Read banned books.
Question why they were/are challenged.
Learn. Grow. Make good trouble.
#MDIndivisible #SMCMDIndivisible #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #AmandaGorman
Question why they were/are challenged.
Learn. Grow. Make good trouble.
#MDIndivisible #SMCMDIndivisible #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #AmandaGorman
December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Read banned books.
Question why they were/are challenged.
Learn. Grow. Make good trouble.
#MDIndivisible #SMCMDIndivisible #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #AmandaGorman
Question why they were/are challenged.
Learn. Grow. Make good trouble.
#MDIndivisible #SMCMDIndivisible #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #AmandaGorman
Read some stats, numbers, book recommendations, and reflections in today's post RE: #BannedBooksWeek
#ImWithTheBanned #WritersOfBlueSky #ReadersOfBlueSky
#ImWithTheBanned #WritersOfBlueSky #ReadersOfBlueSky
RE: Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week isn’t over yet! Keep reading, then leave a comment to join this dialogue. And don’t forget to check out today’s writing prompt at the bottom of this post.
www.dailydraftsanddialogues.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Read some stats, numbers, book recommendations, and reflections in today's post RE: #BannedBooksWeek
#ImWithTheBanned #WritersOfBlueSky #ReadersOfBlueSky
#ImWithTheBanned #WritersOfBlueSky #ReadersOfBlueSky
#BannedBooksWeek I created this poster in response to the growing wave of book bans and censorship in education.
It’s a statement from the bottom of my heart: Stories deserve to be told, not silenced.
What’s your recent favorite read?
#imwiththebanned #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcard
It’s a statement from the bottom of my heart: Stories deserve to be told, not silenced.
What’s your recent favorite read?
#imwiththebanned #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcard
October 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
#BannedBooksWeek I created this poster in response to the growing wave of book bans and censorship in education.
It’s a statement from the bottom of my heart: Stories deserve to be told, not silenced.
What’s your recent favorite read?
#imwiththebanned #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcard
It’s a statement from the bottom of my heart: Stories deserve to be told, not silenced.
What’s your recent favorite read?
#imwiththebanned #kidlitillustrator #kidlitpostcard
🚫📚#ReadEveryBannedBook📖❌ @bookofthemonth gives awards for reading! Empowering us to read despite uneducated people banning books. These are weapons of protection against the war on reading. #BOTM #bannedbooksweek #imwiththebanned #firstamendment #bookban #readeverything #bookthreads #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
🚫📚#ReadEveryBannedBook📖❌ @bookofthemonth gives awards for reading! Empowering us to read despite uneducated people banning books. These are weapons of protection against the war on reading. #BOTM #bannedbooksweek #imwiththebanned #firstamendment #bookban #readeverything #bookthreads #booksky
#bannedbooksweek #freadom #americanlibraryassociation #unitedagainstbookbans #uniteagainstbookbans #readbannedbooks #imwiththebanned #booksky
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
ᴄᴇɴꜱᴏʀꜱʜɪᴘ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏ 1984
FREE SILENT BOOK CLUB READ-IN --- Thursday (10/9) at 7pm, space is limited/please RSVP.
#bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #silentbookclub #librofm #shopindie #shoplocal #protectlit #spokeandwordbooks #portlandor #milwaukieor
FREE SILENT BOOK CLUB READ-IN --- Thursday (10/9) at 7pm, space is limited/please RSVP.
#bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #silentbookclub #librofm #shopindie #shoplocal #protectlit #spokeandwordbooks #portlandor #milwaukieor
October 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ᴄᴇɴꜱᴏʀꜱʜɪᴘ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏ 1984
FREE SILENT BOOK CLUB READ-IN --- Thursday (10/9) at 7pm, space is limited/please RSVP.
#bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #silentbookclub #librofm #shopindie #shoplocal #protectlit #spokeandwordbooks #portlandor #milwaukieor
FREE SILENT BOOK CLUB READ-IN --- Thursday (10/9) at 7pm, space is limited/please RSVP.
