Banned Books Week took place October 5-11, 2025. Thank you to everyone who observed it with us.

Now, October 19-25, 2025, we're observing PRISON Banned Books Week. This week shines a spotlight on #censorship in #prisons.

Here's an article about a prison that rejected a copy of the book "America Let Me In":

https://www.tmj4.com/about-us/lighthouse/wisconsin-woman-challenges-prisons-book-ban-after-warden-blocks-humorous-gift

Want to know more about censorship in prisons? BookRiot published this summary:

https://bookriot.com/reading-and-resources-for-prison-banned-books-week/

#PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #BannedBooksWeek

Got to see @doctorow discuss his latest book, “#Enshittification,” with Jenny Odell at Public Works in SF last night, and the event did not disappoint.

Somewhat serendipitously, a day earlier we had spotted the book at legendary City Lights book store while attending a #BooksNotBans event in neighboring Jack Kerouac Alley — quite the neat trio of title, location, and occasion.

October 5-11, 2025 is Banned Books Week. During that week, a generous donor will match the value of book donations made via any of our 4 independent bookstore wishlists. Here are links to the wish lists:

Politics and Prose: https://politics-prose.com/wishlist/rocliswawresp

Mahogany Books: https://www.mahoganybooks.com/wishlist.php?publicwishlist=e754d358-5fe3-4edb-b808-e5247e500bb1

Solid State Books: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/1f8be267c141a55e8d1196724c2e7ef145bdaa9f

People's Book: https://bookshop.org/wishlists/fcb53997a15127c7c1d79194b14defaea888057b

#BannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #bookstodon #BookDrive

If you're concerned about #censorship, mark your calendar for two special weeks in October:

* Banned Books Week, October 5-11, 2025

* Prison Banned Books Week, October 19-25, 2025.

Wondering why there is a week focused exclusively on books banned in prisons? Book Riot just published an article on censorship in prisons:
https://bookriot.com/books-to-prisoners-2025/

#BannedBooksWeek #PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans

Illinois is threatening to halt paper mail & books to prisoners.

contact Director Latoya Hughes at:
[email protected]
312-814-2121
Illinois Department of Corrections
1301 Concordia Court
P.O. Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277

read article: https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/do-not-stop-our-mail-to-il-prisoners/

get campaign materials & scripts (google docs): https://bit.ly/IDOCmail

#Illinois #PrisonCensorship #DigitalMail #MIM #BooksNotBans

Prison Banned Books Week 2024 Wrap Up: How to Help

https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-2024-wrap-up-how-to-help/

* send cash/stamp donations

* send books

* volunteer

* prisoners join our Serve the People Free Political Books to Prisoners Program

#PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #MIM

Prison Banned Books Week: TX Bans Book Cuz It's Effective

https://www.prisoncensorship.info/article/prison-banned-books-week-tx-bans-book-cuz-its-effective/

* TDCJ bans book of prisoner writings to shut down RHU/long-term isolation

* censorship is part of counter-insurgency coming down from Governor Abbot

#PrisonBannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #MIM #Texas #TDCJ

It's #PrisonBannedBooksWeek and we're inviting you to learn more about the oversized role that the US's oversized prison system plays in censoring and restricting book access—particularly for low income folks, people of color, queers, and others with criminalized identities.

📕 If you're on Facebook or Instagram, follow our friends at Asheville Prison Books (@avlprisonbooks) and Tranzmission Prison Project (@tranzmissionprisonproject), who are bringing an abolitionist lens to their work on the front lines of prison book access all year long! (Hopefully they'll join Mastodon soon 🥺)

📙 Buy a book from our co-op's Asheville Prison Books wishlist at https://firestorm.coop/ashevilleprisonbooks and an anonymous donor will match your purchase with funds for highly requested titles like legal dictionaries.

📗 Take action by demanding that Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller drop a new rule prohibiting ALL used books at the detention center! Read the top post on @avlprisonbooks's Instagram page for details and a simple call-in script. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAGlicNsCeU/

📘 Check out the article a member of our team wrote for the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance at https://sibaweb.com/blogpost/1157249/504370/Banned-Books-Week-Firestorm-Books-Prison-Books-Program about the big impact indies can have when they support the prison book movement.

#PrisonBooks #BannedBooks #BooksNotBans #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)