If you want shelves full and branches open, back the pushback. Donate now and your gift is matched 100% during Match-a-versary. We can’t afford to fall short.
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#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you want shelves full and branches open, back the pushback. Donate now and your gift is matched 100% during Match-a-versary. We can’t afford to fall short.
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
Give today: buff.ly/JJdksqK
#GivingTuesday #MatchAVersary #ProtectLibraries #FreedomToRead
This year, even your holiday shopping can make a statement in the fight against censorship. Support our work — and get 10% off PEN America Originals — with code FREE2READ10 at pen.org/shop.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
November 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This year, even your holiday shopping can make a statement in the fight against censorship. Support our work — and get 10% off PEN America Originals — with code FREE2READ10 at pen.org/shop.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
📚 Save the Date!
On Dec. 15, TDD is hosting a free screening of The Librarians at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth — followed by a live Q&A panel with librarians + literacy advocates.
🎟️ Ticket link coming next week.
Follow us so you don’t miss out!
#FreedomToRead
On Dec. 15, TDD is hosting a free screening of The Librarians at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth — followed by a live Q&A panel with librarians + literacy advocates.
🎟️ Ticket link coming next week.
Follow us so you don’t miss out!
#FreedomToRead
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
📚 Save the Date!
On Dec. 15, TDD is hosting a free screening of The Librarians at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth — followed by a live Q&A panel with librarians + literacy advocates.
🎟️ Ticket link coming next week.
Follow us so you don’t miss out!
#FreedomToRead
On Dec. 15, TDD is hosting a free screening of The Librarians at Southside Preservation Hall in Fort Worth — followed by a live Q&A panel with librarians + literacy advocates.
🎟️ Ticket link coming next week.
Follow us so you don’t miss out!
#FreedomToRead
“If access to books means people are less likely to return to prison once they are released, is that not a lesson that should also be shared at school and library board meetings?”
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
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#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
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Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 17, 2025
Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.
bookriot.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“If access to books means people are less likely to return to prison once they are released, is that not a lesson that should also be shared at school and library board meetings?”
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
bookriot.com/reading-and-...
#PrisonReform #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
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1/3: When books become contraband, everyone becomes a suspect. Welcome to the great American literacy smackdown.
Banned ideas don’t make us safer, they just make us dumber.
#LiteracyIsPower #BooksNotBans #StopBookBans #FreedomToRead #EducationNotCensorship
#EditorialCartoon #DrawnAndQuartered
Banned ideas don’t make us safer, they just make us dumber.
#LiteracyIsPower #BooksNotBans #StopBookBans #FreedomToRead #EducationNotCensorship
#EditorialCartoon #DrawnAndQuartered
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
1/3: When books become contraband, everyone becomes a suspect. Welcome to the great American literacy smackdown.
Banned ideas don’t make us safer, they just make us dumber.
#LiteracyIsPower #BooksNotBans #StopBookBans #FreedomToRead #EducationNotCensorship
#EditorialCartoon #DrawnAndQuartered
Banned ideas don’t make us safer, they just make us dumber.
#LiteracyIsPower #BooksNotBans #StopBookBans #FreedomToRead #EducationNotCensorship
#EditorialCartoon #DrawnAndQuartered
Thanks again to @bookriot.bsky.social for including our suggestions in #KellyJensen’s piece on Literary Activism.
Coleader of RI @aabbri.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social and I hope lessons we learned will help others pass more bills to protect #FreedomToRead: bookriot.com/right-to-rea...
Coleader of RI @aabbri.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social and I hope lessons we learned will help others pass more bills to protect #FreedomToRead: bookriot.com/right-to-rea...
What To Know & How to Help Pass Three State-Level Anti-Book Ban Bills for 2026: Book Censorship News, November 21, 2025
Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck for 2026. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved in their passage.
bookriot.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Thanks again to @bookriot.bsky.social for including our suggestions in #KellyJensen’s piece on Literary Activism.
Coleader of RI @aabbri.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social and I hope lessons we learned will help others pass more bills to protect #FreedomToRead: bookriot.com/right-to-rea...
Coleader of RI @aabbri.bsky.social @jbradley.bsky.social and I hope lessons we learned will help others pass more bills to protect #FreedomToRead: bookriot.com/right-to-rea...
We’re in @bookriot.bsky.social ! Thank you Kelly Jensen for this roundup of pending #FreedomToRead legislation nationwide, and for sharing our lessons learned here in Rhode Island
Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck coming into 2026. Here's what those bills look like, how to get involved, and what the advocates behind the recently-passed freedom to read bill in Rhode Island learned through the process.
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bookriot.com/right-to-rea...
