LGBTQ friendly book removed from library for fear of turning children gay
West Virginia’s Upshur County public library has pulled a book from its shelves this week, after a local church minister publicly raised concerns over its content. Prince & Knight written… Read more »
Illustrated kids book about girls’ bodies criticised for avoiding the word vagina
Last month, Ruby Tuesday Books published two illustrated children’s volumes in a new series called Fred and Woody’s Fantastic World. The series aims to initiate honest and realistic conversations about… Read more »
“Climate strike” is chosen as 2019’s word of the year
Last year we wrote about the annual tradition that is Collins English Dictionary word of the year, as chosen by lexicographers since 2013. Following on from last year’s winner “single-use,”… Read more »
False claims that the UK executed gay men result in cancellation of Naomi Wolf’s latest book
Back in May, Virago published Naomi Wolf’s new book Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love in the UK. Best known for her acclaimed feminist title The Beauty Myth, her… Read more »
A complaint describing a children’s book on potty training as “filth” helps it become a bestseller
British blogger turned children’s author Simon Harris self-published Little Budgie’s Done A Fudgie back in January 2018. Almost two years later, and it has reached the dizzy heights of bestseller… Read more »
Donald Trump is the latest to face the satirical treatment from multi-million bestselling series Ladybirds for Grown-Ups
The Ladybirds for Grown-Ups book series has been a crazy-successful phenomenon since its launch in 2015. So many of us (myself included) grew up reading Ladybird books—beautifully illustrated, slim children’s… Read more »
How to catch a spider: Lady Hale, subject of a new children’s book, delivers verdict on liar Boris Johnson
Hello American friends! Have you been keeping up with the epic political fiasco continuing to unfold in the UK? No? Let me give you a quick recap! This July, Theresa May… Read more »
Thief jailed for stealing over £80,000 worth of library books
Imagine being a PhD student at Napier University in Scotland, casually frequenting your campus library to borrow a textbook for your studies. But the shelf is empty—not one of the… Read more »
Children’s book featuring a trans protagonist wins major prize
A picture book about a young boy dressing up as a mermaid has won The Klaus Flugge Prize. Founded to honour publisher Klaus Flugge, who set up Andersen Press in 1976 and discovered… Read more »
Harry Potter books are removed from a Tennessee school for being Satanic
Don’t you just hate it when you’re innocently performing an Accio summoning spell or trying to cast a Patronus and an evil spirit turns up instead, ready to drag you… Read more »