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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 4h

It's finally ready! October's most anticipated release, w/ the possible exception of The Life of a Showgirl, is The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November School Board Elections. If you hate book bans, read this to know who to vote for and who to campaign against! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections

The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the November 2025 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Tuesday, November 4...

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 1d

Librarians, booksellers, & educators— when you talk about banned books, please focus on the thousands of CONTEMPORARY books that are being banned right now.

For example….
#BannedBooksWeek

Book cover: last night at the telegraph club

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 4h

@alexwermercolan.bsky.social - would very much love to talk about this project - please feel free to dm or email - tasslyn at gmail or dm

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 10h

Read. Now. Listen.

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16h

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion

Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 1d

Give yourself some JOY. Listen to this magical people. www.youtube.com/live/SVTXkjj...

Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke

YouTube video by EveryLibrary

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · 1d

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Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social · 1d

What an honor!

Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads.

@randomhousekids.bsky.social
@rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

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Billie Bloebaum @billie.bookstoreromanceday.org · 1d

I guess it's Prime Day(s) again, so here are some options if you'd rather not help Jeff Bezos grow even richer. 🧵

First, a couple of Starter Packs of Indie Bookstores to support. (If you are or know of an indie bookstore w/ a Bluesky account that's not listed, let me know.)
go.bsky.app/DZdrHhm

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 1d

YES YES YES YES YES YES!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2d

Especially good action items for folks on the ground, with no ties to libraries or schools.

Jessica Horton @jessicahorton.bsky.social · 2d

Last week I was scheduled to give a presentation on grassroots activism at a university conference on censorship. That conference was censored to the point of being cancelled. So in honor of banned books week, here is some of the info I would have shared on fighting book bans at a local level:

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Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 3d

We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read. ⁣
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#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

every author in this video has had their books banned #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans

get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org

Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 3d

We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read. ⁣
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#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

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Jessica Horton @jessicahorton.bsky.social · 2d

Last week I was scheduled to give a presentation on grassroots activism at a university conference on censorship. That conference was censored to the point of being cancelled. So in honor of banned books week, here is some of the info I would have shared on fighting book bans at a local level:

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 2d

After Columbia canceled my course on race and media, and Washington Poat fired me for speaking about race and violence,

I’m teaching about race and media anyway!

@resistanceschool.bsky.social fall session on Race, Media and International Affairs starts tonight!

600+ signups.

We move!! ✊🏾

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone who attends on October 9 will be eligible to win this embroidery in our raffle. Join us to explore how YOU can take real, specific, and immediate actions in your own community to strengthen and expand public libraries. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

An embroidery hoop displays the words "Libraries Are For The People" in cursive, surrounded by embroidered green and blue leaves, and topped with a blue satin ribbon. It rests on a marble surface.

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 4d

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

YouTube video by Kidzuko

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 5d

CAN"T WAIT!!!!!

Square image that says "I'm Attending Inaugural Story Sunbirds Virtual Summit Saturday October 4 2025 11am to 8pm EST and has a QR code that says Want to Join. tinyurl.com/sunbirdsummit

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 5d

This post. Read it all. Be angry. So something.

skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 6d

Another reason we can't "just get private bookmobiles to schools to get kids banned books" is that this isn't about the books. It's about the fundamental rights to democratic spaces that represent a whole community.

Right now, judges are chipping away at *our* rights.

bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...

Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights

A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

bookriot.com

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 6d

If you shouted about how unfair it was Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air, then you should sure as shit care that YOUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TAKEN FROM YOU.

bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...

Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights

A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.

bookriot.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

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Texas Freedom to Read Project @txfreedomread.bsky.social · 7d

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School districts banning books because of “disagreeable” ideas they contain is censorship. Courts are siding with districts, not parents. Not students. In America. In 2025.

In this case we are talking about a nonfiction children’s picture book about a penguin family with 2 daddy penguins. 😑

Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 7d

The NYT article correctly points out that the judge dances around a decision on “government speech” while siding with the rest of the district’s argument that it can viewpoint restrict as it chooses because patrons do not have 1A rights in our libraries.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...

Florida Court Rejects Free Speech Argument in Book Removal Case

www.nytimes.com

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 7d

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

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Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 7d

OH NO. I'm so sorry. We need to know emotions are okay and we need ot be seen. Always. Thank you for your books.

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