Book Flood Podcast

05/16/2026

The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the only Federal Funding for libraries and Trump's proposed budget guts it. Take action at saveimls.org

04/27/2026

One key finding of 2025's censorship landscape was the identity of intellectual freedom challenges — those who seek to ban or restrict access to library materials and services. Contrary to common narratives suggesting that book challenges originate primarily from concerned parents, data from our Office for Intellectual Freedom shows otherwise.

Approximately 92% of the titles challenged in 2025 were targeted by pressure groups (20.8%) and government decision makers (70.9%). By comparison, only 2.7% of challenges came from individual parents, and 1.4% came from individual library users.

This represents a dramatic shift from previous years. In the past, pressure groups and government officials accounted for roughly 12.9% of book challenges, averaging about 46 titles per year. In 2025 alone, those same actors targeted 7,884 books. That number includes 4,235 unique titles, which means that many titles were targeted multiple times. This duplication reflects a large-scale, coordinated effort.

We dig into the censorship data: https://bit.ly/4cmgFWQ

04/25/2026

04/19/2026

More than 100 organizations—including 𝘚𝘓𝘑, 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭, and 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬, along with publishers including Penguin Random House, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster, advocacy groups, and booksellers—have released a statement to express their opposition to H.R. 7661 and urge congressional representatives to vote, "No." Read more: https://hubs.la/Q04c9_9p0

04/18/2026

Just one week to go until our live Kinema screening and conversation with Joyce White Vance, Kim A Snyder - Films and librarian Suzette Baker!

Did we mention it's the same date as National Library Workers Day? Join THE LIBRARIANS next Tues April 21st, 2pmPT/5pmET and learn more about:

📖 How the ""government speech doctrine"" is being wielded in the Fifth Circuit and Florida

📖 How state penal law is circumventing our First and Fourteenth amendment rights

📖 How local coalitions are fighting back

📖 How you can get involved in defending your local libraries

Available in the USA & Canada! Get tickets now: https://tinyurl.com/TheLibrariansJoyceVance

04/14/2026

Would you like to develop and implement statewide programs and initiatives for libraries? And would you like to help libraries deliver community-centered programs and services, like literacy services and programs for adults and families. Then this may be the job for you! Apply by April 30, 2026 here: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=514128