Rediscovered Books‘ Laura DeLaney was interviewed recently by the American Booksellers Association’s Advocacy Associate Manager, Philomena Polefrone, for the association’s Free Expression Friday series. You can read the full transcript here or see excerpts on the abfefreeexpression Instagram account. (ABFE is the American Booksellers for Free Expression.) On its website, the store has resources for …
What a powerful book. Such a timely topic that many schools are unfortunately dealing with right now. –Debbie Buck, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA Banned Books Week doesn’t start until October 1 this year, but every week is a good one to stand up for the right to read. Your voice and your vote matter in …
In late April, CNN aired this piece with Oregon author Melissa Hart about inclusive books and book banning. This week, a lawsuit filed against Barnes & Noble in Virginia Beach, VA made concerns about access to books, freedom to read, and free expression feel even more urgent. Melissa Hart is the author of the middle …
[Broadway Books‘ July 13, 2020] newsletter links to a list of books by authors who were scheduled to read from their books at Broadway Books in April, May, and June. Some of the books are novels, some are collections of poems, stories or essays; some offer advice, directions, and instructions. The writers of those books …
This wasn’t what I intended to write. I had planned a whole thing about the books I love which appeal to my inner 10- to 14-year-old boy. But, then I started noticing something on my social media feeds: Authors, some of whom had close ties to the independent bookselling community, were almost exclusively linking to …
