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“The wording of the bill proposes giving an inspector appointed by the ministry the broad power to look at “any matter relating to the management, administration or operation of a public library,” and have access to records they deem relevant. It then would give the minister the authority to […]

Who needs #LitMajors, #Teachers or #Librarians?
#Tories have #AI!

#BookBanning #Fahrenheit451

The Shelf She Wouldn’t Move (Poetry) When “protecting children” means removing LGBTQ+ stories

They didn’t come with matches
Didn’t come red-faced
Didn’t pound the table
Like men in old stories
Who wanted the world smaller by force

No, this was cleaner than that...
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#LGBTQ #Poetry #QueerPoetry #USPolitics #Libraries #BookBanning

#bookbanning #censorship
The Failed Campaign To Ban 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
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On Literary Censorship: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland The curiouser and curiouser life of one little girl’s favorite story, and what adults found there…

#bookbanning #censorship
On Literary Censorship: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland katelynwrites.medium.com/on-literary-...

Book cover (IT STARTED WITH A BOOK BAN) on dark blue background.

Happiest of book birthdays to Linda Ravin Lodding and IT STARTED WITH A BOOK BAN! When a book gets banned, what comes next? @aaroncushley.bsky.social @albertwhitman.bsky.social #BookBanning #OuterSpace #ArtemisII #libraries

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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

> Someone sent me a clipping from a daily newspaper containing a list of ten books to be removed from library shelves because of their pornographic content. On the list was one of C. S. Lewis’s Narnia books. Also on the list was my book _A Wind in the Door_. I […]

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From a few weeks ago, but worth another look, considering that we’re moving on to moving out books from the public libraries in #Alberta.

“Attention, government of Alberta, do you know what students can access on their phones?” […]

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Back home to #Alberta greeted with the latest #bookbanning efforts by the #UCP , this time in public #libraries Hello!!! Margaret Atwood and others. Alberta is calling. HELP! Oh, sorry, not ‘banned’, just wrapped in brown paper and kept under the counter […]

#books #bookbanning #bookbans

#Communion #BellHooks #AppalachianElegy #BellHooks
#JDVance #WhiteNationalisim #HillBillyElegy #Rewriting #BookBanning #History
#BlackHistory #BlackWomenHistory
#BlackFeministScholars #BellHooks

Fuck JD Vance and white nationalism ‼️

CALL YOUR REPS: Stop the Federal Book Ban Bill! Your voice matters, and together we can help protect the freedom to read.

This script makes it super easy to call your rep and fight against book banning!

#kidlit #bookbanning

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An Invitation To Join The U.L.S. The Underground Library Society I am asking for those people who would like to join the U.L.S., the Underground Library Society, to write a guest post. I put this request out several times over the course of a year, because I hop…

My latest blogpost: charlesfrenchonwordsreadingandwriting.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/a... #books #bookbanning #censorship #writers #writingcommunity #TheULS #TheUndergroundLibrarySociety

#bookbanning This is a really shocking case. It's more likely to happen in America but the fact that it's happening in a UK school should be of concern. And the concern keeps piling up. Apparently the head teacher of this so called school's only reference to 'Room 101' is through the tv show. 🫨

The children books one Tennessee librarian refuses to move A recent decision in Rutherford County to move 132 books out of a juvenile section mirrors trends seen across the state.

Commending the Rutherford County library system, the RCLA and its director, Luanne James.

#1stAmendment #freedomofspeech #bookbanning #libraries #librarians #ALA #PLA

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Amanda Jones: An Accidental Activist - The American Leader Amanda Jones was targeted with false, hateful accusations because she spoke out against an effort to ban books from her local library.

#Libsky #Libraries #BookBanning #Teachers #Librarians
📚📖🏫 #Resist
Speaking out against book banning, "...she was targeted as a rebel by loyalists who mounted an aggressive attack on her character, falsely accusing her of peddling porn to children, advocating anal sex, and grooming sexual deviants."

