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IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LGBTQ+ Books Case</p><p>The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.<br><a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-lgbtq-books-case/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publishingperspectives.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-lgbtq-books-case/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/AuthorsGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsGuild</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FreedomofExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofExpression</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FreedomtoRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomtoRead</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Penguin Random House Leads Amicus Brief in LTGBQ+ Books Case</p><p>The US high court hears oral arguments as publishing industry parties file an amicus brief, on school exposure to LGBTQ+ themes.<br><a href="https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-ltgbq-books-case/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publishingperspectives.com/202</span><span class="invisible">5/04/penguin-random-house-leads-amicus-brief-in-ltgbq-books-case/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/AuthorsGuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsGuild</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FreedomofExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomofExpression</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/FreedomtoRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomtoRead</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Claudia KP<p>I wonder how many of those putting unfair pressure on UK librarians would be the first to scream "freedom of speech" if challenged? </p><p>Look up "The Empty Library" in Berlin. Every time I see newspaper articles like this, I'm reminded of it.</p><p>Let people read and do what they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/apr</span><span class="invisible">/14/librarians-in-uk-increasingly-asked-to-remove-books-as-influence-of-us-pressure-groups-spreads</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UKLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TheEmptyLibrary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheEmptyLibrary</span></a></p>
INTENTIONALLY blank<p>Friendly reminder: It's national library week.</p><p>Please consider the ways you can protect the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreedomtoRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomtoRead</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> as a vital institution essential for preserving <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ala</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NationalLibraryWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalLibraryWeek</span></a></p>
Michael Busch<p>Good.</p><p>QT Education Minnesota<br>‪@educationmn.bsky.social‬<br>BREAKING: Educators sue St. Francis Area Schools over book ban policy<br><a href="https://edmn.me/4iWFI6v" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">edmn.me/4iWFI6v</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/teachtruth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teachtruth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freedomtoread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedomtoread</span></a><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/educationmn.bsky.social/post/3ll5bdvzgns2r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/educationmn.b</span><span class="invisible">sky.social/post/3ll5bdvzgns2r</span></a></p>
Curious Loth-cat<p>I stand with libraries across Canada in reaffirming my commitment to intellectual freedom during this year's Freedom to Read Week! Protect your freedom to read by understanding how books are being challenged and learn how you can get involved.</p><p><a href="https://freedomtoread.ca" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">freedomtoread.ca</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTRW25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTRW25</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
Maj - 🇨🇦<p>Leaders from the Book and Periodical Council, the Canadian Urban Libraries Council, Library and Archives Canada and the Ontario Library Association have come together to increase awareness of Freedom to Read Week through an important Digital Day of Action on Monday, February 24, 2025.</p><p><a href="https://www.freedomtoread.ca/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">freedomtoread.ca/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/FTRW25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FTRW25</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmit<p>Stumbled on this cool sticker being advertised on <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Redbubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redbubble</span></a> via FB...</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifa</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antifascism</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/Librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarians</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a></p>
INTENTIONALLY blank<p>Friendly reminder...</p><p>You can report censorship and attacks on your local library by right wing trolls here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ala.org/tools/challengesupport</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Here is a list of organizations that may also be able to help you/your community save programs and materials from the chopping block:</p><p>Freedom to Read Foundation <br>Little Free Library <br>Comic Book Legal Defense Fund<br>EveryLibrary Institute <br>PEN America<br>American Booksellers for Free Expression <br>The National Coalition Against Censorship</p><p>..........</p><p>Contact orgs that want to help. Archive media and information you enjoy or care about whenever you can.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreeThought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeThought</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Save" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Save</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archive</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FreedomtoRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomtoRead</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fight</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/revision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revision</span></a>.</p>
Regina Kammer<p>Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon &amp; Schuster, Sourcebooks, three authors, a public library district, the Authors Guild, a teacher, two students, and two parents are suing the state of Idaho over the book-banning law HB 710.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/05/publishers-sue-state-of-idaho-over-library-book-bans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/05/publishers-sue-state-of-idaho-over-library-book-bans</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PublicLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicLibraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FreedomToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomToRead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
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