A map of states with school book bans, part of the 2023 World Voices Festival.
Banned Books Week 2025
People and organizations working for the freedom to read and why it's important.
A map of states with school book bans, part of the 2023 World Voices Festival.
Stories for Banned Books Week, 2024
For Banned Books Week, the importance of offering books that portray BIPOC children, racial justice, and friendship.
From Banned Books to No Books
This year's Banned Books Week, October 1-7, is not as much a time for celebrating books as fighting against the startling increase in book banning across the country. According to…
Banned Books and Little Free Libraries
September 18-25 is Banned Books Week this year in the United States. In the past, people have observed this week with readings from books that had been challenged in schools…
Banned Books Week 2017: Authors on the Front Lines
Authors and editors of books for young people discuss different forms of censorship and how to defend diverse books in a panel organized by PEN America.