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If Books Are Banned: Reading Between the Lines

Thursday, September 28, 2023 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
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Banned in the USA Spotlight: George M. Johnson

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George M. Johnson, author of one of the most banned books in America, is now one of the author plaintiffs in PEN America et al v. Escambia County School… More

Banned in the USA Spotlight: Mike Curato

Interview

Mike Curato's Flamer was tied for the most banned book in the fall of 2022 in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans. He tells PEN America why he… More

Judy Blume

Monday, April 24, 2023 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm PT
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Oklahoma teacher is still fighting book bans, now from Brooklyn

Advocacy

Summer Boismier lost her job after she gave students a QR code to the Brooklyn Public Library’s Books Unbanned project. Now she’s helping teens fight book bans. More

Book Lovers Stage Read-In at State Capitol for ‘Let Utah Read’

Advocacy
By: Lisa Tolin | January 26, 2023

PEN America was among the organizers of the protest against a rise in book bans in Utah. More

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Letter to Hinds County School District Regarding Termination of Assistant Principal Toby Price

analysisApril 28, 2022

PEN America today sent a follow up letter to the officials of the Hinds County School District, concerning the ongoing adjudication of the decision to terminate former Gary Road… More

Fatima Shaik: ”Books Like These Are Meant to be Troubling”

AdvocacyDecember 7, 2016

On Tuesday, December 6, the Accomack County Public Schools Board, in eastern Virginia, voted to return the books To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn to county classrooms. The… More

PEN America report analyzes challenges for diverse youth literature

By: Maren Williams | August 22, 2016

PEN America's report on challenges facing diversity in children's and young adult literature is published in time for Banned Books Week. More

Remembering Vera B. Williams: A Tribute

Tribute
By: PEN America | October 30, 2015

Friends, writers, and illustrators pay tribute to the longtime former chair of PEN's CYAB Committee and much beloved children's book writer and illustrator. More

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