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Drag story hour is “nothing other than indoctrination and sexualisation of children”, claimed Sweden Democrats politician Jonathan Sager during a session of the local parliament in Kalmar, southern Sweden, in 2022. He was reacting to plans to organise a drag story hour event at the local library, where drag queens…

A Texas county has sparked outrage after moving a Native American history book to the fiction section of all public libraries.

Tens of thousands of titles, from dictionaries to Leonardo, are restricted across prisons – and its impact is palpable

In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door

Launched by poet Liz Berry and novelist Catherine O’Flynn, pieces for each of the city’s 35 branch libraries speak against a ‘tidal wave of market forces’

Professional librarian sources seem split on viewpoint-based book removals: some firmly call for viewpoint neutrality, while others say that books should be evaluated for "biased viewpoints."

Some might look like exclusive clubs, but our public libraries unite communities and help us work creatively – and all for free

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in 2022 to give parents a say in what books schools can and cannot have in their libraries

Liverpool council’s new public building includes public art gallery spaces and a Stem centre

A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents

Letters: Responses to readers’ views on the importance of libraries and an editorial that mentioned Zadie Smith’s local library service