By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor Pen America, founded in 1922, is a nonprofit that celebrates free expression and champions ...

This holiday season, gift the defiant reader in your life a banned book by Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and others ...

Banned Books Week 2025 is taking place from October 5 to 11, bringing attention to the stories challenged and removed from schools, libraries, and bookstores — and acknowledging that everyone should ...

Have you ever wondered why some books spark such intense debate they reshape entire societies? Throughout , certain written ...

Famous banned books are cultural flashpoints that push us to think critically about the harms, experiences and consequences of our human experiences. Famous banned books disappear from shelves in ...

There were 6,870 separate instances of book bans across 23 states due to “sexually explicit” or “un-American” material during the 2024-2025 school year, according to PEN America. These bans are ...

Here’s a new and unusual gift idea for the holidays — banned books. The Hoboken Public Library has made a list of books that have been taken off the shelf at a library somewhere. Library Director ...

With Americans’ free speech threatened by politicians’ bluster and federal agents swarming the region, welcome to Banned Books Week. Is there a better time to mark the annual observance of censorship ...

WASHINGTON — This week marks Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of literature that has drawn the ire of governments around the world. The American Library Association puts on the weeklong event ...

University of Delaware commemorated Banned Books Week with conversations on access, representation and the power of choosing what to read Students listened intently while Petra Clark, a UD special ...

PSD has a formal complaint process for challenging library materials, but few complaints have been filed in recent years. One board member suggested reviewing the policies to increase transparency and ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The actress and author is working with non-profit organization PEN America and the Eleanor Roosevelt Center during Banned Books Week this ...