2019 marks the Centennial Children’s Book Week, beginning today April 27th and Running through May 5. This year’s theme – Read Now. Read Forever. – draws into focus the past, present, and crucial future of children’s literature. Celebrations can be found…
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Cartoonist Musa Kart in Prison Unjustly, Again
Almost exactly one year after award-winning editorial cartoonist was released from prison to await appeal, he has turned himself in to serve a sentence for “supporting terrorism” with his colleagues from the Turkish paper Cumhuriyet. The official charge leveled against…
Schanes & Schanes Art Portfolio Archives Auction To Benefit CBLDF
CBLDF is proud to offer our donors the chance to get file copies of rare art portfolios from the collection of industry legend Bill Schanes! Schanes is the co-founder of Pacific Comics, the groundbreaking west coast independent comics publisher. These portfolios…
CBLDF Defends Students’ Right to Read in NJ!
Mere weeks after the graphic novel Fun Home was restored in a New Jersey school district, the policy (2530) that ushered in that victory was rewritten to drastically change the power for future decisions and remove all language in support of free…
Support The CBLDF With American Gods Volume 2: My Ainsel Signed By Neil Gaiman!
This week CBLDF is proud to celebrate the release of Neil Gaiman’s second American Gods Graphic Novel Installment, American Gods Volume 2: My Ainsel! Donors can pick up a signed hardcover of American Gods Volume 2: My Ainsel or American Gods Volume…
Myanmar Rejects Appeal for Imprisoned Journalists
The Supreme Court of Myanmar has denied the appeal of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the Reuters journalists currently serving seven year sentences after a police set-up. The court’s decision comes on the heals of Lone and Soe Oo…
Barcelona School Purges 200 Kids’ Books
The Tàber school in Barcelona recently reviewed its 600 volume children’s library and determined that a third of the collection was sexist and without pedagogical merit, including classic fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood and the legend of St.…
Start a Book Club with CBLDF’s Help!
Whether you’re planning activities for Banned Books Week, trying to read more, or looking to engage with others during the spring and summer, there are few things that bring as much joy as starting a comic book club. Check out this…
U.S. Identified as “Problematic” for Journalists
The 2019 World Press Freedom Index has been released and continues the narrative of previous years as animosity towards the press erodes into hostility and violence, fostering an environment of fear for journalists around the globe. The United States has…
Policy Change in NJ School District Paves Way for Censors
Earlier this year, two high schools in the North Hunterdon-Voorhees School District in New Jersey restricted access to Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir Fun Home against their own policies. The restriction was overturned at the end of February after CBLDF, co-sponsors of…