How the Banning of Joyce’s Ulysses Led to “The Grandest Obscenity Case in the History of Law and Literature” In the early 1930s, James Joyce’s Ulysses was the most notorious banned book in the United States. Using a stream-of-consciousness style to describe twenty-four hours in the life of a lower-middle …

#BookBanning #BookBurning

James Joyce was famously banned / #blocked #banned in USA. So this woman in year 2026 goes around banning USA people who discuss James Joyce? Is that the Irish mindset?

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H.R. 7661 is a government censorship bill targeting #kidlit that is heading for a vote in the US House of Representatives, and we need your help to stop it. 5calls.org helps you find and contact your rep. Spread the word. Support/follow orgs fighting #bookbanning like @authorsabb.bsky.social Thanks!

This is horrific. It's an appalling situation in the US, but to hear of it in my home city is a shocking development.

I hope @manchestermill.bsky.social is keeping an eye on this story
#books #censorship #bookbanning

School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women

“There were #comic books missing, #GraphicNovels,” Emily said.

She was soon told that the library would be closing as a temporary #safeguarding measure.”

This is #BookBanning in a public #school in the #U.K. and it is Not OK..

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www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...

The Rise of Book-Ban Technology How AI tools like Class-Shelf Plus and Bookmarked are reshaping how schools review library books

School library debates are moving into software.

AI tools are now flagging “controversial” books before anyone reads them.

This changes everything about how collections are reviewed.

I break it all down here:
#bookbanning #censorship
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A quotation from **Madeleine L'Engle**

> We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had […]

#BookBanning

‘Same Ingredients, Different Recipe’ in Proposed U.S. Book Ban House Resolution 7661, introduced on February 24, would withhold federal funds from public classrooms and school libraries alleged to have “sexually oriented material” on their shelves.

They're coming for our books again.

Introduced by far-right idiot Mary E. Miller and co-sponsored by 17 GOP congressmen, HR 7661 would use the hammer of federal funds to force schools nationwide to remove books the GOP doesn't like from library shelves.

#bookbanning #censorship

If you give a mouse a cookie book cover

What does this title have to do with #bookbanning strategies??? Tune in tomorrow to #Episode 356 and my conversation with @laneyhawes.bsky.social of TX Freedom to Read Project.

ALA denounces federal book banning bill The American Library Association denounced H.R. 7661, a federal bill targeting LGBTQ+ stories that would modify the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to restrict "sexually oriented" mater...

Things #authors and #readers alike should take note of and be concerned about:

@ala-pla.bsky.social #americanlibraryassociaton #advocacy #bookbanning #OIF #libraries #education #teacher

www.ala.org/news/2026/02...

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

🚨 Don't let the American government decide what books you & your family are allowed to read

HR 7661 would let the federal govt ban books nationwide!

🙏 Please sign & share

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#stopbookbans #nobookbans #bookbans #kidlit #kidlitart #bookbanning #freedomtoread

PETITION: Don't Let the Federal Government Regulate Your Reading Not one country's freedom and liberty has ever been increased by banning books.

HR 7661 would let the federal govt ban books & regulate your right to read nationwide!

Please sign the petition & pass it on

action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661
@everylibrary.bsky.social #bookbans #dontbanbooks #freedomtoread #kidlit #kidlitart #bookbanning #nobookbans @freedomreadproject.bsky.social

Picture book author Bess Kalb on silencing, #bookbanning. A must watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgeE...

Against a peach background the title reads "Rob Sanders on book banning." Below that is a quote from Rob that reads: “Sadly, I now know a lot about book banning...All of my nonfiction books have been challenged if not outright banned...The real impact is on readers who can’t find and read books that reflect themselves and/or their families, books that allow them to learn about and grow empathy toward people who might be different than them, and books that could empower them to create and live in a world that is informed and accepting of others.” Below that is: "Read more. Full interview available at: sarahsteinbacher.com/blog." On the right is a photo of Rob Sanders along with cover images for four of Rob's picture books: André, A Family of Readers, Book Comes Home, and Play Proud.

Read the full #interview with Rob Sanders at: www.sarahsteinbacher.com/blog/intervi...

Sign up for #blog updates for more #author interviews. Up next--Deborah Underwood on 3/3 and Khushboo Patel on 3/6.

#picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitauthors #bookbans #bookbanning #empathy #representation #lgbtqia