This week has been #BannedBooksWeekUK but going through #FOI data on complaints and removal requests, UK library books mostly stay on the shelves.
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It's been absolutely incredible to see so many readers, writers, bookshops and libraries taking part in #BannedBooksWeekUK 2025! Huge thanks to @hayfestival.bsky.social, @intpublishers.bsky.social and @thebookseller.com.
It's not too late to read a #bannedbook!
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Gvantsa Jobava, president of @intpublishers.bsky.social reminds us of our collective responsibility in fighting #bookbans.
Today is the last day of #BannedBooksWeekUK, head to your local library or bookshop and read a banned book today!
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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Today is the final day of #BannedBooksWeekUK! Writer and literary editor of Markaz Review, Malu Halasa reminds us that nothing, not even book bans, can halt the desire to read. Today is also #bookshopday. Why not head to your local bookshop and pick up a book that's been banned?
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Palestinian poet Asmaa' Azaizeh grew up in the shadow of banned books. She joins #BannedBooksWeekUK to remind us what it means when authorities try to control the narrative by banning books. Pick up a #bannedbook today! www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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In the late 80s, on holiday in Zimbabwe, a teenage me read Hugh Lewis’s Bandiet: Seven Years in an Apartheid Prison.
Banned in my native South Africa, it woke me up to the role of a few white South Africans resisting Apartheid. Very formative.
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📚 Ever read a book someone tried to ban? Why not share it online in the final days of #BannedBooksWeekUK!
Get involved:
📖 Readers: highlight a banned book
🖋️ Writers: share your story
💬 Everyone: speak up for the freedom to read
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www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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“Even though there isn't the same organised effort at book banning in the UK…there could be a knock-on effect”
A fascinating author take on their books being banned in N America
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A woman studies in a library.
Our President @edjewell.bsky.social writes of public #Libraries as places that can 'disrupt the status quo'.
Libraries are vital repositories of challenging ideas, which is why they are so crucial to initiatives like #BannedBooksWeekUK.
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Award-winning writer #DeanAtta reminds us of the importance of protecting access to all kinds of books in our libraries!
Tomorrow is the final day of #BannedBooksWeekUK 2025 - why not visit your local library and pick up a book that's been challenged or banned?
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This #BannedBooksWeekUK, follow the brave librarians under criminal investigation as they fight back against groups trying to ban books deemed “inappropriate” for students.
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is available to watch at home and in selected cinemas in the UK & Ireland.
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In 2024, #Russia named best-selling author #BorisAkunin a “foreign agent” for speaking out against the invasion of #Ukraine. His books were pulled from shelves as a result. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, he reminds us of what it means to be a censored writer: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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❌ Celebrate Banned Books Week UK⁉️
This is not another Book Week, but rather raising awareness about how our freedom of speech is being controlled through the exclusion, censorship, and banning of books in schools, libraries and publications.
#Octoberbooks #BannedBooksWeekUK #banned #censorship
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It was such a pleasure to talk to Rachel Seiffert for #BannedBooksWeekUK. We talked about dark family histories, school book bans and why staying silent is an active decision.
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American writer, playwright and Booker Prize longlister, Ledia Xhoga, reminds us of the profound injustice of book banning around the world. Join us in standing up against book bans this #BannedBooksWeekUK: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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Author Rachel Seiffert writes to stop history repeating itself by confronting her difficult ancestry, linked to Nazi Germany. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, she talks to Index about the parallels between the past & present and how staying silent is not an option: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/bann...
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Powerful words from author Saleem Haddad, reminding us of the power of stories to resist attempts to control the truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK?
Let us know in the thread ⬇️
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We’re marking #BannedBooksWeekUK with Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid’s Tale as our free film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime.
Enjoy! www.hayfestival.org/anytime/
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In 2021, Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir #GenderQueer was named the most challenged book in the #US. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, Maia reminds us how important it is for libraries to stock books that open up the wider world. Why not visit a library this week? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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The @royalliteraryfund.bsky.social joins #BannedBooksWeekUK by bringing us a collection of their writers whose books have been banned throughout history. Including #JamesJoyce, #AngusWilson, #DorisLessing and others. Discover the list and pick up a banned book today! www.rlf.org.uk/posts/banned...
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Afghan author, activist and educator Homeira Qaderi reminds us what restricting the freedom to read means for our freedom as a whole. This #BannedBooksWeekUK, pick up a book that’s been censored or banned: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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Join @indexoncensorship.org in celebrating #BannedBooksWeekUK! This week, honour the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced and the freedom to read.
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The Yacoubian Building author, #AlaaAlAswany, saw his book banned in #Egypt - a reminder of why dictators fear stories that speak truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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This week is #BannedBooksWeekUK. Join @indexoncensorship.org to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and lend them. Celebrate the freedom to read.
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"We get it from both sides." UK booksellers are facing increased intimidation & harassment. We spoke to bookshops about their experience, coinciding with the launch of an eye-opening survey by the Booksellers Association:
www.thebookseller.com/news/intimid... #BannedBooksWeekUK @thebookseller.com
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International bestselling author #JunoDawson has had her books pulled from shelves in both the #US and #UK. This #BannedBooksWeekUK, she's calling on us all to read a banned book and share it on socials.
Join the movement: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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"I’m A Queer School Librarian, And Book Bans Enrage Me — 'My Straight Students Feel Unsafe Around A Gay Self-Help Book'" ⬇️
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#Library
#Librarian
#LibraryWorker
#LGBTQ
#Lesbian
#Gay
#Bisexual
#Trans
#Queer
#SchoolLibrarian
#BannedBooksWeekUK
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New blog post from me: to mark #BannedBooksWeekUK, here's a reminder I spotted on my recent wanders that 2025 is a repeat of 1525. You read that right.
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Novelist, playwright, essayist, academic and human rights activist #ArielDorfman has felt the impact of book bans first-hand. As #BannedBooksWeekUK begins, he reminds us of the importance of defending our right to read. Find out how you can get involved: www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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#BannedBooksWeekUK begins today! From 5-11 Oct, join us in celebrating the freedom to read.
📖 Read a banned book
🎤 Host /attend an event
📚 Organise a book swap
📱Share on socials #BannedBooksWeekUK
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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