'Gender Queer' tops library group's list of challenged books
A new report says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most complained about at public schools and libraries around the c...
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Library association reports record book ban attempts in 2022
A new report from the American Library Association says attempted book bannings and restrictions at school and public li...
School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content
Longstanding disagreements about content in school libraries often focus this year on books with LGBTQ themes
'Philly on Fire,' 'Bella!' tie for Library of Congress prize
Documentaries about feminist leader and politician Bella Abzug and a deadly 1985 Philadelphia police bombing are the win...
George Chauncey wins $500,000 Library of Congress award
Historian George Chauncey has received a $500,000 lifetime achievement award from the Library of Congress, the John W
Playwright Neil Simon's papers go to Library of Congress
Dozens of notebooks, scripts, speeches, drafts of letters, artwork and even signed baseballs owned by the late playwrigh...
Money spat resolved over LGBTQ books at Mississippi library
A Mississippi library is on track to receive its full budget, months after a mayor threatened to withhold money because...
Mississippi mayor withholds library funds over LGBTQ books
The director of a Mississippi library system says a mayor is withholding $110,000 from his city’s library because LGBTQ...
Vatican Library opens to public with old-new art space
The Vatican’s Apostolic Library is opening its doors to the general public with a small new exhibition space aimed at br...
Library devoted to Japan novelist Murakami to open in Tokyo
A library devoted to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s writings, scrapbooks and record collection opens next week in T...