LGBTQ-themed books most targeted by bans, says American Library Association
More than half of the most challenging library books in 2023 include LGBTQ themes or characters, the American Library Association (ALA) announced Monday. Genderqueer, a 2019 graphic novel about Maia Kobabe’s exploration of gender identity and sexuality, topped the organization’s list of the 10 most challenging titles for the third year in a row. Her […]
Haitian Gangs Loot National Library, Historic Documents at Risk
Gangs rampaging across Haiti ransacked the National Library in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday. Library director D’Angelo Niard said the library houses some valuable documents and that Haiti’s history is at risk due to gang attacks. “Our documentary collection is at risk. We have valuable documents that are more than 200 years old, important to […]
Haitian gangs loot national library
In a new escalation of violence in Haiti this week, armed groups have reportedly looted the country’s national library in the capital Port-au-Prince. The library’s director, D’Angelo Niard, told AFP that Haiti’s “documentary collection is at risk.” “We have valuable documents that are over 200 years old and are important to our heritage, but they […]
Texas mom Kaylee Morgan gets warrant issued for her arrest over late library books: ‘Just bonkers’
A Texas mother of five recently found herself in a predicament when she learned she could go to jail for not returning library books her county claimed were not returned. In March 2023, Kaylee Morgan removed a book about Vincent van Gogh from the Navasota Public Library in Grimes County, Texas. She told Fox News […]
Texas mom gets warrant issued for her arrest over late library books: ‘Just bonkers’
A Texas mother of five recently found herself in a predicament when she learned she could go to jail for not returning library books her county claimed were not returned. In March 2023, Kaylee Morgan removed a book about Vincent van Gogh from the Navasota Public Library in Grimes County, Texas. She told FOX News […]
Stay-at-home Texas mom says there’s a warrant out for her arrest over unreturned library book: ‘I thought it was a joke’
A Texas housewife said she was shocked to learn there was a warrant out for her arrest for not returning library books. Kayleigh Morgan said she borrowed an oversized book about Vincent van Gogh for home study in 2023. She heard the bad news after trying to renew her driver’s license and being refused. “When […]
Bomb threats target Pennsylvania library, its director over Drag Queen Story Hour
A series of bomb threats were reportedly made to a Pennsylvania library and its director on Saturday afternoon, targeting a drag queen story hour. The event was canceled after a suspicious package was found at the Lancaster Public Library on Monday, prompting additional threats against neighboring buildings and forcing police to evacuate the block. PennLive […]
Colorado library receives book 37 years late: ‘long strange trip’
Library books that were due nearly 37 years ago were recently returned to a Northern Colorado library, the High Plains Library District announced in a Monday, March 18, Facebook post. “This book, “Psychedelics,” by Bernard Aaronson, was scheduled for return on May 30, 1987,” the High Plains Library District said in a post. “It was […]
‘Psychedelics’ book returned to library 37 years late as mysterious note apologizes for ‘long, strange trip’
The librarian wasn’t hallucinating. An anonymous, absent-minded patron has finally managed to return a long-lost book aptly titled “Psychedelics” to a Colorado library some 37 years after it was loaned out. “Sorry I’m late!!” A note packed inside the book read as follows. “It was a long and strange journey!!” Officials with the High Plains […]
New Jersey woman killed after being hit by 94-year-old driver in library parking lot
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