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10 votes
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Book ban fight in Nevada would create LGBTQ section of libraries
9 votes -
Idaho libraries must move materials deemed harmful to children, or face lawsuits, under new law
24 votes -
Why ban books when you can ban book awards?: Suburban Illinois district cancels youth chosen Caudill Awards
30 votes -
Borders book store | Bankrupt
9 votes -
Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library
54 votes -
On the difficulty of giving books as gifts
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Ending censorship applies to prison too - US prisons remain the institutions where the most censorship occurs
22 votes -
Vanessa Lillie interviews Native American booksellers about their picks for Native American Heritage Month
10 votes -
UnbanCoolies interview with Ashley Hope Peréz, author of Out of Darkness
3 votes -
Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for US book fairs
26 votes -
Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue separate collection of race and gender books
23 votes -
Highly inappropriate book covers
20 votes -
Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
14 votes -
Independent bookstores are thriving in Texas, and not just in big cities—in suburbs and in small towns, new shops are serving up classics, cocktails, and community
18 votes -
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania children's author writes a book titled 'Banned Book', discusses censorship
12 votes -
Florida school district orders librarians to purge all books with LGBTQ characters
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New California law bars schoolbook bans based on racial and gender teachings
14 votes -
American Library Association report: Texas led the nation in book ban attempts in 2022
14 votes -
Texas tried to enact more book bans last year than any other US state
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More than thirty years after its publication, picture book Daddy's Roommate has once again found itself the target of censorship
13 votes -
Using artificial intelligence to ban books only makes the problem worse
20 votes -
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over its links to the fossil fuel industry
27 votes -
US District Judge blocks Arkansas law allowing librarians to be criminally charged over ‘harmful’ materials
50 votes -
Anders Behring Breivik's manifesto was listed for sale on Waterstones website – UK bookseller removes anti-Muslim document by Norwegian extremist
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Sex education book 'Welcome to Sex' is a best-seller, but has been pulled off one Australian retailer's shelves after a conservative backlash, including death threats against one of the authors
‘Taking a leaf out of Trumpism’: Yumi Stynes on the ‘misguided’ backlash to sex book The book has been criticised by campaigners including Rachael Wong, the chief executive of Women’s Forum...
The book has been criticised by campaigners including Rachael Wong, the chief executive of Women’s Forum Australia, an organisation critical of pro-trans activism. Speaking to 2GB’s Ben Fordham on Tuesday, Wong called it a “graphic sex guide for children”, adding that she felt “physically ill at the thought of children reading it”. Other conservative media figures have amplified the criticism.
“This book was a response to genuine questions asked by adolescents to [magazine column] ‘Dolly Doctor’ for more than 20 years. [Dr Melissa Kang, one of the co-writers], was exposed to what kids were too ashamed to ask anyone else.”
Critics have taken particular issue with small sections of the book that address inclusive sexual practices beyond penetrative sex, including “fingering”, “oral sex”, “scissoring”, and “anal sex”.
They are also critical of the inclusion of what they term “gender ideology”. Others are accusing the authors of “grooming” children – a term that is increasingly misused.
The backlash has been so intense Big W stopped selling the book in-store after staff members were abused, although the retailer has defended it and it remains available online.
"I've seen people saying to me 'I want to kill you' or 'You should die'," Stynes told SBS News.
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Ann Patchett talks about her new book, running a bookshop, and resisting censorship
8 votes -
Banned in the USA: The growing movement to censor books in schools
14 votes -
US school librarians vilified as the 'arm of Satan' in book-banning wars
8 votes -
Barnes and Noble's surprising turnaround
18 votes -
George Dawson book about racism effectively banned at George Dawson Middle School
7 votes -
A mom’s campaign to ban library books divided a Texas town — and her own family
7 votes -
Where do you acquire books?
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of...
Hello! I do a fair bit of my reading via Libby (I have memberships at the NYPL and Brooklyn Public Library) but I like to pick up some physical copies as well. I've spent some time in a couple of NYC bookstores but I'm curious about online portals folks here use to buy books. I've switched to bookshop.org for new books but what's the go to for used books?
Thanks!
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Furries are leading the war against a book-banning Mississippi Mayor
14 votes -
Tennessee school board bans Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ – author Art Spiegelman condemns the move as ‘Orwellian’
28 votes -
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools
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‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
17 votes -
Analytic Number Theory book club ending today
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Our next trip to integer partitions
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Our trip to the prime number theorem
9 votes -
Fifty very bad book covers for literary classics
26 votes -
Some of the best book covers of 2020
7 votes -
The demise of the secondhand bookshop
6 votes -
Like Christmas: New Zealand's post-Covid books boom
4 votes -
Norway's hazmat booksellers – two Oslo bookshop owners deliver books wearing full hazmat suits and gas masks in order to raise local awareness
4 votes -
Here’s a list of authors whose tours have been canceled due to coronavirus, if you’d like to support them by buying books
11 votes -
As coronavirus spreads, some Beijing bookstores have partnered with a food delivery service to get books to readers
6 votes -
Local bookstores have a new weapon in the fight with Amazon
22 votes -
A Missouri bill intended to bar libraries from stocking “age-inappropriate sexual material” for children could land librarians who refuse to comply with it in jail
15 votes -
Virginia school board stops removal of LGBTQ-themed children’s books
7 votes