But there’s been a recent escalation of challenges to your work.ĪSHLEY HOPE PÉREZ: I do miss the days when Out of Darkness was an uncontroversial award-winning historical novel, happily sitting on school library shelves waiting for ambitious teen readers. PADMA VENKATRAMAN: I remember reading in 2015, when it was published, to great acclaim. We also encourage you to join PEN America and support free expression. We welcome you to read and discuss the content with your networks. The PEN Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee (CYAB), a Members’ coalition of award-winning writers and illustrators and dedicated readers who meet monthly, is responding to recent efforts to ban books and intimidate teachers and librarians with a new conversation series called “PEN Pals.” This series of articles gives voice to the challenged creators of books for children and young adults through an exchange of nuanced conversations that illuminate today’s issues.
This statement was originally published on pen.org on 30 November 2021. The PEN Children’s and Young Adult Books Committee is responding to recent efforts to ban books and intimidate teachers and librarians with a new conversation series called “PEN Pals.” This series of articles gives voice to the challenged creators of books for children and young adults through an exchange of nuanced conversations that illuminate today’s issues. British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom)Ī display of banned books or censored books at an independent bookstore, in Alameda, California, 16 October 2021, Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images.Aruba, Curacao & Saint Martin (Netherlands).Strategic Conference and General Meeting.
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