What To Know & How to Help Pass Three State-Level Anti-Book Ban Bills for 2026: Book Censorship News, November 21, 2025
Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck for 2026. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved in their passage.
bookriot.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We’re in @bookriot.bsky.social ! Thank you Kelly Jensen for this roundup of pending #FreedomToRead legislation nationwide, and for sharing our lessons learned here in Rhode Island
Book bans often target YA titles with sexual content. In a new interview, @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social editor Andrew Karre explains that these books offer teens a safe, ethical way to learn about their desires and experiences — and merit their place on library shelves. pen.org/andrew-karre...
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Congratulations MA! #FreedomtoRead bill with protections for authors now moves to the House! Call your MA reps!
Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...
Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...
Senate Passes Bill Guarding Against Politically Motivated Book Bans
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><em>Bill guards against political bias in library decisions, protects librarians from reprisals</em></p>
<p><strong>(BOSTON—11/13/2025) </strong>The Massachus...
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November 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congratulations MA! #FreedomtoRead bill with protections for authors now moves to the House! Call your MA reps!
Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...
Great work @massaabb.bsky.social ! malegislature.gov/PressRoom/De...
A must read ⬇️
"Although Snyder’s film takes place in the U.S. (primarily Texas and Florida), there are implications for Canadians.
Book bans are about education and socialization, and they create a pathway for the right to assert political power."
#bookbans
#censorship
#education
#freedomtoread
"Although Snyder’s film takes place in the U.S. (primarily Texas and Florida), there are implications for Canadians.
Book bans are about education and socialization, and they create a pathway for the right to assert political power."
#bookbans
#censorship
#education
#freedomtoread
“It’s 2025 and the book burners are back. Along with a form of neo-McCarthyism that is tantamount to a witch hunt.” 📚 #canpoli #uspoli
‘The Librarians’ Traces the Battle of a Lifetime | The Tyee
As rightward forces campaign to pull books from library shelves, a gripping new documentary exposes what’s at stake.
thetyee.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A must read ⬇️
"Although Snyder’s film takes place in the U.S. (primarily Texas and Florida), there are implications for Canadians.
Book bans are about education and socialization, and they create a pathway for the right to assert political power."
#bookbans
#censorship
#education
#freedomtoread
"Although Snyder’s film takes place in the U.S. (primarily Texas and Florida), there are implications for Canadians.
Book bans are about education and socialization, and they create a pathway for the right to assert political power."
#bookbans
#censorship
#education
#freedomtoread
🏳️🌈📚 You can strip the shelves.
✂️ You can destroy the pages.
🚫🔩 But you’ll never bolt down a mind on fire.
☑️ 🔥 Writers, readers & publishers don’t break—we burn brighter.
#LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBooks #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #BooksNotBans #BooksAreResistance #WordsHavePower #Read2Live
✂️ You can destroy the pages.
🚫🔩 But you’ll never bolt down a mind on fire.
☑️ 🔥 Writers, readers & publishers don’t break—we burn brighter.
#LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBooks #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #BooksNotBans #BooksAreResistance #WordsHavePower #Read2Live
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🏳️🌈📚 You can strip the shelves.
✂️ You can destroy the pages.
🚫🔩 But you’ll never bolt down a mind on fire.
☑️ 🔥 Writers, readers & publishers don’t break—we burn brighter.
#LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBooks #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #BooksNotBans #BooksAreResistance #WordsHavePower #Read2Live
✂️ You can destroy the pages.
🚫🔩 But you’ll never bolt down a mind on fire.
☑️ 🔥 Writers, readers & publishers don’t break—we burn brighter.
#LGBTQBookSky #SapphicBooks #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #BooksNotBans #BooksAreResistance #WordsHavePower #Read2Live
BFA Illustration Student Sammi Wu’s winning artwork for Queens Public Library’s first-ever Banned Books Library Card Design Contest is now available as a library card. Read more: https://link.sva.edu/3XluEHb
#sva #svanyc #svastudent #queenspubliclibrary #bannedbooks #illustration
#sva #svanyc #svastudent #queenspubliclibrary #bannedbooks #illustration
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New episode is up! Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
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#annefrank #nokings #resist #history #WWII #WW2 #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #missingmediablues #freedomtoread #letfreedomread #uniteagainstbookbans #censorshipisso1984
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#annefrank #nokings #resist #history #WWII #WW2 #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #missingmediablues #freedomtoread #letfreedomread #uniteagainstbookbans #censorshipisso1984
Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
Podcast Episode · Missing Media Blues · 11/09/2025 · 1h 6m
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November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New episode is up! Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
#annefrank #nokings #resist #history #WWII #WW2 #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #missingmediablues #freedomtoread #letfreedomread #uniteagainstbookbans #censorshipisso1984
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#annefrank #nokings #resist #history #WWII #WW2 #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #missingmediablues #freedomtoread #letfreedomread #uniteagainstbookbans #censorshipisso1984
This holiday season, let’s make gift-giving meaningful and activist-friendly. Dive into this guide and discover how your holiday gifts can support librarians, students, local bookstores, and the freedom to read for everyone.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/incorporatin...
