Latest American Library Association News
Maia Kobabe's 'Gender Queer' tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
NEW YORK (AP) — Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” continues its troubled run as the country’s most controversial book, topping the American Library Association’s “challenged books” list for a third straight year. Kobabe’s coming-of-age story was published...
Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored
NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the American Library Association were given honorary prizes by the National Book Critics Circle. Moore, best known as a short-story writer,...
Censorship efforts at libraries continued to soar in 2023, according to a new report
NEW YORK (AP) — Bannings and attempted bannings of books soared again in the U.S. last year, continuing to set record highs, according to a new report from the American Library Association. On Thursday, the ALA announced that 4,240 works in school and public libraries had been...
Georgia Senate passes bill banning taxpayer, private funds for American Library Association
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Senate passed a bill Thursday that would ban libraries from spending public or private funds on services offered by the American Library Association, which a Republican member of the chamber called a “Marxist and socialist” group. The measure, Senate...
Georgia GOP senators seek to ban sexually explicit books from school libraries, reduce sex education
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican senators in Georgia want to cull sexually explicit books from schools, ban sex education for younger students, display the Ten Commandments in classrooms and allow religious chaplains to counsel teachers and students. The measures, which passed Senate...
Editorial Roundup: Alabama
Cullman Times. February 1, 2024. Editorial: Testing your news literacy This past week wrapped up annual National News Literacy Week with an opportunity to test your awareness of what’s news and what isn’t — so if keeping up with the news were a quiz, how well do...
