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For 27 years, Terri Lesley was a fixture at the Campbell County Public Library in Gillette, Wyo., the last 13 years as director. “I grew up in Gillette,” she says. “I know a lot of people and have made a lot of connections in the community over many years.” But like so many librarians caught up in this pernicious wave of book banning, she didn’t see the end coming until it was too late. The first warning shots came in summer 2021, when local activists objected to a Pride Month social media post by the library and a transgender magician’s scheduled appearance at the library. Things escalated quickly, with one local family (multiple members of which Lesley is now suing for defamation) even reporting the library to the local sheriff after finding a handful of LGBTQ-themed books in the children’s section of the library. That move garnered national media attention, but no charges. And the library board at the time backed Lesley. In the coming months, however, the library would receive nearly 60 book challenges—most concerning LGBTQ content—up from zero in previous years. And then came the big change: a new library board was seated. For months Lesley resisted the new board’s directives to remove books from the library. Then, on July 28, 2023, the board called a public meeting and fired Lesley. The room was filled with nearly 200 Lesley supporters that day, who criticized the board in their public comments and greeted the board’s decision with a one finger salute. Lesley left the room that day to a standing ovation. #BooksNotBans #SupportLibraries #LibrariesAreForEveryone #BannedBooksWeek #Bookstagram #FreedomToRead
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Civil rights attorney Iris Halpern has had a lot of experience fighting for the constitutional rights of her clients. But she hasn’t represented many—if any—librarians over the course of her career. That is, until now. In September 2023 Halpern made national headlines when she negotiated a $250,000 settlement for librarian Brooky Parks, who was fired from her job at Erie Community Library (Erie, Colo.) in 2021 for promoting anti-racism and LGBTQ history workshops for teens. Halpern, a partner at Denver-based law firm Rathod Mohamedbhai who specializes in cases involving employees victimized by discrimination, is also representing two more librarians in similar actions…..“I’ve had to become an expert very quickly,” says Halpern, when asked about the issues facing the librarians she now counts as clients. But, she adds, it didn’t take long for her to recognize the playbook be used by book banners in libraries and schools across the country, and, maybe more importantly, in state legislatures. “If you look at all these book bans and all these laws that are passing across the country, none of them are going to survive constitutional scrutiny. So it’s pretty clear that these laws are in fact aimed at scaring librarians and administrators as part of a political power play,” Halpern explains. “They’re trying to have our public institutions send the message out that certain groups are not welcome or are second class, which is particularly pernicious and dangerous.” “I’m hopeful… but litigation is fundamentally responsive. It’s not proactive. It’s after someone got fired, after books have been taken off the shelves, after our curriculums and our schools and our programming in our libraries has been suppressed, which we should all be very angry about,” Halpern says. “We need to organize around that. We really need our communities to stand up and do what they can. These librarians are very brave, but they cannot do it on their own. It’s extracting too heavy a price.” #BooksNotBans #SupportLibraries #LibrariesAreForEveryone #BannedBooksWeek #Bookstagram #FreedomToRead
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See what we published in this week's print issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' including our special Freedom to Read editorial package and https://lnkd.in/gQ2ssaW3
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The Scholastic veteran will "help drive commercial teen and middle grade acquisition strategies," per a memo from VP and publisher Erica Sussman.
Amanda Maciel Joins Harper Group as VP, Editorial Director
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In the quarter just before the fall rush season begins, B&NE saw sales of its inclusive access programs rise 32% as it continued its efforts to better control costs. Total sales slipped 0.3%, to $263.4 million.
Barnes & Noble Education Looks for Improvement in Fiscal 2025
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Gentillo, VP and director of sales operations, is retiring from Simon & Schuster after 40 years with the company. Members of the sales ops team will be integrated into other operations groups, effective October 1.
Eileen Gentillo to Retire from S&S
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FSG takes National Book Award winner Susan Choi’s new novel, Simon & Schuster lands a #1 French bestseller, and more.
Book Deals: Week of September 9, 2024
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See what we published in this week's print issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' including our latest middle grade feature and more. https://buff.ly/3TktSZv
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See what we published in this week's print issue of 'Publishers Weekly,' including our latest cookbooks feature and more. https://buff.ly/3AOSlzL