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American Booksellers for Free Expression - ABFE ABFE is the free expression initiative of the American Booksellers Association

This Banned Books Week, ABFE is grateful for the support of Penguin Random House, who are donating $1 of every PRH title...
10/10/2026

This Banned Books Week, ABFE is grateful for the support of Penguin Random House, who are donating $1 of every PRH title purchased on PRH.com* from 10/4 - 10/10 to support our advocacy.

Booksellers, join us on April 2 at 3:00 pm ET for a special webinar with the League of Women Voters of the US. đź“šBookstor...
10/04/2026

Booksellers, join us on April 2 at 3:00 pm ET for a special webinar with the League of Women Voters of the US. đź“š

Bookstores play a vital role in supporting civic life and an informed electorate. protect and expand voting rights, to help our members support the democratic process.

This webinar will walk you through how LWV resources can help your store provide voter registration support, ballot information, and more.

Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FHIA4ocASzaVd5o3rgAodg

This Banned Books Week, ABFE is grateful for the support of Penguin Random House, who are donating $1 of every PRH title...
10/04/2026

This Banned Books Week, ABFE is grateful for the support of Penguin Random House, who are donating $1 of every PRH title purchased on PRH.com* from 10/4 - 10/10 to support our advocacy.

So many amazing PRH books have been banned or challenged.

Here are just a few of them:

Gender Q***r by Maia Kobabe
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Revised Edition) by Jesse Andrews
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The 1619 Project created by Nikole Hannah-Jones and The New York Times Magazine
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed

Learn more about PRH’s banned books advocacy at
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/banned-books/


*Up to an established maximum.

Banned Books Week is here in just three days!Show us how your bookstore is celebrating the freedom to read! 📚🔥🚫The annua...
10/01/2026

Banned Books Week is here in just three days!

Show us how your bookstore is celebrating the freedom to read! 📚🔥🚫

The annual Banned Books Week Display Contest returns October 4–10. Share a photo of your store’s display on Instagram for a chance to win $300, with $100 prizes for two runners-up!

To enter, post your photo/reel/photo carousel of the store’s display on Instagram tagging the handles of and in the caption AND the photo, along with including AND in the caption. Limit one entry per store.

Get the contest details and rules ➡️ https://www.bookweb.org/news/2026-banned-books-display-instagram-contest

10/01/2026

Meet the honorary chairs for Banned Books Week 2026! 📚🎉

Award-winning authors and free expression advocates Bess Kalb, author of Buffalo Fluffalo, and Tony Storyteller Weaver, author of Weirdo, will serve as this year’s honorary chairs. They’ll be joined by youth honorary chairs Marshall Romero and Azeemah Sadiq.

Meet the honorary chairs ➡️ https://bannedbooksweek.org/honorary-chairs/

Show us how your bookstore is celebrating the freedom to read! 📚🔥🚫The annual Banned Books Week Display Contest returns O...
09/29/2026

Show us how your bookstore is celebrating the freedom to read! 📚🔥🚫
The annual Banned Books Week Display Contest returns October 4–10. Share a photo of your store’s display on Instagram for a chance to win $300, with $100 prizes for two runners-up!
To enter, tag and American Booksellers for Free Expression - ABFE and use and .
Get the contest details ➡️ https://www.bookweb.org/.../2026-banned-books-display

The SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event is TOMORROW--Thursday, September 24. THE Judy Blume an...
09/23/2026

The SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event is TOMORROW--Thursday, September 24. THE Judy Blume and The Daily Show’s Kat Radley have been added to the line-up!

Together with authors, librarians, educators, publishers, booksellers, parents, and students we’re going to make our plan to VOTE and then call or email our reps to ensure they’re championing the Freedom to Read.

Registration is free here ➡️ nobookbans.org

Only TWO DAYS until the SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event! THE Judy Blume and The Daily Show...
09/22/2026

Only TWO DAYS until the SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event! THE Judy Blume and The Daily Show’s Kat Radley have been added to the line-up!

Together with authors, librarians, educators, publishers, booksellers, parents, and students we’re going to make our plan to VOTE and then call or email our reps to ensure they’re championing the Freedom to Read.

Registration is free here ➡️ nobookbans.org

Only 3 days until the SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event! THE Judy Blume and The Daily Show’s...
09/21/2026

Only 3 days until the SHOW UP, SPEAK UP: Vote for the Freedom to Read virtual event! THE Judy Blume and The Daily Show’s Kat Radley have been added to the line-up! Register here: https://secure.ngpvan.com/2RRq_c3co06BHWF9mfj8DQ2

Award-winning authors and free expression advocates Bess Kalb (BuIalo FluIalo series, pictured) and Tony Weaver, Jr. (We...
09/17/2026

Award-winning authors and free expression advocates Bess Kalb (BuIalo FluIalo series, pictured) and Tony Weaver, Jr. (Weirdo, pictureds), have been named honorary chairs for Banned Books Week 2026 (October 4–10, 2026). They will be joined by youth honorary chairs Marshall Romero and Azeemah Sadiq. For more information, go to https://bannedbooksweek.org/

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