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PEN America says it sees book publishing 'at a crossroads' in a new report warning of cancel culture, review-bombing, and book banning.

The Emporia Public Library Board has voted to add its endorsement to the American Library Association and Association of American Publishers Freedom to Read statement.

Cedar Grove Library board announced Thursday it would restrict access to the award-winning book "Gender Queer," despite protests from residents.

Sign the campaign: Seventy years ago, leaders from across the literary world joined together in writing to condemn attacks on free expression. The statement at the heart of that

NEW YORK — Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram X. Kendi are among hundreds of authors who have endorsed an announcement by the American Library Association and the

First published on June, 25th 1953, The Freedom to Read Statement begans with a forthright declaration: "The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It

Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram X. Kendi are among hundreds of authors who have endorsed an announcement by the American Library…

Salman Rushdie and other authors have endorsed an announcement by the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers.

First adopted in 1953, the reaffirmation this week comes amid an unprecedented surge in book challenges and legislative attacks on the freedom to read.

Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram X. Kendi are among hundreds of authors who have endorsed an announcement by the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers that calls attention to the 70th anniversary of a Freedom to Read Statement issued by book publishers and librarians during the height of the McCarthy era.