Today, we are thrilled to welcome author Lisa Burstein, with a special guest blog relating to Banned Books Week. * * * Books are banned in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it is a school denying a book to their students. Sometimes it is a library refusing to shelve it. Sometimes it is a media... Continue Reading →
Banned Books Week 2012: Challenged Books List
This week marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, celebrating our freedom to read and highlightingfree and open access to information. Here is a look at this year's ten most challenged books: ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group The Color of... Continue Reading →
The ALA’s 10 Most-Challenged Library Books of 2011
Every year, the American Library Association releases a list of the ten most-challenged books from the past year. These are the books that receive the most formal, written complaints -- for various reasons -- with requests to have them removed from classrooms or libraries. The ALA releases this list to help raise awareness of intellectual... Continue Reading →
Who Reads Banned & Challenged Books? We Do!
We celebrated Banned Books Week September 24 - October 1, 2011 by asking you to share action shots of yourselves reading banned and challenged books. Thanks to those of you who shared photos! The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harry Potter... Continue Reading →
John Corey Whaley: “A Debut YA Author’s Perspective on Banning Books”
Today, John Corey Whaley, the author of Where Things Come Back, guest blogs about his perspective on Banned Books Week -- and I have to say, he pretty much embodies my own personal feelings on this subject, though he writes about it much more eloquently than I ever have. Thanks for stopping by, Corey! * ... Continue Reading →
Banned Books Week: Protect your right to read freely!
I'm stealing the video for today's Banned Books Week post from our friends at Girls in the Stack -- because they are both hilarious & smart! Here's their video on how to protect your right to read freely: For the comments: Any other advice you'd add to their list?
Celebrating Banned Books Week: Read Out Loud!
As part of Banned Books Week 2011, the ALA is inviting you to READ OUT LOUD! The ALA invites anyone to post 2-minutes or shorter videos of themselves reading from a banned or challenged book. They're even posting YouTube videos of authors doing just this! So to encourage you to participate, I hopped in front... Continue Reading →
Celebrate Banned Books Week: Show us your photos!
We here at Novel Novice love to read banned books -- and we're pretty sure you do, too. So to celebrate Banned Books Week, we want you to send us photos of you reading your favorite banned or challenged books. Send your photos to Novel Novice's resident librarian Taylor at MissLibrarian2010@gmail.com and at the end... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Banned Books Week: We read them. Do you?
Today marks the beginning of Banned Books Week 2011 -- a yearly celebration of our freedom to read whatever the heck we want! Later this week, the American Library Association will release its list of the past year's ten most challenged books. These are books people have tried -- unsuccessfully -- to have removed from... Continue Reading →