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October 26, 2025

Swedish library creates censorship talking point with double-bound edition of 1984

BBDO Nordics and the Dawit Isaak Library in Sweden have created a powerful talking point…

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September 20, 2025

Carol Ann Duffy writes scathing poem about Trump’s UK visit

Former poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has penned a new poem entitled ‘STATE/BANQUET’ in response…

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September 12, 2025

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and Why It Still Matters

By Nicky Blewitt When I first picked up The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists in 1985, I’ll…

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Children's Literature News Political

February 24, 2025

Bookstore owner refuses to continue selling children’s book after spotting LGBTQ+ characters in the illustrations

Lindsey Vroegindewey, who owns the children’s bookstore Big Sky Life Books, has been called out…

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September 14, 2024

Authors & major publishing houses sue over Florida book ban laws

A federal complaint was filed at the end of August in Orlando against Florida’s Department…

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August 21, 2024

Study finds over 50% of UK school libraries asked to removed LGBTQ+ books

A six-month study carried out by Index of Censorship, shared with The Independent, found that…

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Literature News Political

July 23, 2024

Bookstore returns books by gay, blind artist following ban

Paul Castle, an artist who is both blind and gay, is the author and illustrator…

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March 16, 2023

Jurgis Bielinis and the Day of the Book Smugglers

Today marks a celebration of an event that many of you may not have heard…

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Literature Word of the Day

September 8, 2022

Word of the Day – Nonpareil

Nonpareil (adj/noun) non-parel Having no equal, peerless / A person who has no equal. First…

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Literature News

August 23, 2022

All Challenged Books, Including The Bible, Removed from School Libraries

The day before school began, teachers and librarians in Texas, USA were told to remove…

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