Penguin Random House, PEN America, authors and parents sue Florida county for removing books on race and LGBTQ themes
- Written by: Sarah Mokrzycki, Lecturer, children's literature and creative writing, Victoria University
A banned books display in a US bookshopTed Shaffrey/APA new lawsuit against a Florida school board marks a “first-of-its-kind challenge to unlawful censorship”.
On May 17, the world’s largest English-language publisher, Penguin Random House, free-speech organisation PEN America, five authors (including bestselling queer YA author...