Banned Books


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Trump’s Department of Education Ends Book Ban Tracking

This post contains both factual information and quotes, as well as my personal thoughts and opinions on what is going on. United States President Donald Trump’s Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a statement on January 24th titled “U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax”. […]


2024 Gift Ideas: Banned Books

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, you may be beginning, or struggling, to get gifts. With this year being a huge dumpster fire, and next year not looking tons better, why not use this time to get the best of both worlds – books and knowledge! Banned books are such […]



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Welcome To Dystopia: Time To Learn

We’re just going to start with the fact that books are political. They always have been. Authors like George Orwell, Ray Bradbury…stories like Harry Potter, Star Wars – they all have political undertones and messages. Every book is political or political adjacent. The big bad authoritarian ruler dragon evil creature […]





Banned Book Website List

I got an interesting email later today saying that I had been included in a list of 30 banned book information websites. It was quite an honor to be included in this list, along side PEN America and Unite Against Banned Books! I wanted to share the website that lists […]




What Is A Book Ban?

As the 1st of October brings Banned Books Week, starting with what exactly a modern book ban to set the stage would be helpful! Book banning is a form of censorship. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines it as, “the practice of prohibiting or restricting the reading of certain books by the […]




How To Fight Book Bans

With the book bans, book censoring and book restricting going on right now, you may be asking how you are able to help. I wanted to share a great post written by the Authors Guild over on United Against Book Bans. A post was written titled “Fighting For The Freedom […]