werden in den USA verboten und verschwinden aus Bibliotheken und Schulen. In Mainz und Worms werden sie gefeiert und ausgestellt. Manche Überraschungen sind dabei.

📚 #BannedBooksWeek: USA verbieten 7.000 Bücher – Bibel („zu freizügig“ 😇), Orwell („zu wahr“ 🤫), Tolkien („zu fantastisch“ 🧙). Mainz/Worms zeigen, was Zensur „rettet“: Vielfalt, Kritik, Realität. Leiht sie aus – bevor’s hier auch losgeht! #LAUTgegenRechts 🔥 (AI)
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Looking Back on Banned Books Week 2025 | University Library | SDSU Recap of events for Banned Books Week 2025

It was a busy and exciting #BannedBooksWeek at San Diego State University @sdsulibrary.bsky.social library.sdsu.edu/news/2025/bb...

The recent left-wing #bannedbooksweek hysteria made me think of this absolutely gorgeous prose-poem passage from Fahrenheit 451.