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North Carolina advances bill on book bans in public schools

North Carolina House Republicans have advanced a bill that would create advisory committees to approve and remove books from libraries in public and charter schools

The Independent UK

Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material

Army and Air Force libraries have been told to go through their stacks to find books related to diversity, equity and inclusion

The Independent UK

UK libraries facing growing calls to remove LGBT+ books

Some library workers who fight back against censorship are being trolled online or even losing their jobs, industry leaders warn

The Independent UK

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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles

The Guardian - UK

Mississippi orders deletion of race and gender databases in state libraries

Library commission says state ‘in dire shape’ and has ‘had a reconsideration of everything with regard to’ Doge

The Guardian - US

Democrats call for halt of military academy book purge - Roll Call

Two members of the House Armed Services Committee reached out to service academies amid concerns over the removal of books from libraries.

Roll Call

George M. Johnson's 'All Boys Aren't Blue' tops 2024 list of most 'challenged' US library books

The American Library Association has unveiled the 10 most “challenged books” of 2024

The Independent UK

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Rightwing groups across US push new bans to limit ‘obscene’ books in libraries

Critics say bans would hinder rights as proponents would impose their beliefs on others who don’t share their views

The Guardian - US

The case for saving America's libraries

America needs "third places" like our libraries more than we ever have, both functionally and philosophically

Salon

Iowa law banning books including 1984 and Ulysses blocked by US federal judge

Judge rules that law banning school libraries and classrooms from carrying books depicting sex acts had been applied unconstitutionally

The Guardian - UK

Supreme Court takes up $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural and low-income areas

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power

The Independent UK

Museums and libraries to receive £30m in funding for repairs and upgrades

It comes after culture secretary Lisa Nandy announced the £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund in February.

Evening Standard

Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency

On March 14, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order that called for the dismantling of seven federal agencies “to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law.” They ranged from the United States Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America, to the Minority Business Development Agency.

The Conversation

My beloved tube station book-swap has gone. Who’s to blame for its passing?

There has been outrage over Transport for London’s decision to remove those mini station libraries, writes Zoe Williams, but let’s not rush to call it ‘health and safety gone mad’

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The Independent UK

Trump targets libraries and state-funded media organizations amid Voice of America’s staff cut

Grants for agencies and offices will be ‘eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law,’ executive order states

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan demands book exchanges reinstated in Tube stations amid fire safety row

TfL had ordered the libraries’ removal for fire safety reasons outlined by the LFB - but Mayor says he is hoping for ‘very swift announcement of a U-turn’

Evening Standard

Anger as TfL drops free book libraries from Tube stations due to 'fire risk'

Book lovers said that TfL had removed ‘the one bit of joy in a commute’

The Texas Tribune

Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.

Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.

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Gay Penguins Face Florida's Classroom Speech Regulations

The authors of a picture book about two male penguins raising a chick together argue excluding their book from school libraries violates their free speech rights.

The Independent UK

Rare medieval bible returned to Salisbury Cathedral after 700 years with help of Independent readers

The Master of Sarum bible was saved after a campaign by Friends of the Nations’ Libraries FNL, and a global fundraising appeal by The Independent

The National (Scotland)

Perth libraries threatened with closure could be saved under SNP plans

LIBRARIES which have been threatened with the axe in Perthshire could be saved under the SNP council’s budget plans.

The Conversation

From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies

Here in Atlanta, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum has been part of my daily life for years. Parks and trails surrounding the center connect my neighborhood to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park downtown and everything in between.

Evening Standard

‘Never more important’ to encourage children to read, author says

Award-winning children’s author Sarah Webb believes it has never been more important to find books for children.

Evening Standard

Nandy to announce millions in funding for museums, libraries and arts venues

The announcement marks 60 years since the first ever arts white paper.

The Conversation

Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump?

Actor Julianne Moore’s picture book, Freckleface Strawberry, was recently removed for “compliance review” from schools serving the families of US military and civilian defence personnel.

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