BANNED BOOKS WEEK 2025 THEME UNVEILED
The American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition are pleased to announce the theme for Banned Books Week 2025: “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” Banned Books … Read More
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American Library Association kicks off National Library Week with the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2024 and the State of America’s Libraries Report
The American Library Association (ALA) today released the highly anticipated Top 10 Most Challenged Books List as part of the 2025 State of America’s Libraries Report that highlights the ways libraries continue … Read More
How to Fight Book Bans: An Urgent, National Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi and The Emancipator
An online discussion on the national surge of book bans and their link to structural racism will take place Sun., Oct. 27, featuring author, historian and antiracism scholar Dr. Ibram X. … Read More
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay to Lead Banned Books Week as Honorary Chair
Award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been named honorary chair for Banned Books Week 2024, which takes place September 22 – 28. DuVernay will be joined by youth honorary chair Julia Garnett, a student activist who fought book bans in her home state of Tennessee.
Banned Books From the Big Chair: Celebrating the Freedom to Read
During the ALA Annual Conference in July, Sage sponsored Banned Books From the Big Chair in partnership with the Banned Books Week Coalition and Unite Against Book Bans. Sage staffers share their thoughts on this emotional and uplifting initiative.
