"Books help us understand ourselves and the world around us. We all deserve the opportunity to read, think, & learn freely." — Alyssa Taylor Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 lonestarlive.com/news/2024/10/t… Be sure to visit the Banned Wagon at its last stop in Austin, TX on 10/15! #UniteAgainstBookBans

Thank you Austin Statesman for covering censorship in Llano. Libraries are the heart of the community, meant to unite, not divide. Threatening to close libraries or not purchasing books for three years is not in the community’s best interest.

There aren’t many things that will get the Library heated, but book bans are all of them. We’re just 2 days away from our biggest Day of Action ever! Step up for the #FreedomToRead – this Saturday! – October 19. Sign the pledge and share: on.nypl.org/3UBp7vp

Taylor Swift wrote a song about my son, Ronan, after he died of cancer. She put me on as a co-writer, and donated the proceeds directly to pediatric cancer -no strings, no hidden motives, just pure compassion and integrity. In stark contrast, the Trump family engaged in

Everyday is a good day to watch Jon Stewart obliterate a Republican hypocrite.

PW Notables 2024: Skip Dye Exciting and humbling news! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real ala.org/news/2025/01/b…

BREAKING: Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation's report card. The achievement gap and the % of 8th graders reading below a “basic” level was the lowest in the test’s history. My latest for @OrlandoSentinel: orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/29/flo…

This 🧵is your required reading for today.

It doesn’t matter who he blames, do you feel safe getting on a plane right now?

We’re about to vote on whether to confirm Tulsi Gabbard to lead our nation’s intelligence services. I can’t trust her in that role. We can’t trust her. We should not confirm her.

I showed up. Can you? Libraries are facing unprecedented challenges - we must face these threats by showing up! Take action by asking your members of Congress how they plan to show up for and protect libraries, library workers, and everyone we serve. oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edit?…

Help support the freedom to read. The freedom to read is under attack. PRH is having a corporate 5K to raise funds for the Freedom to Read Foundation. Please consider sponsoring! Check out this amazing campaign! charityfootprints.com/portal/goal_pa… via Charity Footprints

A united coalition of publishers, authors, illustrators, literary agents, booksellers, and allied organizations wrote to express our enthusiastic support for the Rhode Island Freedom to Read Act. In this moment of rising censorship and an unpredictable federal government, Rhode

Freedom to Read Foundation Honors Free Expression Champions Skip Dye and Owen Wolfe - Freedom to Read Foundation ftrf.org/news/702859/Fr…

Penguin Random House: 2025 TIME100 Most Influential Companies | TIME So proud to be at Penguin Random House! Every book matters. Every voice should be heard. ⁦Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚⁩ #readbannedbooks time.com/collections/ti…

Free Your Mind: A Banned Books Week Event youtu.be/5kQ2nRzSlh0?si… via YouTube This incredible virtual event featured legendary voices—Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Bryan Stevenson, and chair of the PRH Intellectual Freedom Taskforce Skip Dye.

Attended Save Our Stories Supper last night. Featured speakers included AFT's Randi Weingarten and ALA's Deborah Caldwell-Stone. Fabulous event to advance and publicize the fight for the freedom to read for all. Thanks Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 PRH Library Skip Dye. ALA Public Policy & Advocacy

The Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Books Awards was a great close to Banned Books week for me. Happy to be a part of this event - especially getting to meet and speak with Margaret Atwood. #TeamPRH global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/…