Recently a children’s librarian wrote to Pat Scales, School Library Journal’s anti-censorship advice maven, with a workplace dilemma. It seems that a fellow librarian who works on one of their large system’s bookmobiles had requested not to receive any books…
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California Parents Protest Kindergarten Read-Aloud of Transgender Books
A public charter school in Rocklin, California is defending a kindergarten teacher’s choice to read the picture books I Am Jazz and Red: A Crayon’s Story out loud to her students in order to help them understand a classmate’s gender…
Holocaust-Denying Book Vandal Plagues Minnesota Library
One or more determined book vandals is at work in the town of West St. Paul, Minnesota, where staff from the Wentworth Branch of Dakota County Library report that at least five to ten books about the Holocaust have been…
Upcoming Events Spotlight Comics Censorship
Several upcoming events are spotlighting Banned Books Week and the censorship of comics. CBLDF’s own Charles Brownstein is among the speakers discussing the challenges comics face! Keep reading for a list of events to add to your calendar! Banned Books Week…
Utah Judge Rules Against Speech-Chilling Liquor Law
A Utah judge has struck down a state law that prohibits the serving of alcohol during the exhibition of simulated sex acts, vindicating the Salt Lake City movie theater Brewvies which was fined and threatened with the loss of its liquor…
CBLDF Joins Letter Thanking West Chicago Library for Defense of This Day in June
After the resounding defeat of a challenge to the LGBTQIA-themed children’s picture book This Day in June at the public library in West Chicago, Illinois this week, CBLDF and other organizational members of the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right…
For Access to Iranian Market, Social Media Companies Might Agree to Censorship
Social media companies including Twitter, Instagram (owned by Facebook), and YouTube (owned by Google) are reportedly negotiating with authorities in Iran to censor “immoral content” as a condition of their sites being readily accessible within the country. Unsurprisingly, activists inside…
Grant Morrison, Robert Kirkman, Kieron Gillen, & More Signed Books to Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some great Image hardcovers, including The Wicked & The Divine Volume One and Two, signed by Kieron Gillen; Nameless, signed by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham; Saga Volumes One and Two, signed by Brian K. Vaughan; The Walking Dead: Rise…
London Police Ask For New Leads in 1987 Murder of Palestinian Cartoonist
Thirty years ago, Palestinian political cartoonist Naji al-Ali was gunned down on a London street as he walked to work. With his assassination still unsolved, police this week renewed an appeal for leads in the case, hoping that “people who…
NOW AVAILABLE: CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2017!
Banned Books Week is happening September 24 – 30, and CBLDF is delighted to release the latest edition of the CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook to help you celebrate! Comics are the most banned books in the U.S., and CBLDF’s handy visual…