Neil GaimanApr 20, 2023

I learned today that 5 of my books are among the more than 1600 books banned in some schools right now.

https://pen.org/index-of-school-book-bans-2022/

For more information
https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/

Banned Book List: 1,648 Books in 2021-2022 - PEN America

PEN America's fall 2022 Index of Banned Books found 1,477 instances of individual books banned, affecting 874 unique titles. This searchable banned book list includes each documented book ban in the first half of the 2022-23 school year.

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Show threadFrank BartonApr 20, 2023
@neilhimself So... how do we get more copies into folks hands?
Show threadMollyNYCApr 21, 2023

@fbarton @neilhimself

Buy them and give them to kids. Encourage them to lend the #Books out when they’re done.

(You know those Little Lending Libraries some people maintain in front of their homes? Not a bad vehicle for distributing #BannedBooks.)

#USPolitics

Show threadFrank Barton
@MollyNYC @neilhimself ohhh... good call... there is one of those in my neighborhood
Apr 24, 2023 at 1:41pmWeb