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Decision comes as lawmakers in conservative states are pushing for measures making it easier to ban or restrict access to booksArkansas is temporarily blocked from enforcing a law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksell…
Former president writes open letter to American librarians and appears in TikTok video decrying rightwing censorship pushIn an open letter to American librarians, Barack Obama has criticised “profoundly misguided” rightwing efforts to ban books from li…
British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reignIt was the first official account of Elizabeth I’s reign, one of the most valuable sources on early modern Britain, commissioned b…
The writer’s scripts for a TV series about the nurse were among those recovered from her old computer by the British LibraryHad it been made, the television drama would have begun with a middle-aged Mary Seacole, the British-Jamaican woman who nurses h…
Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writerLibraries should be “ringfenced and protected” to ensure that all children have access to books, the author Malorie Blackman has said.“…
Plaintiffs argue new law is illegal because it is a direct attack on free speech guaranteed by the US constitutionA coalition of publishers, booksellers, librarians and readers filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Arkansas state government, over a boo…
Move comes as rightwing groups increase pressure to remove books, most written by or about members of the LGBTQ+ community and people of colourThe American Library Association and the Authors Guild are among a group of organisations bringing a lawsuit …
Benson Lossing’s A History of the United States was checked out in 1927 and returned this monthA history book about the US has been returned to a library in California, almost 100 years overdue. The copy of Benson Lossing’s A History of the United Stat…
Demands to censor, most often for gender themes or sexual detail, rose 38% year on year in 2022, with Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe being last year’s ‘most challenged’ titleJuno Dawson’s This Book Is Gay was among the books most requested for removal or …
National gallery, library and museum among organisations to be thrown financial lifeline after years of underfundingGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailA half-billion dollar package to be shared among Australia’s national collecting institutions…