PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous ...

According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.

According to a new study by nonprofit organization PEN America, schools have seen a 200% increase in book banning from 2023-2024. These are the books that have been most-banned during the 2023 ...

Arguably, social media has had some amount of positive impact on society, but it definitely comes with costs. On Oct. 17, PEN Talks addressed one of them: how body image is affected by social media.

O ne of Image Comics' most iconic titles, Youngblood, is returning to the place where it first launched 33 years ago: Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles.In April 1992, this superhero team-up book ...

Winfrey received an honorary National Book Award in 1999. She will accept her PEN/Faulkner award during a virtual ceremony to be held May 2. Contributing: Associated Press.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - In Bethlehem, author Judith Umlas marked National Pen Pal Day with a special event at the historic Moravian Book Shop. Umlas shared the touching, true story behind her book ...

Florida led U.S. in book bans again last year with more than 4,500, a new report from PEN America finds. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 77°F. Sunday, June 22nd 2025 ...

Musicians Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo are publishing a new children's book, celebrating the bond between grandparents and grandchildren. ‘My Grandma and Grandpa Rock!’ will be published in ...

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America.This year, the number of bans has more than ...

King Charles couldn't resist complaining about the fickle nature of his pen as he signed a visitor book at Forsinard Flows visitor centre in Scotland on Wednesday. The monarch, 75, was visiting ...