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Sep 30 2008: The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would prevent American courts from enforcing libel judgments obtained in foreign countries if those countries provide less free speech protection than the United States does. The Senate should pass a companion bill ...
Sep 30 2008: Library Journal offers a very comprehensive source of information and links regarding the Sarah Palin - Wasilla Library book censorship controversy.
Sep 30 2008: Publication of The Jewel of Medina has been suspended in the UK following the firebombing of the publisher Gibson Square's office in London, which is also the residence of publisher Martin Rynja, which resulted in minor damage. This announcement follows yesterday's in ...
Sep 27 2008: Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, this annual ALA event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. This year, 2008, marks BBW's 27th ...
Sep 25 2008: First Lady Laura Bush, dubbed by Librarian of Congress James Billington the "reader in chief," will host the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., this weekend. The event has grown from about 30,000 attendees in 2001 to more than 120,000 last year.
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Sep 24 2008: The National Book Foundation have announced their "5 Under 35" for 2008. The five writers, who were each selected by a previous National Book Award finalist or winner, are:
Matthew Eck author of The Farther Shore
Keith Gessen, author of All the Sad ...
Sep 23 2008: Brisingr, the long-awaited third volume in Christopher Paolini’s four volume Inheritance cycle, arrived last Friday night, September 20, at midnight. In a record for Random House Children’s Books, the book sold 550,000 copies in its first day - four times the first day ...
Sep 23 2008: Children's publisher Scholastic will no longer include chapter books based on the overtly sexy Bratz dolls in any of its school book clubs or fairs. The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, based in Boston, said that Scholastic's move followed an 18-month fight to...
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