#FreedomToRead
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/incorporatin...
#FreedomToRead
Incorporating the Freedom to Read into Your Holiday Gift-Giving Plan
This Freedom to Read Project guide encourages using holiday giving to support intellectual freedom through diverse book gifts, donations to We Need Diverse Books, indie bookstores’ nonprofit wings, an...
www.freedomtoreadproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This holiday season, let’s make gift-giving meaningful and activist-friendly. Dive into this guide and discover how your holiday gifts can support librarians, students, local bookstores, and the freedom to read for everyone.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/incorporatin...
#FreedomToRead
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/incorporatin...
#FreedomToRead
Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
NEW Call to Action to Protect the Freedom to Read
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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
Too often, censorship activists skip reading the full book (or its context) and instead spotlight specific dramatic excerpts at school board meetings to spark fear and outrage. But books are meant to be experienced as a whole, not reduced to a few cherry-picked pages.
#FreedomToRead
#FreedomToRead
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Too often, censorship activists skip reading the full book (or its context) and instead spotlight specific dramatic excerpts at school board meetings to spark fear and outrage. But books are meant to be experienced as a whole, not reduced to a few cherry-picked pages.
#FreedomToRead
#FreedomToRead
Queer books are alive and well despite efforts to ban them! 🙌🏼
lauradehartyoung.com
💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books
lauradehartyoung.com
💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Queer books are alive and well despite efforts to ban them! 🙌🏼
lauradehartyoung.com
💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books
lauradehartyoung.com
💙📚 #booksky #booklovers #readingcommunity #lgbtq 🌈📚 #freedomtoread #books
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Just read @kylelukoff.bsky.social’s essay in “Banned Together” aloud to my teen. It’s excellent. Powerful plain language explanation of how banning books and banning the people in the books are inseparable, of how “small” issues of discrimination become enormous. #BookSky #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Just read @kylelukoff.bsky.social’s essay in “Banned Together” aloud to my teen. It’s excellent. Powerful plain language explanation of how banning books and banning the people in the books are inseparable, of how “small” issues of discrimination become enormous. #BookSky #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead
How many Freedom to Read stickers have YOU collected?
Pick up your Sticker Booklet and then fill it with our 10 unique stickers, located across our QPL locations!
www.queenslibrary.org/sites/defaul...
Don't forget to show us your completed #FreedomToRead Sticker Collection!
Pick up your Sticker Booklet and then fill it with our 10 unique stickers, located across our QPL locations!
www.queenslibrary.org/sites/defaul...
Don't forget to show us your completed #FreedomToRead Sticker Collection!
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
How many Freedom to Read stickers have YOU collected?
Pick up your Sticker Booklet and then fill it with our 10 unique stickers, located across our QPL locations!
www.queenslibrary.org/sites/defaul...
Don't forget to show us your completed #FreedomToRead Sticker Collection!
Pick up your Sticker Booklet and then fill it with our 10 unique stickers, located across our QPL locations!
www.queenslibrary.org/sites/defaul...
Don't forget to show us your completed #FreedomToRead Sticker Collection!
Leaving a review for a banned book does more than share your opinion; it helps protect the freedom to read.
Every thoughtful review helps ensure that silenced voices are still heard. So if you loved (or even just read) a banned book, leave a review today.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks
Every thoughtful review helps ensure that silenced voices are still heard. So if you loved (or even just read) a banned book, leave a review today.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Leaving a review for a banned book does more than share your opinion; it helps protect the freedom to read.
Every thoughtful review helps ensure that silenced voices are still heard. So if you loved (or even just read) a banned book, leave a review today.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks
Every thoughtful review helps ensure that silenced voices are still heard. So if you loved (or even just read) a banned book, leave a review today.
#FreedomToRead #BannedBooks
what's a book you read that made you understand why some people are so terrified of letting kids think for themselves?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #LiteraryFreedom
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #LiteraryFreedom
October 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
what's a book you read that made you understand why some people are so terrified of letting kids think for themselves?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #LiteraryFreedom
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #FreedomToRead #LiteraryFreedom
if you could force every book banner to actually read one banned book, which would you choose?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
if you could force every book banner to actually read one banned book, which would you choose?
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead
#BannedBooks #BookCensorship #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead
We know you love the unique look of our new #FreedomToRead Special Edition Library Card, and if you find the Freedom to Read Card backdrop at these participating QPL locations, we hope you will have some fun and Recreate the Card!
www.queenslibrary.org/spotlight/fr...
www.queenslibrary.org/spotlight/fr...
October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We know you love the unique look of our new #FreedomToRead Special Edition Library Card, and if you find the Freedom to Read Card backdrop at these participating QPL locations, we hope you will have some fun and Recreate the Card!
www.queenslibrary.org/spotlight/fr...
www.queenslibrary.org/spotlight/fr...