Join the Fight Against Book Bans

We at Penguin Random House fervently oppose these attempts at censorship because we believe that books make us better, and students in particular deserve access to a wide range of perspectives.

We stand with our authors and are committed to publishing diverse stories and rich, wide-spanning perspectives. We stand with teachers and librarians and trust their expertise on what books to share with young readers. And we stand with our readers, because everyone deserves to see themselves in a book.

Learn more about what we’re doing to fight book bans.

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WATCH: 7 Authors Speak Out About Libraries & Our Freedom to Read

What happens when books are banned? Actor and author Jay Ellis thinks “we lose imagination and creativity . . . we lose what makes all of us important.”

Filmed on the show floor at the 2024 American Library Association Annual Conference in San Diego, this first in a series of videos brought to you from Penguin Random House and ALA features 7 authors who are speaking out against book bans and speaking up in support of our freedom to read!

Actor and Author Jay Ellis on the danger of quieting others’ voices.

Check out Jay Ellis, Jane Pek, M. T. Anderson, David F. Walker, Edward Burns, Cece Bell, and Del Sandeen in the videos below or visit our YouTube playlist.

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