Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans

Banned Books Read-In We’ve teamed up with @librofm and @silentbookclub to host a #BannedBooksWeek Read-In on October 7th at 6:00PM in protest of censorship. Join us as we read and take action to fight book bans!Attendees…

Will you be in or around Webster tomorrow? The Gladys E Kelly Public Library is hosting a Banned books Read In in their Community Room from 6-7:30PM #BannedBooksWeek

Banned Books Week Read-In | Belonging Books Join us for a Banned Books Week Read-In on Tuesday, October 7 at 5 p.m. in protest of censorship. Join us as we read and take action to fight book bans! In partnership with Libro.fm and Silent Book…

Tomorrow! Join Belonging Books in Hyannis for a Banned Books Read In at 5PM #BannedBooksWeek

It's #BannedBooksWeek We had our Right to Read event last week, but there's tons of other stuff happening in Mass & around the country. Follow @massaabb.bsky.social & @authorsabb.bsky.social for events, actions, & other info!

The author sits in a chair, writing a postcard on a clipboard balanced on her knee. There is an anti-censorship poster in the background.

The postcard, which has the Mass Freedom to Read logo and urges the recipient to vote yes on “An Act Regarding Free Expression (H.3594/S.2328)

It's #BannedBooksWeek!
Stopped by Next Chapter books in Quincy to write postcards to my local reps. If you're in town, stop in. They'll have cards all week and cover the postage!
@authorsabb.bsky.social @massaabb.bsky.social

Standing together for the freedom to read. All students, all people, deserve and require access to information. Access to books is essential for the free exchange of ideas and for the protection of a healthy democracy. Books hold a pivotal role in our culture—a role that must be projected. During Banned Books Week, we recommit ourselves to fighting censorship and authoritarianism all year round. Today, a well-coordinated network of politically motivated public officials, groups are attacking our fundamental freedoms—including our freedom to read. Thousands of books that predominantly depict people of color and LBGTQ+ people and that discuss sex, gender, sexuality, race, and racism are banned in public schools and libraries across the country. These attacks on school districts and public libraries, educators and librarians, authors and illustrators, and the publishers and booksellers that support them are stripping students, families, and all library patrons of their freedom to read and learn. These efforts upend the lives of students, families, authors, illustrators, educators, and librarians. It leads to erasure from the shelves, harassment from would be censors, denial of access to books, job loss, and financial and emotional distress.

AABB is proud to join this coalition of groups fighting for the freedom to read. Nothing gives us more hope than the understanding that while the fight may be daunting, we are not in it alone. 1/3

Books Challenged in MA 2022-24 Books Challenged or Censored in Massachusetts 2022-24 These 46 titles were challenged or removed from shelves in Massachusetts between 2022 and 2024. This list is compiled from data collected by…

Listen, obviously, Massachusetts is pretty awesome, but that doesn't mean we're completely immune to all of the broader cultural forces. 46 titles have been challenged or removed from shelves in Mass from 2022-24. That's exactly 46 too many. Here's a list of all too familiar titles

Good Morning #BookSky You made it to Friday! What did you do this week to help get right to read legislation passed in Massachusetts?

Publishing Pros Band Together to Root Out Censorship Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a new resource-sharing community affiliated with Authors Against Book Bans and geared toward industry insiders, will host its first virtual town hall on…

Publishing Professionals Against Book Bans, a new resource-sharing community affiliated with Authors Against Book Bans and geared toward industry insiders, will host its first virtual town hall, “Book Bans and the Art of Protecting Authors,” on October 28.

MA Banned Books Week 2025 — FAQ MA Banned Books Week 2025 -- FAQ Sheet October 5th - 11th, 2025 https://bannedbooksweek.org/ About: Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges…

Ahead of Banned Books Week, we put together a quick fact sheet for you. Being informed makes you a more effective advocate. Check it out & bring this info to municipal meetings, elected officials, & candidates

Stop in to help pass right to read legislation! And make sure to follow @massaabb.bsky.social for updates & info about protecting freedom of expression in MA.

Let Freedom Read postcard station. There is a flyer with more details, postcards to fill out, and a QR code to help you find your State Legislator.

Our postcard station @portersqbooks.bsky.social is set up! Just pop in, fill out a postcard to support Right to Read legislation in MA using the provided resources, & leave it with the Booksellers. We'll take care of mailing it in!

Cookies, Coffee & Controversy Celebrate Banned Books Week! Browse a selection of banned books, join us for a read-in with light refreshments, write a postcard to your legislator, and screen print a tote bag to take home.

