Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne | Victoria

Helen Garner says State Library of Victoria turned into ‘party central’, with planned job cuts to ‘bring disgrace’ on Melbourne | Victoria

Helen Garner says the State Library of Victoria has been turned into “party central” and a plan to cut jobs and focus on digital projects will “bring disgrace on the name of... Read more »
Florida public schools remove library books, fearing state reprisal

Florida public schools remove library books, fearing state reprisal

Florida public schools remove library books, fearing state reprisal Aug 08 2025 Nine Florida counties have removed hundreds of books from public school classrooms and libraries before the start of the 2025–2026... Read more »
Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Book News: Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries ... Read more »
Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans

Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans

Book News: Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans ... Read more »
PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans

PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans

Book News: PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans BookBrowse News – The Full Story... Read more »
Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries

Oklahoma Supreme Court blocks state effort to ban books from school libraries Jun 13 2024 On June 11, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the state Department of Education overstepped its authority... Read more »
PEN America finds new state laws are supercharging school book bans

Salman Rushdie says a Palestinian state formed today would be ‘Taliban-like’ | Books

Salman Rushdie has said that the formation of a Palestinian state “right now” would mean a “Taliban-like state” is created. Commenting on the US campus protesters calling for a free Palestine, the... Read more »
Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, …

Rethinking the End of Empire: Nationalism, State Formation, …

Why did a nation-state order emerge when nationalist activism was usually an elitist pursuit in the age of empire? Ordinary inhabitants and even most indigenous elites tended to possess religious, ethnic, or... Read more »
Florida public schools remove library books, fearing state reprisal

Enemy of the State – Public Books

“Citizen Darfour went to the House of Commons and presented a brief intended to destroy our institutions and upset the state …”—Le Télégraphe, gazette officielle extraordinaire, 1 September 1822   It is... Read more »
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