#bannedbookweek #bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #silentbookclub #librofm #shopindie #shoplocal #protectlit #spokeandwordbooks #portlandor #milwaukieor
PBS News Hour report on The Librarians
The fight against books bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary
According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...
www.pbs.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations and many thanks @georgetakei.bsky.social !!
#ImWithTheBanned #ReadBannedBooks #SupportIndieBookstores #SupportLibraries
#ImWithTheBanned #ReadBannedBooks #SupportIndieBookstores #SupportLibraries
September 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Congratulations and many thanks @georgetakei.bsky.social !!
#ImWithTheBanned #ReadBannedBooks #SupportIndieBookstores #SupportLibraries
#ImWithTheBanned #ReadBannedBooks #SupportIndieBookstores #SupportLibraries
If you’re looking for your next great read, start with the banned books.
There’s nothing better than reading what they don’t want you to.
Expand your mind and enjoy banned books. 📚
pen.org/banned-books...
There’s nothing better than reading what they don’t want you to.
Expand your mind and enjoy banned books. 📚
pen.org/banned-books...
Banned Books List 2025
What books are banned in 2025? These are the 11 most banned books of the 2023-2024 school year. The banned books list for 2025 includes "Nineteen Minutes," by Jodi Picoult.
pen.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#readbannedbooks #imwiththebanned #bannedbooks #books #booksbooksbooks #read #reading #readmorebooks #bookstagram
September 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So, I'm starting a Book Club for anyone who wants to join us. If we do one book per week, it will take two years to do them all.
Message me if you want to help.
#ImWithTheBanned
Message me if you want to help.
#ImWithTheBanned
List of books slated for removal in Edmonton
List of books slated for removal from Edmonton school libraries contains ‘significant works of literature’: former trustee
Several award-winning books may be removed from Edmonton public school libraries amid new rules from the provincial Ministry of Education and Childcare.
share.google
August 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, I'm starting a Book Club for anyone who wants to join us. If we do one book per week, it will take two years to do them all.
Message me if you want to help.
#ImWithTheBanned
Message me if you want to help.
#ImWithTheBanned
This makes me so proud to be a Rhode Islander. May other states follow suit. #ImWiththeBanned
Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act is First in Nation with Special Guarantees to Writers and Readers Against Censorship - PEN America
Joining a growing number of states that are passing laws to protect the right to read, Rhode Island’s newly signed Freedom to Read Act provides safeguards for both public and school libraries, protect...
pen.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This makes me so proud to be a Rhode Islander. May other states follow suit. #ImWiththeBanned
🚫📚#ReadEveryBannedBook📖❌ #bannedbooks #censorship #imwiththebanned #banned #firstamendment #freespeech #nationalcoalitionagainstcensorship #bookish #bookban #bookaddict #freeexpression #bookstagram #readeverything #bookthreads #bannedbookstagram #themoreyoureadthemoreyouknow 🚫⭐️🚫⭐️🚫⭐️🚫⭐️🚫⭐️
August 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I play anti-fascist piano and freedom-to-read guitar. #imwiththebanned #librarysky #indiebookstore #kidlit
Love this shirt from Lark & Owl Booksellers so much! 😍
Love this shirt from Lark & Owl Booksellers so much! 😍
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I play anti-fascist piano and freedom-to-read guitar. #imwiththebanned #librarysky #indiebookstore #kidlit
Love this shirt from Lark & Owl Booksellers so much! 😍
Love this shirt from Lark & Owl Booksellers so much! 😍
MSP airport bookstore.
#imwiththebanned
#imwiththebanned
June 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
MSP airport bookstore.
