- Gloria Oladipo has the latest from PEN America’s findings of the gobsmackingly depressing number of book bans there were in the US in the last school year. (The Guardian)
- Jonna Perrillo discusses the growing problem of self-censorship in schools and libraries in the US. (Slate)
- Meanwhile, Books Unbanned is still chugging along in its efforts to get books to young readers. Matt Enis reports. (Library Journal)
- Ed Simon tells us about the time everyone lost their damned minds over The Sorrows of Young Werther and points out that book panics go back a lot further than many realize. (LitHub)
- Oh, for pete’s sake! The family plaque in Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, for the Brontë sisters is only now getting the spelling of their surname right. Mark Brown reports on an 85-year-old goof. (The Guardian)
- Elyse Graham reveals how America’s (sadly underfunded) libraries suddenly became a vital source of intelligence in the wake of Pearl Harbor. (TIME)
- Thomas Keymer presents a surprisingly entertaining account of the publication of Northanger Abbey, one of my favorite flawed Austen novels. (OUPBlog)
- Anatoly Liberman takes a journey with the word “cat.” (OUPBlog)
- …and more censorship news from the good people of Book Riot.
