Virtual Event: Book Banning and Best Response Strategies with SIBA Booksellers and PEN America's Freedom to Read and Digital Safety teams

During the last year, SIBA bookstores have reported widespread efforts to ban books, including in-person and online harassment over their inventory choices, book displays, and events. In this session, we’ll hear from Sabrina Baeta of PEN America's Freedom to Read team and Jeje Mohamed of PEN's Digital Safety team on what’s happening in our territory, and best practices when dealing with these kinds of situations. We’ll also hear from three booksellers on the front lines in Arkansas, New Orleans, and Florida: Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida, DJ Johnson, owner of Baldwin & Co in New Orleans, LA, and Kandi West, co-owner of WordsWorth Books in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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