The GLBT Round Table will feature a discussion of book challenges, censorship and banned books as part of its ALA Midwinter Conference schedule. The event is scheduled for Saturday, January 26 from 10:30 to 11:30 at the The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University Street, Seattle, WA. The session will feature Angela Maycock, Assistant Director of the […]
Category: Book Banning
Beautiful Response to Book Banning: Revolutionary Readings
American Libraries “Year in Review 2010,” which noted GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List, also described a successful book ban in Burlington County (NJ). One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the Rancocas Valley Regional High School library and the Burlington County Library System. Awesome Montclair State […]
American Libraries ‘Year in Review 2010’ article notes GLBTRT’s Speaking OUT Against Bullying List in a Censorship Context
Tenth on American Libraries’ Year in Review 2010 list is Censorship. Our Speaking OUT Against Bullying Resource is discussed in the context of book banning campaigns. One book banning, we noted on our Twitter/Facebook page was in Burlington County, New Jersey. One resident succeeded in getting Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology pulled from both the […]