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We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
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We're always eager to throw down with the Florida Freedom to Read Project, and we're very proud to have made a difference 💛

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ACTION NEEDED TODAY - THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO OVERTURN TWO NEW STATEWIDE BOOK BANS AND RETURN DECISION-MAKING TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS Click now to send an email today: letutahread.org/localcontrol @wgawest.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

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AABB stands with our trans members, friends, colleagues, heroes, and the countless trans Americans who will be affected by this needlessly cruel Executive Order from the Trump Administration. We are proud to do so alongside so many of our comrades in the fight against book bans.

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President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them. So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.

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Authors Against Book Bans responds to the DOE statement supporting book banning in American public schools

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Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.

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#readingfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social a favorite by #nkjemisin at awesome queer comics shop @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social #booksbooksbooks

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I stopped by Meet Cute Bookshop to pick up The Broposal because queer joy is sustaining and worth fighting for🔥✨ And because the mutual pining promises to be epic!! #ReadFreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Posting a little late today, but I absolutely celebrate my right to #readfreely! 📖❤️ Maus is a Prize-winning graphic novel which tells the story of Art Spiegelman's Jewish parents during and after the Holocaust. It has been banned in some school districts in the U.S. @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Taking part in this weekend’s #ReadFreely event with the authorized graphic bio of Anne Frank from Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón @authorsabb.bsky.social

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@adriannacuevas.bsky.social @KariAnneHolt @EvanGriffith @BirdHouseBooks @authorsabb.bsky.social #bannedbooks #kidlit

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I picked this up the last time I was at @roomofonesownbooks.bsky.social in Madison! Another Kind by Trevor Bream and Cait May, it's like Runaways with cryptids. It's awesome! #readfreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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I'm at my beloved bookstore Skylight Books celebrating my right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social. Eileen Myles' book Chelsea Girls has long inspired me.

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#ReadFreely with me, Katrina Moore , Amber Ren, Wellesley Books, and one of my favorite new gorgeous books, THE STAR IN YOU. #bookjoy #kidlit #picturebooks #thestarinyou @authorsabb.bsky.social

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As a children's book author, book bans have been part of the landscape for my whole career. It's getting worse. We need to protect the freedom to read, always. Thanks to the beloved @regulatorbookshop in #Durham for letting me stage an impromptu photo shoot. #readfreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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At my favorite indie Third Place Books with @brandonshimoda.bsky.social 's new book, for #readFreely ! @authorsabb.bsky.social

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I only read this book today! But it suits the prompt from @portersqbooks.bsky.social & @authorsabb.bsky.social to “Share a book that brings you joy & your favorite indie bookstore.” Easy to imagine finding Bendemolena and her hampering headgear in Poor Richard’s Books (Co Springs). #readfreely

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Stopped by my local ATL book store today, (Bookish) to #readfreely! No ban can stop me from reading and sharing the books I love. Thanks to @authorsabb.bsky.social for bringing us together.

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As a member of @authorsabb.bsky.social, I am proud to #ReadFreely at a local bookstore. #UniteAgainstBookBans. (My shirt reads “I survived reading banned books and all I got was smarter. I am reading LITTLE WOMEN.)

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Getting lost in the stacks at @pegasusbookexchange is my safe space. I always find something I didn’t know I was looking for. #ReadFreely @authorsagainstbookbans @americanbooksellers @abfefreeexpression

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Library book sale haul! #readfreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Just your friendly tax-paying American citizen, mom, author, lesbian, and member of @authorsabb.bsky.social here to say that you should #ReadFreely every day. Thanks to my local #indiebookstore #WordplayWV for stocking a couple of my favorites! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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"This Weekend #ReadFreely": An action suggestion to support reading and indie bookstores, from Authors Against Book Bans (@authorsabb.bsky.social): mailchi.mp/9aa9e2ca683a...

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Picked this up at the library yesterday. #readfreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Happy #ReadFreely Day! An excellent day to stand for independent bookstores, who are still standing strong against book bans. Pinellas friends: Visit Back in the Day Books in Dunedin (just off the Pinellas Trail) and show your love! @authorsabb.bsky.social

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I’m not on my Instagram anymore but I still wanted to participate in @authorsabb.bsky.social’s #ReadFreely activity, so here’s a pic of me at my local indie bookstore (Troubador Books in East Charlotte) with a book that sparks joy. It’s also a relevant read!

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This weekend #ReadFreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & your local indie bookstore! I picked up AMERICAN TEENAGER: how trans kids are surviving hate and finding joy in a turbulent era, by Nico Lang, and UNSUITABLE: a history of lesbian fashion, by Eleanor Medhurst.

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#ReadFreely @authorsabb.bsky.social GENDER QUEER by Maia Kobabe because everyone deserves to see themselves in stories and art. @trevorproject.bsky.social

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#ReadFreely @authorsabb.bsky.social TAGGING FREEDOM by @rroumani.bsky.social is about the importance of free expression and activism. #artivism! A favorite read for inspiration when hope feels distant. ❤️

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This weekend #ReadFreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social and your local indie bookstore! I chose FAMILY STYLE by Thien Pham, his gorgeous memoir of coming to the US all the foods that defined the way.

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My all-time fave. Tolkien’s epic, hopeful story is especially timely now as we fight the dark power of the Ring. Where is our Aragorn?? #ReadFreely @authorsabb.bsky.social

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Want to do something fun today creatures who dig books? Join @authorsabb.bsky.social in #readingfreely I’ll be participating @sourcherrycomics.bsky.social later

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Went to my local indie to pick up Brewed with Love by Shelly Page and The Song of the Orphan’s Garden by Nicole M. Hewitt for the @authorsabb.bsky.social #readfreely day! What new releases do you recommend?

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Today join us & @authorsabb.bsky.social in celebrating our right to #readfreely Share a book that brings you joy & your favorite indie bookstore with the hashtag. It'll be a timeline cleanse & a statement because the joy of reading is part of the power of reading

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I decided to bring BOTH Sense and Sensibility and Poisons to #readfreely because I enjoy reading many things. Also the people around me need to know who they’re dealing with. Celebrate your right to read today with @authorsabb.bsky.social! #romancelandia

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📷 #UniteAgainstBookBans @ indie bookstores today by taking part in @authorsabb.bsky.social's #ReadFreely activation! Post a photo of you w/a book at a local indie bookstore/wherever you get your books & share how the book celebrates all the ways reading inspires, educates, changes, & challenges us.

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Very proud to be a part of this.

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Today, AABB sent an open letter to over 90 CEOs in the publishing world to express our needs from them heading into the next Trump administration. If you agree with it, please consider sharing it with your editors and agent. The more of us who push the better our results will be.

submitted 93 days ago • 3 comments

Publishers must not obey in advance. Publishers must protect the right to read and right to write. And protect their right to publish diverse books. Fascists go after books first, then people. We know because they're already doing it here.

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An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

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Our Mission Statement:

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