Proponents of book banning may differ in the titles or subjects they want to suppress, but they almost always are motivated by religious beliefs, college senior Katie Turcke observed during a recent ...

What do A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky, Forever by Judy Blume, and Wicked by Gregory Maguire all have in common? Answer: they’re among the ...

Yusuf Islam, the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens, announced on Monday that he is postponing his U.S. book tour, citing visa issues. “Waiting months for visa approvals, we held out as long as we ...

A federal judge recently ruled that a provision of the law, HB 1069, used to remove books describing "sexual conduct" is unconstitutional. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) ...

The Athens Library Store will hold its grand opening on Saturday, August 23rd. The store will sell used books, vintage items, gifts, and office supplies. Proceeds will benefit the Athens-Clarke County ...

Perhaps you read about Florida’s most recent efforts to beef up book banning in public schools. Yes, Florida — a state where test scores already lag — is trying to make sure students have fewer books ...

The Booksmith, a San Francisco shop that features a “Books, Not Bans” campaign on its website, pulled every J.K. Rowling title from its store this week. Literature lovers can tell you all about the ...

The State Board of Education has required public schools to pull 21 books from library shelves since a regulation on "sexual conduct" took effect last summer. (Catherine McQueen/Getty Images) This ...

Moign Khawaja received funding from the Irish Research Council as part of the IRC-Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. The rise of the self-styled Islamic State (IS) has been ...

Weeding, or culling old, damaged or outdated books, is standard practice in libraries. But in some cases it is being used to remove books because of the viewpoint they express. By Elizabeth A. Harris ...