The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

Schools, libraries and leisure centres are among the list

Davis County school district announced earlier that those in middle and elementary school in about eight schools would lose access to the Bible

Former children’s laureate tells Hay festival audience that her local library was essential to her career as a writer

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Booksellers and library workers face unconsitutional restrictions and ‘extreme punishments’, plaintiffs argue

The Salt Lake Tribune (Courtney Tanner) reports that the Bible will be removed from Davis (Utah) School District elementary and middle school libraries, "for containing 'vulgarity or violence.'" A parent had asked, apparently as a protest against a recent Utah law that calls for removal of various school library books,…

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

Montana's new law banning drag reading events at public libraries has led to the cancellation of a transgender speaker in a southwestern Montana city on Friday

Recent news reports have described the public controversy involving topics of sexual orientation and gender identity, and how these are presented to children, especially in schools and libraries. Protests at Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick libraries and public centres have targeted Drag Queen Story Time events.