Oct. 5-11 is Banned Books Week, a week launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores and schools, according to bannedbooksweek.org. The ...

It's one of the most fascinating paradoxes in modern education. Books that were once pulled from shelves, labeled as dangerous, or deemed inappropriate now sit at the very center of our classrooms.

Many book lovers may not realize that some of the most popular books out there are also the most censored. It’s Banned Books Week, which highlights the need for free and open access to information in ...

(The Hill) – Best-selling author Stephen King was named the most banned writers of the 2024-2025 school year in PEN America’s latest report tracking book censorship in the U.S. Some 87 titles among ...

Celebrated local author Leah Johnson opened Loudmouth Books to make the books challenged or banned in public libraries more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Green’s novel has reportedly been banned 147 times since PEN America began monitoring book restrictions in 2021, highlighting the ...

WASHINGTON — This week marks Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of literature that has drawn the ire of governments around the world. The American Library Association puts on the weeklong event ...