SIBA Banned Books Toolkit

SIBA is preparing a toolkit of resources to support our booksellers promoting Banned Books Week (Sept 22-28) to their customers. Our toolkit will include links to important resources and marketing materials from the American Library Association, ABA, ABFE, and SIBA’s Peer Bookseller Resource Library.

Also included in the toolkit are links to SIBA’s Southern Bookseller Review (SBR) “Decide For Yourself” feature in our SBR newsletter and social media. Decide For Yourself is an ongoing series highlighting banned and challenged books with positive reviews from SIBA booksellers. We’ll provide Canva templates to create your own Decide For Yourself flyers, bookmarks, and shelf-talkers for Banned Books Week, and beyond, to bring continued attention to these important books and the issue of book bans and challenges.

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ABA Right to Read Handbook

Publishing on 9/16, just in time for Banned Books Week, the ABA's Right to Read Handbook is a 150-page consumer facing title including an accessible history of book censorship, explainers on the current crisis, how-tos for organizing in your community, and interviews with activists, authors, booksellers, and parents. To help determine whether the handbook will work with your displays or is right for your store, buyers can request a DRC in advance.

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