Voices Against Book Censorship

The Kids’ Right to Read Project supports efforts to speak out against book censorship.  This page highlights the voices of individuals who have taken a strong stance in defense of the First Amendment right to read. 

Our interviews with authors and right to read supporters
   

• Interview with Ellen Hopkins, Young Adult Author and Author of the Banned Books Week Manifesto
   
• Interview with Author, Francesca Lia Block    
   
• Interview with Author, Chris Crutcher
  
  
• Interview with Maureen Johnson, author of The Bermudez Triangle
  

• Interview with Brent Hartinger, author of Geography Club
   
• Interview with Maria Hanrahan, Founder of West Bend Parents for Free Speech
   
• Interview with West Bend library board member Mary Reilly-Kliss, June 2009
  
  
• Interview with author Rachel Vail, January 2009
   
• Interview with author Jane Breskin Zalben, November 2008
  
  
• Librarian James LaRue responds to a challenge to Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah Brannen in the Douglas County, CO, Libraries, July 2008
  
  
• Interview with author Julia Alvarez, January 2008
   
• Interview with author and librarian Susan Patron, March 2007