Banned & Challenged Books Advocacy, Legislation & Issues

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it spotlights current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers — in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

Banned & Challenged Books Advocacy, Legislation & Issues

There Were 1,269 Efforts to Ban Books in 2022. These Were the Most Targeted. - WSJ

Book Banning - Creative Pinellas

Book bans continue rising in the US with more targeting 'sexual' and 'inappropriate' content, free speech group says

School librarians face prison time for distributing banned books - The Washington Post

Half of challenged books return to schools. LGBTQ books are banned most. - The Washington Post

An 'unprecedented flood' of book bans engulfs U.S. school districts, PEN report says

Book Bans a Focus of State of America's Libraries 2022 Report

Banned & Challenged Books Advocacy, Legislation & Issues

Dem lawmakers target book bans in public libraries as censorship rises - New Jersey Monitor