PEN America's latest report details the damage that book bans do to authors. 'Matrix' novelist Lauren Groff is on the front lines with plans to open a Florida bookshop.

Jenna Bush Hager and Ann Patchett discussed book banning on the Oct. 31 episode of Bush Hager's podcast, 'Open Book with Jenna.' “People are banning books they don't even read,” Patchett said.

When PEN America emailed me, I was excited. The organization, whose mission is to protect the freedom to write, was looking for volunteers to code banned books. The goal was clear: Identify what ...

According to a PEN study released in September, there were more than 3,300 instances of book bans in U.S. public school classrooms and libraries between July 1, 2022 and June 31, 2023, a 33% ...

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 ...