Free Expression

In a unanimous decision on Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court kept the court house door open to booksellers, publishers, and librarians to bring “pre-enforcement” challenges to censorship laws.

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With the House Judiciary Committee’s unanimous passage of bill a couple of weeks ago, for the first time in years there is a  chance for meaningful change in the laws to protect Americans’ right to privacy, says ABFFE President Chris Finan.

ABFFE and the national Banned Books Week planning committee have announced that this year’s celebration of the freedom to read will feature comics and graphic novels.

An online auction to benefit the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is now accepting bids on eBay on more than 65 pieces of art created for children’s books.

Dozens of original works will be up for bidding at the 20th annual Children's Book Art Auction and Reception at BEA. Tickets for the event, which will feature a special tribute to Dr. Seuss, as well as a variety show, can be purchased online or at the door.

ABFFE and the ABC Children’s Group at ABA are seeking volunteers from the bookselling and publishing world to help out during the Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception at BEA.

Leading authors and illustrators of children’s books will show off their hidden talents in a variety show to be held during the Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception at BookExpo America on Wednesday evening, May 28.

The 20th Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception, on May 28 at BEA, will feature a special section of original artwork created to honor Dr. Seuss. Artists can submit works honoring Dr. Seuss until May 15.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Russo and artist Kate Russo, his daughter, are offering signed copies of Interventions: A Novella & Three Stories to indie booksellers at a significant discount.

The Annual Children’s Book Art Auction and Reception to benefit ABFFE will be hosted this year by bestselling author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka. The auction will be held on Wednesday evening, May 28, at BEA.

ABFFE and more than 30 civil liberties and privacy groups have sent a letter urging Congress and the president to adopt reforms limiting intelligence agencies to searching only records that pertain to people who are suspected of planning or committing illegal acts.

ABFFE has joined civil liberties and open government groups in urging President Obama to speed the release of a Congressional report on the CIA program that detained suspected terrorists in secret prisons and subjected them to coercive interrogation techniques following the 9/11 attacks.