| By Bonnie Simcock, Senior Manager of Acquisitions, Thorndike Press | Book banning has been a concern for centuries, but in recent years the politicization of censoring books has skyrocketed book-banning efforts. According to Publishers Weekly, the number of unique titles targeted by book bans increased by 65% from 2022 to 2023 alone. And the … Read more
| By Traci Cothran | I just LOVE Banned Books Week. Don’t get me wrong: I don’t like that we need a Banned Books Week, it’s just that I love thinking about all the books I’ve read that are on various banned lists, as so many of them are near and dear to me. Then … Read more
| By Jason Everett | Book banning, one of the oldest and commonly performed practices of censorship, has gone on for centuries. Governments, religious authorities, and other groups have banned books and other works of literature they deem to be offensive for one reason or another. These groups often initiate large-scale book bans. With the … Read more