Censorship & Banned Books

5+ hour, 46+ min ago   (218+ words) Eddie Huang, best-selling author of “Fresh Off The Boat,” was at an event advocating against censorship last week when he learned his own book had been banned in Texas alongside more than 8,000 others. Nearly 12,000 books have been banned across the…...

18+ hour, 54+ min ago   (101+ words) “Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” by Malinda Lo. “Sold,” by Patricia McCormick. Banned Books Week ran from Oct. 4-10 this year with the theme “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” The American Library Association launched this annual campaign…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (257+ words) DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Banned books week is celebrated across the country each year during the first week of October. A study conducted by PEN America found that nearly 12,000 books were banned across the country during the 2025-2026 school year, which…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1105+ words) Florida has been at the center of the nationwide banned-books debate after leading the country in book bans for three years. While it was recently surpassed by Texas, the number of book bans in Florida is still growing, and local…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (384+ words) The banning of books has long been criticized, yet people still think seem to think that it's a good idea. You'll notice that some of the bans on this list are from within the last five or 10 years even. Yet,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (241+ words) Books have always been a key part of the American cultural and social landscape, and thus have often become flashpoints in various culture wars. In fact, throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, certain books - even some we love - have been declared off-limits…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1091+ words) Just a few pages into the book, a man crouches in the bushes outside his home, baseball bat in hand, waiting for a jogger to pass. The illustrated panels leave no doubt about his intentions. A student in the Monadnock…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (202+ words) Thomas Hyslip lives in Tega Cay with his wife and daughter. After 27 years in the U.S. Army and Federal Law Enforcement, he retired to pursue his passion for teaching. Tom is now an Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1746+ words) by Lucy Gellman, CT Mirror October 9, 2026 Then a person from the neighborhood, who had heard about it via text from someone attending the story time, called the library. They were angry, and said the book pushed harmful gender ideology. On…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (43+ words) Hot Springs Sentinel Record Garland County Library observes Banned Books Week Libraries across the country are observing Banned Books Week, an annual event supported by the American Library Association that began Monday and runs through Sunday....