In the most glorious "fuck you" I have seen in a while, you know the book that Cumberland City Council banned because they're homophobic bigots - Holly Duhig's "A focus on Same Sex Parents"? Well, the publisher, BookLife Publishing, have made a PDF version of the book available for free.

Sure be a shame if it was shared far and wide now, wouldn't it?

Every time you ban a book filled with hope and kindness, and care and love, we will resist.

https://www.booklifepublishing.co.uk/a-focus-on/same-sex-parents/

#CumberlandCityCouncil #SameSexParents #BookBans #Bookstodon

Proposed bill in Alabama to allow the arrest of librarians.

No one is perfect—not even librarians. But professional #librarians are terrific. They're dedicated public servants, and they know how to library better than politicians do.

Let's trust librarians.

https://www.alreporter.com/2024/04/26/house-advances-bill-allowing-arrest-of-librarians/

#Libraries #Books #Mastodon #Reading #Bookstodon #Censorship #BookBans #Legislation

House advances bill allowing arrest of librarians

The bill would provide an avenue for librarians to be arrested if someone challenges a book as being "harmful to minors."

^{Jacob Holmes (Alabama Political Reporter)}