ALA Announces Longlist for Andrew Carnegie Medals
Next up, a six-title shortlist—three each for the fiction and nonfiction medals—will be announced on November 18, 2025. The two medal winners will then be announced on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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Court Permanently Blocks Texas 'Book Rating' Law
The controversial 2023 law was viewed by many as the most high profile of a wave of book banning laws at the state level, and would have required book vendors, as a condition of doing business with Texas public schools, to review books for sexual content.
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending October 24, 2025
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The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending October 17, 2025
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA's Stalwart Freedom to Read Advocate, Let Go in Cost Cutting Move
Caldwell-Stone's departure was part of a broader wave of job cuts announced this week as the ALA grapples with a financial shortfall and moves ahead with a recently adopted plan to modernize the association.
The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter: October 10, 2025
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ACLU of South Carolina Sues Over School Book Bans
ACLU reps say a newly enacted regulation has “sown chaos and confusion among school employees,” and prompted “a culture of fear among school librarians.”
The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending October 10, 2025
After Years of Financial Stress, Baker & Taylor Collapses
In a sudden end to what many saw as a slow-moving inevitability, the nearly 200 year-old company is ceasing operations after a foreclosure sale to ReaderLink fell through.
The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter: October 3, 2025
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The Queue: Library News for the Week Ending October 3, 2025
PEN America Report Finds the Battle Over Book Bans Has Entered an Alarming New Phase
“For many students, families, educators, librarians, and school districts, book banning is a new normal,” the report, 'Banned in the USA 2024-2025: The Normalization of Book Banning,' concludes.
In Conversation: Author and Freedom to Read Advocate Lee Wind
Ahead of Banned Books Week 2025, we caught up with the award-winning author and co-founder of We Are Stronger Than Censorship to talk about why advocates must continue to find innovative ways to fight back against the ongoing, pernicious right wing attack on the freedom to read.
In a Setback for the Freedom to Read, Florida Court Finds 'No First Amendment Right to Receive Information' in Libraries
In an 18-page ruling, judge Allen Winsor stopped short of finding that library book selection is government speech, but agreed that Escambia County officials have unfettered power to ban books they disagree with.
The Words & Money Weekly Newsletter: September 26, 2025
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