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Save our libraries

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Just in time for this year’s Banned Books Week, a documentary called The Librarians, directed by Kim A. Snyder (Death by Numbers, Us Kids, Newton, and more) and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker, is being released in the U.S. October 3. As … Continue reading →

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Censorship is so 1984

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

It’s that time of the year again. Banned Books Week, scheduled for October 5-11, has been “celebrated” annually since its launch in 1982. For most of us in the formerly free USA, the 2025 rendition feels like the most crucial … Continue reading →

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Books Can Set Us Free

Posted on August 4, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

American Booksellers for Free Expression has launched a campaign for Banned Books Week 2024 centered on the theme Liberate Banned Books (#SetBooksFree). “Resisting book bans is about liberation,” ABFE noted. “It’s about liberation for schools and libraries from the rash of book challenges … Continue reading →

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Ban This Book book actually banned

Posted on June 13, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

Who could have imagined that an award winning children’s book titled Ban This Book would actually be banned and in the state of Florida of all places. The Indian River County School Board voted to remove “Ban This Book” by Alan Gratz from … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Read

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

I was recently asked by a TBTP follower from Europe if the issue of book banning in the United States was being overhyped in the press. Sadly, if anything the scourge of book bans, and even book burnings, is not … Continue reading →

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Let Freedom Read

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

The American Library Association has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!” Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023. “As we’ve seen throughout National Library Week, as long as there are libraries, … Continue reading →

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Banned Book Club

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) launched a new program earlier this month called the Banned Book Club. The program gives users access to books that have been banned in their local libraries by using “GPS-based geo-targeting.” To use … Continue reading →

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Freedom of the Press

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Every day I seem to be reading another story about the erosion of press freedoms here in the United States and around the world. The insidious takeover of print and online news outlets by rightwing corporate capitalist enterprises is just … Continue reading →

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Libraries For The People

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

Here at Travel Between The Pages World HQ we are huge fans of public libraries. We were chuffed to learn about a new organization of library workers, library users, and community advocates that wants to help folks become more involved … Continue reading →

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How to deal with book banners

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Brian D. Butler

 

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