Publishers, authors, and readers claim a “sweeping victory” in Penguin Random House v. Gibson, a lawsuit over the state of Florida's efforts to bar books that “depict or describe sexual content” from public school and classroom libraries buff.ly/11kIAm8

The American Library Association, Authors Guild, Florida Library Association, Florida Freedom to Read Project, Penguin Random House, and others see Judge Carlos E. Mendoza’s August 13 order in PRH v. Gibson as an important step in protecting First Amendment rights

IMLS cuts are forcing libraries to further trim their budgets, hurting publishers along with patrons buff.ly/guEOGL9

A new report finds that over the course of 20 years adults are reading for pleasure less buff.ly/HYxdpCv

The Mellon Foundation has awarded PEN America $1.4 million to support its efforts defending the freedom to read buff.ly/MGuyEoz

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) will host “Right to Read Night” during Banned Books Week, Oct. 5–11, 2025 buff.ly/rWNI8JD

Melanie Walsh, an assistant professor at the University of Washington shares her investigations into the subtle gender imbalance often at play in picture books featuring animal characters buff.ly/PYv5b50

The co-editors of ‘Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods in Our Own Words’ discuss how this collection of 22 true stories from disabled writers came together and why we need more nuanced and authentic representations of disability buff.ly/ekWyy9T

These middle grade comics offer accessible stories about how one person (or many) can change the world buff.ly/klD56Ev

Kelly Starling Lyons, author, diversity advocate, and one of the founding members of the Brown Bookshelf, spoke with PW about why she’s committed to increasing access to diverse titles for all children buff.ly/N2tZw9k

Florida Court Favors Authors, Publishers, Readers in ‘PRH v. Gibson’ buff.ly/11kIAm8

Freedom to Read Advocates Cheer Decision in ‘PRH v. Gibson’ buff.ly/bA739l6

How Cuts to Library Budgets Will Impact Publishers buff.ly/guEOGL9

Study Finds 20-Year Drop in Reading for Pleasure buff.ly/HYxdpCv

PEN to Put $1.4m Grant Toward Public Libraries buff.ly/MGuyEoz

NCAC to Host Nationwide Right to Read Night buff.ly/rWNI8JD

The Sneaky Gender Bias in Picture Books: Animal Characters buff.ly/PYv5b50

Depicting Disabled Childhoods for Young Readers buff.ly/ekWyy9T

We Can Do Hard Things: Inspirational Comics for Kids buff.ly/klD56Ev

“I decided that I would use my voice to ensure that all kids were represented”: author and advocate Kelly Starling Lyons on what motivated her to become a children’s author buff.ly/N2tZw9k