Second, we've partnered up with @massaabb.bsky.social to host a read-in and postcard writing campaign from 2 to 4 pm!

Come have a snack, grab a challenged book, and let your legislators know you won't stand for book bans in Massachusetts (or beyond)!

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U.S. Department of Education, AFPI, TPUSA, Hillsdale College, and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch America 250 Civics Coalition The U.S. Department of Education, alongside the America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College, and more than 40 leading national and state-based organizations today announced th...

1/3 Quick thread & a nationwide action! The Department of Education has launched the America 250 Civics Coalition & some of the worst book banners are part of the coalition. You can see the formal announcement from the Department of Ed here:

Banned Books Week 2025 — Mass Freedom To Read During Banned Books Week 2025, take action to support the freedom to read by joining your community at one of these events! Click through for more details.

Banned Books Week starts next week & there are a ton of events happening all around Massachusetts. Find one near you here:

Banned Books Week 2025 — Mass Freedom To Read During Banned Books Week 2025, take action to support the freedom to read by joining your community at one of these events! Click through for more details.

Banned Books Week starts next week & there are a ton of events happening all around Massachusetts. Find one near you here:

Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read Join members of the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition, including Authors Against Book Bans and Beacon Press to learn about this new legislation, and take action during the workshop by writing postcards to legislators to encourage them to pass this law.

Tonight! Join us @portersqbooks.bsky.social in Cambridge at 7PM for a presentation & workshop in support of Mass's An Act Regarding Free Expression. RSVPs (which are very helpful) and more info here:

Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read

I will be there with @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @massaabb.bsky.social to tell you about An Act Regarding Free Expression, currently under consideration in the MA legislature, and tools to contact your reps portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...

Legislation to protect the right to read in Mass has been in progress for THREE YEARS. Help push it over the line by sending postcards to your state representatives

Boston area folks who care about the freedom to read: Tomorrow, Tuesday 9/30 at 7 pm, come to @portersqbooks.bsky.social Cambridge for a workshop on how YOU can support legislation to protect libraries, schools, and authors in Massachusetts portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0... #bannedbooks

Share Your Story — Mass Freedom To Read We want to hear how book bans and censorship have affect you and your community in Massachusetts.

Hey #Massachusetts #Bluesky Tell us your story about book challenges or bans, what the freedom to read means to you, or how much you love your librarians. By sharing your story, you help us build a stronger movement to defend every person’s freedom to read.

Massachusetts friends, here is an organization for you to check out!

Mass Freedom To Read Mass Freedom to Read is a coalition of Massachusetts parents and readers, authors and creators, libraries, booksellers, and publishers. We believe that freedom of expression, including the freedom to…

The #MassFreedomToRead to read website is now live! Sign up to receive updates, learn about upcoming events, share your story. Help protect the right to read in MA! www.massfreedomtoread.org

Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read Join members of the Mass Freedom to Read Coalition, including Authors Against Book Bans and Beacon Press to learn about this new legislation, and take action during the workshop by writing postcards to legislators to encourage them to pass this law.

Massachusetts! Join Mass AABB members at Porter Square Books next Tuesday for a workshop on book bans in general AND the pending Freedom to Read legislation in Mass! Be the Change Workshop: Act to Support the Freedom to Read | Porter Square Books share.google/9FcTfsQZy4Ve...

We are so excited about this news out of Florida! It also shows why it's important to encode the Miller Test in freedom to read legislation: so schools and libraries know they must use that test before deciding if a book is obscene. #MassFreedomToRead

When we fight, we win.

The vast majority of ALL Americans disagree with book banning. So grateful to be a part of @authorsabb.bsky.social (and esp @massaabb.bsky.social) so that we can fight for everyone's right to read freely!

We are so thrilled for everyone in Rhode Island who will have their freedom to read protected by this new law!

Stonewall Book Award-winning author @alexgino.bsky.social speaks about why they support Massachusetts' Freedom to Read legislation: because books gave them "language to describe who I was, and knowledge that there were other people like me." #MassFreedomToRead

Love to see it. And also I want this book it looks truly adorable.

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Watertown library receives backlash over Palestinian children's book Librarians in Watertown have been flooded with emails requesting they remove a picture book, "A Map for Falasteen," from a suggested summer reading list for second graders.

Kelly Linehan, vice president of the Massachusetts Library Association, stated that “The library's role is not to endorse specific viewpoints. But to provide access to the full spectrum of ideas, even and especially those that some may find uncomfortable.” 👏 www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...