SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Public Library (SDPL) will be honoring the 43rd annual “Banned Books Week,” by spotlighting various works next week. Last year, there were 821 attempts to censor ...

A professor at Hunter College has built one of the largest special collections of contraband Russian literature in the world.

Oct. 5-11 is Banned Books Week, a week launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores and schools, according to bannedbooksweek.org. The ...

A line formed outside the West End Neighborhood Library in D.C. on Sunday — and not because people were there to check out books. Instead, concerned residents joined the line, one by one, waiting for ...

Indiana public libraries over the past year faced objections to books written for children, young adults and older readers alike. As in previous years, most of the books that were challenged included ...

SAN DIEGO — Thousands of books face bans nationwide this year, but in California, where libraries cannot ban books by law, the San Diego Public Library is fighting back by giving free digital access ...

Anne Arundel County’s status as a “book sanctuary” is on full display this week, amid the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, through Oct. 11. Anne Arundel County Public Libraries is ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

The Erie County Public Library promotes awareness of banned books, including through exhibits created for the Lake Erie Lit Festival help in September. Reasons for book challenges range from profanity ...

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — "Censorship is so 1984" can be seen prominently displayed throughout a Grand Haven library as they celebrate the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. It's the slogan ...