“Penguin Random House, Five Additional Publishers and Authors Guild File Landmark Lawsuit Against State of Florida for Unconstitutional Book-Banning Provisions With House Bill 1069
The lawsuit follows recent legal action by Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks in Iowa as publishers continue to challenge book bans across the country.”
“Authors Guild Joins Authors and Publishers to Sue Florida Over Draconian Book Ban Law“—”The Authors Guild has joined publishers Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks; beloved authors Julia Alvarez, Laurie Halse Anderson, John Green, Jodi Picoult, and Angie Thomas; and two students and two parents in a landmark lawsuit against the state of Florida to challenge the book removal provisions contained in HB 1069. The provisions allow for the indiscriminate removal of books based on vague and overbroad criteria and poses a grave threat to intellectual freedom and the right to read. It has already resulted in the removal of hundreds of titles from school libraries since July 2023, including works by renowned authors and even classics of American literature such as The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.”
“Major publishers sue Florida over ‘unconstitutional’ book ban law. A coalition of publishers, authors and parents say Florida’s public school book review process limits free expression”
“The country’s largest publishers sue Florida over school book bans. Works by hundreds of authors, from Maya Angelou to Judy Blume, have been challenged and removed from school libraries. Now a group is suing to bring them back.”
“Major Publishers Sue Florida Over Banned School Library Books. A state law limits sexual content in school libraries. But several publishing companies say it has led to a “regime of strict censorship” in school districts.
Also
“From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’. Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back.”
“Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools. Twenty-three of King’s novels have been banned from schools in the US state thanks to a 2022 legislation signed by Ron DeSantis.”
Meanwhile, in the UK: “Public libraries in ‘crisis’ as councils cut services“—”More than 180 council-run libraries have either closed or been handed over to volunteer groups in the UK since 2016, BBC analysis has found. More deprived communities were four times more likely to have lost a publicly-funded library in that time, while 2,000 jobs have also been lost.”
And, in Ireland: “Far right should not be able to disrupt ‘sanctuary’ of libraries, says union.”—”Tiny groups of far-right protesters should not be able to disrupt people in the community from accessing the “sanctuary” of their local library, the head librarian for Galway has said.”
Finally, don’t forget, this month, Banned Books Week is September 22-28, and Let Freedom Read Day is September 28
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