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Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret
Join the Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, in partnership with PEN America, as they present Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret during Banned Books Week 2018 More
Inmates Face Arbitrary Restrictions on Books
NYC Books Through Bars (and prisoner literacy advocates such as PEN America) rallied support by issuing warnings about the DOCCS directive. The letter stated that, under the now-suspended directive,… More
Prisons are making new moves to control what books inmates can read
However, PEN America, which has run a national prison writing program for 40 years, described the New York directive as a “ruinously over-broad restriction on inmates’ ability to access… More
Where is Gui Minhai? Hong Kong bookseller ‘released,’ but missing
Chinese authorities cannot simply claim that Gui is free without evidence. We have called for Gui's freedom during the months and years that he has been in illegal detention,… More
Librotraficante “Book Traffickers” Ensure Equal Access to Diverse Books in the Face of Discriminatory Arizona Law
Librotraficante is doing necessary work to ensure that the many voices, groups, and histories included in the American experience are fully represented and heard. More
China: Order to Restrict Children’s Books a Troubling Step Toward Ideological Conformity
NEW YORK - The Chinese government’s reported introduction of new measures to restrict children’s access to books written by foreign authors is the next step in China’s growing restrictions… More
One Year On, Hong Kong Publishing Industry in Jeopardy After Bookseller Abduction
HONG KONG—The abduction of five Hong Kong booksellers by Chinese authorities in late 2015 has sounded alarm bells within Hong Kong's nearly $2 billion publishing industry and spurred fear… More