“We lose the opportunities to understand each other,” McCormick told us. “We lose the opportunity to be uncomfortable, to really face up to the world as it is, and to grapple with it together.”

Read the full interview at: pen.org/patricia-mcc... #BannedBooks #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

Let Freedom Read! 📚✨ Every story deserves to be heard. Celebrate “Let Freedom Read Day” with UCC: explore banned book resources, grab a Pilgrim Press T-shirt, and take action for access to diverse voices. #LetFreedomRead #BannedBooksWeek #UCC

Let Freedom Read Day feels especially important to me as a queer author.
Books give people places to recognize themselves, encounter lives unlike their own, and imagine possibilities they may not have been given elsewhere.
#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead

On this #LetFreedomRead Day, check out our Banned Books Bingo to see how you can take action to fight book bans!

Lean more at pen.org/action... and let us know in the comments if you get Bingo!

“Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we need sight.”
— Stephen Chbosky
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#BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

This year I started #BannedBooksWeek in the best way possible--at picturesque @boydsmills.bsky.social surrounded by incredible #kidlit authors, including the award-winning duo of @erinentrada.bsky.social & @laurelsnyder.bsky.social

#LetBooksBe #LetFreedomRead

Where are we today? #Wilde #LetFreedomRead #Bannedbooksweek

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

For Day 5 of Banned Books Week, we’re highlighting the American Library Association's data documenting the concerning rise of book bans and challenges in 2025.

Learn more: https://loom.ly/AduqGJM

#LetBooksBe #BannedBooksWeek #LetFreedomRead #censorship #libraries

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

Sand up to #LetFreedomRead this #BannedBooksWeek with “Bathe the Cat” by #AliceB.McGinty & illustrator #DavidRoberts

A hilarious rhyming story about a family in a hurry to get all their chores done before grandma arrives, but the cat has other plans that definitely do not include taking a bath.😼🧼🧹🫧

October 4–10, 2026 is #BannedBooksWeek. #LetFreedomRead

#BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2026 #LetBooksBe #FreedomToRead #LetFreedomRead #StopBookBans #FreeExpression #IntellectualFreedom #BessKalb #TonyWeaverJr #BuffaloFluffalo #Weirdo #MarshallRomero #AzeemahSadiq #YouthAdvocacy #DiverseBooks #ProtectLibraries #LetKidsRead