The 2015 LIBERTY ANNUAL is almost here! Shipping October 7th, it’s adults only, extremely silly, and featuring the likes of John Arcudi, Jeffrey Brown, Derek Charm, Tyler Crook, Vanesa Del Rey, Evan Dorkin, Nate Doyle, Duncan Fegredo, Bob Fingerman, Tom…
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Fellow Cartoonists Honor Atena Farghadani at CRNI Courage Award Ceremony
When political cartoonists from around the country and the world gathered in Columbus, Ohio last week for the annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, many of them were thinking of a colleague who couldn’t attend. At a…
Tennessee Parent Confuses “Gynecology with Pornography”
Upset over the graphic nature of a passage in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, a parent in Knoxville, Tennessee is taking her complaint to the district level and attempting to have the book removed from all local county schools.…
UNC Freshman Alleges ‘Literature of 9/11’ Course Sympathizes With Terrorists
Shortly after some Duke University freshmen made news by publicly opting out of reading Fun Home for an all-class summer reading program, another new student at the public university just down the road is also offering his thoughts on books…
Former Librarian Counters Some Girls Are Ban in SC with Huge Book Drive
When former librarian Kelly Jensen heard about the removal of Some Girls Are from an optional high school summer reading list in Charleston, South Carolina, she took the knee-jerk reaction to appease an upset parent as a call to action.…
Latest Humble Bundle Features Neil Gaiman Rarities to Benefit CBLDF!
Humble Bundle is teaming up with international bestselling author Neil Gaiman to make some of his rarest and most sought after works available digitally for the first time ever. The works featured here range from books published early in Gaiman’s…
Banned Books Week 2015: Free Posters and Resources!
Banned Books Week 2015 is coming up September 27 – October 3. As a sponsor of the annual week celebrating the freedom to read, CBLDF is proud to offer free print resources for libraries, educators, and retailers who want to…
NC School Board Changes Policy to Keep Challenged Books in Classrooms
Earlier this summer, a unanimous vote successfully kept Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner in Buncombe County, North Carolina, classrooms and initiated a necessary discussion about whether existing school policy about how to handle challenged books should be changed. In a…
Captain Underpants Creator Urges Parents to Make a Change For Banned Books Week
In 2012, Captain Underpants topped the American Library Association’s most frequently banned book list for its “unsuitable” content. It popped again as the #1 most banned book in 2013 for offensive language and violence. In light of the numerous challenges…
A Summer of Attacks on the Freedom to Read
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer for many people. Vacations are over and school has started once again, but CBLDF didn’t get to take a break this summer. In the last couple of years, we’ve seen a new…