Banned Books Week

LA County Library Celebrates the Freedom to Read with Special Events

As part of its dedication to this cause, the library invites its neighbors to join in celebrating intellectual freedom and…

12 months ago

Hope And Defiance ― Amid Surge In Banned Books, 3,923 Titles Challenged

The district director of PVLD noted that it doesn’t get as many challenges as other library systems, but it is…

2 years ago

LA County Library Joins National Books Unbanned Initiative, Digital Library Card for Teens Launches

LA County Library has partnered with Brooklyn Public Library and Seattle Public Library to join the Books Unbanned initiative, a…

2 years ago

Texas Book Ban Bills Set a Dangerous Precedent for the Narratives of Young People in Education

Our nation ought not to be silent when young people feel obligated to defend our own rights because we feel…

2 years ago

Banned Books in the Crosshairs ― Sex and Perceived Decline of Culture Drives Totalitarian Tendencies

Anyone with a smartphone is just one swipe away from casual acts of violence and sexuality of nearly every persuasion…

3 years ago