Good news out of Iowa! Big thank you & congratulations to the advocates who worked on this! It is abundantly clear these bans are unconstitutional, but that won't stop them from trying. We need to be just as organized & just as relentless. Good job team!

Federal Judge Blocks Iowa Law Restricting Sexually Explicit School Books (Gift Article)

The ruling is a victory for the publishers and free speech advocates who challenged the law, but the judge’s decision is far from final.

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More info about actions you can take as an author to protect your work and fight back about the theft of your IP authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know  - The Authors Guild

Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

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INCREDIBLE Ruling! Judge Reyes just ruled that transgender people have served honorably in the military, judges Trumps trans military ban - which states trans people are inherently dishonorable - as unconstitutional and motivated by animus. Trans military members may continue to serve.

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

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President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

My novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club and 9 more books are under review for a statewide ban in South Carolina. There will be a hearing tomorrow 3/13. I'm not optimistic that LNATTC will survive this challenge, but it's still possible. Context here: www.malindalo.com/blog/2025/3/...

Telegraph Club Considered for Possible Statewide Ban in South Carolina — Malinda Lo

I recently learned that my novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club , along with nine other books, has been challenged at the state level in South Carolina.

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Good news out of Oklahoma! The extremely punitive SB593, which threatened jail time for writers, booksellers, etc WAS NOT HEARD IN COMMITTEE, effectively killing it for this session. Congratulations to everyone who organized against it!!!

BREAKING Authorities in the Philippines have arrested former President Rodrigo Duterte. This comes after the ICC issued a warrant related to Duterte’s role in crimes against humanity during his administration’s “war on drugs,” which resulted in thousands of deaths and many extrajudicial killings.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY! I wrote on Instagram about erasure of women today: www.instagram.com/p/DG8aRVRAyc... Finally, if you want to support the work I do uplifting mostly women Latinx voices, consider becoming a Patreon for as little as $2 a month: www.patreon.com/tomesandtext...

The people who read our books are kids. They don’t have money to spend. They don’t subscribe to publications that review books. They find us at the library. If the books aren’t there, it’s like they don’t exist. And that makes kids feel like *they* don’t exist.

Maggie Tokuda-Hall@maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2y ago

A Friday reminder that having your book banned doesn't sell books. Only THE MOST banned books see support, and I assure you all those creators would prefer their books were NOT banned instead. There's no silver lining. It's just the knowledge that ppl hate you! Ok have a good weekend

🚨🚨🚨RED ALERT, Texas book lovers. This bill (SB13) will be heard in committee on Thursday. Now is the time to let lawmakers know how bad it is. #BookSky

Frank Strong@frankstrong.bsky.social · 2y ago

BREAKING: The bill Lt. Gov Dan Patrick promised would “guard against inappropriate books in public schools” finally dropped this week in the Tx Senate. Here’s my breakdown of its worst features. #BookSky #BannedBooks #Freadom substack.com/home/post/p-...

Last week to donate to earn a free LibroFM credit when you donate $15 or more to our Emergency Fund! 🎧 diversebooks.networkforgood.com/projects/107...

Libro.fm@libro.fm · 2y ago

@weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social is providing emergency grants to BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, &/or disabled authors, illustrators, educators, & more in LA impacted by the wildfires ❤️ From now through February, donate $15 or more to their Emergency Grants and you’ll receive a free Libro.fm audiobook credit.

Applications are now open for our inaugural Spring YA Workshop. Consisting of curated classes, lectures, generative exercises, & readings, this intimate weekend will also have plenty of time for mingling, sightseeing in PDX, and (of course) karaoke. #thya tinhouse.com/workshop/ya-...

Need some good news today? Authors Against Book Bans fought one conservative school district in FL and won! lithub.com/authors-agai...

How Authors Against Book Bans helped defeat attempted library censorship in Florida.

If you’ve been following the right wing’s obsessive book-banning over the last few years, you’ve probably heard of Authors Against Book Bans, a coalition of writers, illustrators, and other book pe…

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Cover Reveal: The Day the Books Disappeared by @joannahowrites.bsky.social, @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social , and @dansantat.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

First ***** read of 2025. ‘Everything We Never Had’ is so layered and thoughtful and soul-full, I’ll be thinking about these characters for a long time, and deepening my learning about the Philippines. Thank you @randyribay.bsky.social for sharing this work with the world.

Everything We Never Had is a modern classic. I would pair this with excerpts from the Grapes of Wrath. Students need to hear all the stories and see themselves in literature. I love how the story is multi-generational. @randyribay.bsky.social

Hey all, I have a specific request this AM. There's an urgent situation involving this (which Martha references in the original description), and the total needs to be doubled. Martha's OOO so I don't want to bother her to change the amount, but I'm asking for your help. gofund.me/505857f2

Donate to Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC, organized by Martha Brockenbrough

You might know Jess Huang as Celeste Pewter—the tireless educator on how … Martha Brockenbrough needs your support for Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC

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2024 Young Adult Fiction Winner Everything We Never Had by @randyribay.bsky.social Kokila @penguin-usa.bsky.social Nominated by: Richetta #yalit #yafiction #booksky #cybils2024 @penguinschoollib.bsky.social

The Batch is Back! 08.05.2025 www.starwars.com/news/the-bad... #starwars #thebadbatch

Y'all pick a lane. Then make a little progress in your lane each day. Every serious, experienced organizer I know is Doing Their Thing. Instead of freaking out about each bit of bad news, we're in our lanes rapidly building dual power infrastructure and networks that don't rely on the goverment.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤

My team writing on Black Panther is looking for a Senior Writer to join us. Ideally we are looking for someone with knowledge or experience of African Culture and/or Marvel to join a team committed to creating authentic, powerful stories on an ambitious project: jobs.ea.com/en_US/career...

What can you do about book banning? How can you support essential public institutions of democracy like public libraries and public schools? Want to understand why "school choice" is an outright lie? I've got OVER FOUR YEARS of those answers and more in this pinned thread.

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Open Books is a fabulous organization doing important work distributing queer stories for youth!

Open Books@openbooks501c3.bsky.social · 2y ago

Let's get your elementary school library a set of 12 LGBTQ+ affirming books (contact us)! @alexgino.bsky.social, award-winning author, talks about the power of books. “When we see those stories in each other, we see the people in each other.” (Part 1) #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 💙📚 #booksky #SchoolLibrarians

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks

🎉 Congratulations @randyribay.bsky.social ! We are so thrilled that EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD is the @apalaweb.org young adult WINNER! 🎉