This weekend, CBLDF kicks off the summer convention season at Special Edition: NYC, a celebration of comics and their creators happening at the Jacob Javits Convention Center! CBLDF will be in Booth 202, where Toby Cypress will be making sketches…
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The Curious Incident of the Wilson County School Board
When books are challenged in libraries and schools, one of the most important things for governing boards and administrators to do is have a clear and complete challenge policy already in place–and to actually follow it. Since last month the…
Middle Eastern Online Bookseller Puts Spotlight on Banned Books
Hoping to overwhelm censors, the founder of Middle Eastern online bookstore Jamalon announced last week that the site will launch a section devoted to books that have been banned in any of the 22 countries it serves. This is not…
This Week Only: Donate $5 Extra to CBLDF When You Shop on Amazon!
Attention Father’s Day shoppers! From now through this Sunday, Amazon will donate an extra $5 to the charity of your choice (which we hope is CBLDF) for every eligible purchase made through the AmazonSmile program. Even after this promotion is…
Florida School’s Cancelling Little Brother Assignment Causes Big First Amendment Concerns
In a letter sent today (below), members of the National Coalition Against Censorship’s Kids’ Right to Read Project expressed concerns over the cancellation of Cory Doctorow’s novel Little Brother, as the assigned text for Booker T. Washington High School’s school-wide summer…
Pensacola Principal Cancels Little Brother Summer Reading Program
In a move reminiscent of South Carolina’s months-long battle over Fun Home at the College of Charleston, a high school principal in Pensacola, Florida last week cancelled a One School/One Book summer reading program because he thought Cory Doctorow’s Little…