SCOTUS won’t hear the Texas library case, leaving the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in place, allowing Llano County to keep banned books off shelves. Advocates warn the decision fuels more bans. www.theromancestudio.com/supreme-cour...
#FreeTheBooks #SCOTUS #Libraries

These books were removed after a local parents group submitted a list for reconsideration. The group's website cites “gender ideology” and “critical race theory” as grounds for book removals. #freethebooks (2/3)

On October 11, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center hosted the Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards, co-presented by PEN America. We spoke to a few authors in attendance about the importance of defending the First Amendment and the freedom to read in America. #BannedBooks #FreeTheBooks

Here at FICTION we read banned books!

#BannedBooksWeek #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead #LetFreedomReadDay #FreeTheBooks #JoyceCarolOates #FranzKafka #kafka #ChimamaNdangoziAdichie #Literature #Fiction

It’s banned books week! Remember to speak out, support your local libraries and show love to your favorite authors.
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#freethebooks #bannedbooksweek #maus #readbannedbooks #keepreading

Book bans don’t protect us! They erase voices! ✍️
Let’s stand up: write your school board, support libraries, vote local, and show that every story matters. #FreeTheBooks #StopBookBans #BannedBookWeek

What can you do this #BannedBooksWeek to join the fight against censorship in American schools?

Here are five things you can do today to fight book bans in your community and beyond.

For more ideas, go to pen.org/action.

#BannedBooks #FreeTheBooks #CensorshipIsSo1984

Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, PEN report says A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored.

PEN America report finds @stephenking.bsky.social is most banned author in U.S. schools apnews.com/article/step... #BannedBooks #FreeTheBooks

Banning books is such a travesty. Don't let yourselves be ignorant, read more books Arcanists!

#read #books #Vtuber #EnVtuber #booksky #bannedbooks #Arcanists #ixi #freethebooks #reading

Here's the list of books the Naval Academy removed from its library during DEI purge Included in the purge is “How to be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi, as well as “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" by American writer and poet Maya Angelou.

Robin DiAngelo’s WHITE FRAGILITY, Kristin Ann Hass’s BLUNT INSTRUMENTS, and a handful of our other books have the dubious honor of being casualties of DEI purges. Who’s ready for this timeline to be over? #FreeTheBooks

Here's the list of books the Naval Academy removed from its library during DEI purge Included in the purge is “How to be Anti-Racist" by Ibram X. Kendi, as well as “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" by American writer and poet Maya Angelou.

Is it any surprise that the US Naval Academy library purged our books about race, like @alwaystheself.bsky.social’s HOW TO BE LESS STUPID ABOUT RACE? Nope. They also purged Leslie Feinberg’s TRANSGENDER WARRIORS. #FreeTheBooks

Today I'm celebrating #NationalLibraryWeek and our freedom to write and read what we want. @americanlibrary.bsky.social and @uabookbans.bsky.social are shining a light on the many attempts to steal those fundamental rights. #RightToRead #FreeTheBooks #lovemylibrary

En agosto de 2024 liberé "Sueño de una noche de verano", de William Shakespeare.

#LiberaUnLibro #LiberaLosLibros #FreeTheBooks #LiberaILibri #BefreitDieBücher #LibriLiberi #LibérezLesLivres #DêUmLivro #Libérezunlivre #LiberteOsLivros #FreeABook #Libereumlivro #Libereumlivro #WilliamShakespeare

Utah banned a 17th book from all public schools. Here’s what it’s about. Another book has been added to Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the state. The list now includes 17 titles — 15 of them written by women.

#FreeTheBooks #FightBookBans #FreedomToRead

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Fighting Book Bans Starts with Action!

We’ve laid out key strategies to prevent impulsive book removals and protect access to diverse literature.

Every voice matters in the fight for the right to read!

#FreeTheBooks #FightBookBans #FreedomToRead

The Power of Resistance: Fighting Book Bans Before It’s Too Late

Censorship thrives when we comply in advance. The fight for the freedom to read starts NOW.

Read this powerful article on how anticipatory obedience and the limitation effect threaten intellectual freedom—and what we can do to resist.

www.freedomtoreadproject.org/the_power_of...

#FreeTheBooks

When the news drops that book bans are spreading throughout the US 😭
#FreeTheBooks

📚❤️Looking to check out free books while also helping Indie Romance authors? Check out the #freethebooks2025 compilation list of the authors you can check out and support today!❤️📚

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#freethebooks
#sixellamkbizzagenda
#supportallindiebusinesses
#supportallindieauthors

I haven’t seen much over here on the blue skies but if you search the hashtag on IG (and check your email newsletters) there are authors putting up quite a few free ebooks as a “fuck censorship” gesture today!

#FreeTheBooks2025
#FreeTheBooks
#monsterromance #romancebooks

🚨 Oklahoma bookseller fighting back against OK Senate Bill 593, fearing it could ban half her inventory & threaten indie bookstores. Is this censorship in disguise? 📚🔥 www.theromancestudio.com/oklahoma-boo... #FreeTheBooks #BookBan #Romancelandia #Booksky

--Attend a school or library board meeting. Speak out about banned books.
--Tell the world how a book changed your life with a letter to your local newspaper, a postcard to the author (you can address it to them in care of the publisher), a post on social media with the #FreeTheBooks. 2/4

U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has dismissed 11 complaints related to so-called “book bans.”

Chant it with me:
This is what autocracy looks like.
This is what autocracy looks like.

#autocracy #books #freethebooks

As the Administration Goes After Free Public Education, We Fight Back! Join the #ReadingRevolution & #FreeTheBooks!

1️⃣ Grab a book
2️⃣ Pick your favorite lines
3️⃣ Make a video: say the book, author, & read your lines
4️⃣ Challenge a friend!

Tag them, us & use #BannedAide

📚 The Elizabeth School District in #Colorado is #banningbooks with “dark magic” and silencing students by barring book sharing. A lawsuit exposes their political and religious agenda, violating free speech and harming students. Read the complaint: tinyurl.com/23eyrzr9 #FreeTheBooks

Send an email to the board of trustees now. #freethebooks

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PEN America Joins Activists, Authors, Librarians, and Students Calling for an End to South Carolina’s Book Bans - PEN America PEN America joined the ACLU of South Carolina, Authors Against Book Bans, EverydayLibrary, along with authors, teachers, librarians, students, and civil rights activists today in calling for an end to...

Love to see these orgs and authors coming together in SC to fight state book bans! @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social @ellenhopkins.bsky.social @aclusc.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
#FreetheBooks

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Reading improves spelling. #Freethebooks

Seeing a student in Idaho drop "The Handmaid's Tale" at the principal's feet in protest is a stark reminder of the dangers of censorship and the importance of defending our rights to access challenging narratives. #FreeTheBooks #CensorshipAwareness 📚✊

A Texas teacher spoke out against bothsidesing the Holocaust. It derailed her career. An excerpt from “They Came for the Schools” reveals what happened after a teacher blew the whistle on new classroom library restrictions in Southlake, Texas.

A Southlake, Texas, teacher spoke out against a new school policy. It derailed her career.

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#StopFascism #NoNazis #FreeTheBooks

Call on Cumberland Council Protect rainbow families in Western Sydney and reverse Cumberland Council's book ban!

Dear Cumberland City Council of Western Sydney #Australia, if you could dick off with your small-minded regressive bigoted book-banning of children's books with same-sex parents in it, that would be just DANDY.

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#LGBTQIA+
#books
#libraries
#FreetheBooks