#imwiththebanned
#imwiththebanned
Join us for our next Banned Books Bingo event on June 19 with all proceeds going to the San Francisco Public Library! #imwiththebanned #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #supportlibraries @indivisiblesf.bsky.social @dazart5.bsky.social
Spaces are limited and tickets can be purchased here:
Spaces are limited and tickets can be purchased here:
Banned Books Bingo
Come play Banned Books Bingo and celebrate the fREADom of expression! All proceeds go to the San Francisco Public Library.
www.eventbrite.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Join us for our next Banned Books Bingo event on June 19 with all proceeds going to the San Francisco Public Library! #imwiththebanned #bannedbooks #readbannedbooks #supportlibraries @indivisiblesf.bsky.social @dazart5.bsky.social
Spaces are limited and tickets can be purchased here:
Spaces are limited and tickets can be purchased here:
My next read is one of the most banned books in America #AllBoysArentBlue, and I can’t wait to start reading this!!! 📖📚 #BannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #BlackVoices #BookSky
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My next read is one of the most banned books in America #AllBoysArentBlue, and I can’t wait to start reading this!!! 📖📚 #BannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned #BlackVoices #BookSky
May 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We're so pleased to be featured in this issue! Learn about our work in the article "Creating a Periodic Table of Banned Books: A Community College Multimedia Project for Inclusion and Diverse Representation.” Thanks, @ala-acrl.bsky.social :)
#bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #intellectualfreedom
#bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #intellectualfreedom
Articles on psychological safety in libraries, Google #AI overviews, #AI resistance and ethics, student wellness initiatives, epistemology in the Framework for #infolit, and more await you in the May issue of C&RL News. Check it out today!
C&RL News – May 2025
The May 2025 issue of College & Research Libraries News (C&RL News) is now freely available online both as a full issue PDF and as individual articles.C&RL News moved to an online-only publishing mode...
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May 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We're so pleased to be featured in this issue! Learn about our work in the article "Creating a Periodic Table of Banned Books: A Community College Multimedia Project for Inclusion and Diverse Representation.” Thanks, @ala-acrl.bsky.social :)
#bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #intellectualfreedom
#bannedbooks #imwiththebanned #intellectualfreedom
Last call for this Thursday’s Banned Books Bingo fundraiser organized by the Golden Gate fREADom Writers, an @indivisible.org group. We are hoping for a sold-out event, so join us if you can! #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned @indivisiblesf.bsky.social
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bannedbooksbingoislandpress.eventbrite.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Last call for this Thursday’s Banned Books Bingo fundraiser organized by the Golden Gate fREADom Writers, an @indivisible.org group. We are hoping for a sold-out event, so join us if you can! #ReadBannedBooks #ImWithTheBanned @indivisiblesf.bsky.social
bannedbooksbingoislandpress.eventbrite.com
bannedbooksbingoislandpress.eventbrite.com
People who banned books are never the good guys. Reading and writing are good forms of resistance. #imwiththebanned I thought this interview with @samiraahmed.bsky.social was inspiring and insightful.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/01/r...
#authorsagainstbookbans #writingcommunity
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/01/r...
#authorsagainstbookbans #writingcommunity
Read Your Resistance: Book Bans and Bravery: A Conversation with Samira Ahmed - Chicago Review of Books
The science is certain: Reading engenders empathy. If it’s true that books bring about compassion and a curiosity about the world, ideas, and people different from oneself, then it’s also true that banning books is designed to narrow, not widen; to indoctrinate rather than foster exploration and free thinking. Banning reading, then, is an act…
chireviewofbooks.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
People who banned books are never the good guys. Reading and writing are good forms of resistance. #imwiththebanned I thought this interview with @samiraahmed.bsky.social was inspiring and insightful.
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/01/r...
#authorsagainstbookbans #writingcommunity
chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/01/r...
#authorsagainstbookbans #writingcommunity
Seems only approved opinions may be expressed. Heinous censorship. #Imwiththebanned
April 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Seems only approved opinions may be expressed. Heinous censorship. #Imwiththebanned
March 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM