Censorship, Book Bans, & Suppression

Resources

• ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom

• ALA's Banned Books Week

• Arkansas Right to Read Project

• Authors Against Book Bans

• Banned Together (Documentary, 2025)

• Book Riot Anti-Censorship Toolkit

• Book Bans: A Guide for Community Response and Action (GLAAD)

• Book Sanctuary

• Books Save Lives Grant (We Need Diverse Books)

• Books Unbanned: 

  • Brooklyn Public Library

  • Boston Public Library

  • LA County Library

  • San Diego Public Library

  • Seattle Public Library

• Censorship Is a Drag: LGBTQ Materials and Programming Under Siege in Libraries, edited by Jason D. Phillips and Jordan Ruud (Library Juice Press, 2025)

• Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

• Defend Research

• Fight for the First

• Fight for the Future

• Freedom of the Press Foundation

• Freedom to Learn

• Freedom to Read Foundation

• Get Ready, Stay Ready: Community Action Toolkit

• IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression

• Libraries for the People

• National Coalition Against Censorship

  • School Book Challenge Resource Center

• PEN America

  • PEN America Banned Books resources

  • Tips for Librarians Facing Harassment

• PEN International

• Support Operation 45: funding FOIA requests to hold government accountable

• Texas Freadom Fighters

• Unite Against Book Bans

• We Need Diverse Books' Resources for Addressing Book Bans and Challenges

  • Unbanned Book Network

Articles

• Book Riot Censorship Series

• Matar, Hisham. "Books Can Take You Places Donald Trump Doesn't Want You to Go." nytimes.com, 16 March 2017.

• Bauld, Andrew. "Book Sanctuaries Create Safe Spaces for Banned Books and Readers." School Library Journal, 8 August 2024.

• Finkel, Ed. "Seeking Sanctuary." American Libraries, 3 June 2024.