Miami activist Iris Mogul tells WLRN about what first inspired her to start a banned books club, what keeps her motivated, and how she’s continuing to stand up for free speech and access to literature ...

Efforts to remove and limit access to books in schools and libraries have intensified in Arizona. Schools have pulled books from their collections, libraries have relocated sex-ed books to the top ...

Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — The Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, launched Hooked on Books, the ...

Laura Patranella makes it a priority to read at least one novel each year with her elementary school students, relishing both the depth of these works and students’ communal experience of talking ...

It also reminds us that censorship, no matter what the media platform, has no place in American society and needs to be defended.

Book censorship is … becoming the norm? For those who honor the work and dedication of our librarians, booksellers, authors and fellow readers, that’s the disturbing conclusion of a just-published PEN ...

The most commonly banned books in U.S. schools include LGBTQ titles, international bestsellers, teen romantasy novels and a 1962 classic, according to a new report that compares modern-day censorship ...

Roughly half of children in elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan do not read books -- a 1.5-fold increase over ...