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Gemeinsam mit der Kommission für Queere Hochschulpolitik der #bukof (Bundeskonferenz der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten an Hochschulen) organisieren wir Queerbrarians ein queeres Online-Event zum #WorldBookDay 📚

Nach einem einführenden deutschen Vortrag von mir sprechen Eve & Lucie. Sie kämpfen gegen die #BookBans in ihrem County in Tennessee.

Das Event ist kostenfrei und braucht keine Anmeldung. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich willkommen.

Flyer & Infos

queerbrarians.de/2025/03/13/on

#BookBans jouez avec les #bibliothécaires
littlefreelibrary.org/about/bo
Expanding access to #books is at the heart of our mission. The rise of book bans in America goes against our organization’s core values — especially when the bans overwhelmingly target #BIPOC and #LGBTQ+ authors. When these voices and perspectives are erased through book bans, our world becomes a less informed, less empathetic, and less inclusive place. #trump

Little Free LibraryBook Bans - Little Free LibraryExpanding access to books is at the heart of our mission. The rise of book bans in America goes against our organization’s core values — especially when the bans overwhelmingly… Continue reading Book Bans

The heartbreaking effect of “soft banning”, even for a 25-year-career author:

She explained, “It is easy for those who doubt book bans to point to other reasons for this—heck, it’s easy for me to wonder if it’s just because my books are no longer relevant or I’ve suddenly become a talentless hack. But that is what makes this kind of book banning so insidious. It is quiet and it hides itself in whispers; and it likes to make authors believe that they are the problem.”

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Indie Authors SocialIndieAuthors.Social News (@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social)‘The reception of my books is different now’: Author Grace Lin on the reality of book bans and their impact https://www.themarysue.com/the-reception-of-my-books-is-different-now-author-grace-lin-on-the-reality-of-book-bans-and-their-impact/ #WritingCommunity #SelfPublishing #Writing @indieauthors@a.gup.pe