The number of books being banned and challenged in schools and libraries has increased exponentially in the USA in recent years. These attacks on our freedom to read are not coming just from fringe zealots -- they are being embedded into legislation across the country, and that's a BIG problem for anyone who values public libraries, public schools, education, books, and, yanno... FREEDOM. Authors Against Book Bans is a coalition of authors who are fighting the good fight to help change that, and YOU can help! Authors David Levithan and Maggie Tokuda-Hall are two of the founding members of AABB, and they join me to discuss what book banning even is, why and where the problem is blowing up, and what readers and authors can do about it.
Show Notes
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* Maggie's Website -- David's Website
* Join the fight with Authors Against Book Bans!
*Banned Books Week is from Sept 22-29th 2024
* AABB in Publisher's Weekly -- AABB in People
* Call your state reps the easy-peasy way using Five Calls -- let them know you want them to protect children from Book Bans! (A 3-minute task that makes a big difference)
*Data about Book Bans from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom.
* Kelly Jensen's Book Riot reportage will keep you up to date with the latest news about book banning, censorship and attacks on libraries.
* How will Project 2025 affect our Freedom to Read? (Spoiler: IT'S NOT GREAT)
* UNBanning Books - an SCBWI panel featuring Maggie, along with representatives from PEN/America, the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom and more
* The Rediscovered Books "Read Freely" Project
* ALA's Unite Against Book Bans initiative
* On another topic, have you been to the Jellicle Ball?
* Maggie's Website -- David's Website
* Join the fight with Authors Against Book Bans!
*Banned Books Week is from Sept 22-29th 2024
* AABB in Publisher's Weekly -- AABB in People
* Call your state reps the easy-peasy way using Five Calls -- let them know you want them to protect children from Book Bans! (A 3-minute task that makes a big difference)
*Data about Book Bans from the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom.
* Kelly Jensen's Book Riot reportage will keep you up to date with the latest news about book banning, censorship and attacks on libraries.
* How will Project 2025 affect our Freedom to Read? (Spoiler: IT'S NOT GREAT)
* UNBanning Books - an SCBWI panel featuring Maggie, along with representatives from PEN/America, the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom and more
* The Rediscovered Books "Read Freely" Project
* ALA's Unite Against Book Bans initiative
* On another topic, have you been to the Jellicle Ball?
Chilling statistics from the ALA -- and this number is poised to be much higher for 2024.
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