Drawn image of a woman reading, surrounded by books, birds, flowers, clouds, vines, stars. Text reades: Protect the Freedom to Read - Let Books Be - Banned Books Week, Oct. 4-10, 2026. American Library Association. ala.org/bbooks

I was reminded of Banned Books Week when I was on Bluesky this morning, and saw 's #BannedBooksWeek feed highlighted with a banner:

Screenshot of column from Bluesky native app on a desktop Mac, featuring a colourful banner promotinng Banned Books Week.

Hurray for Joshua and Bluesky!

Colorful cartoon animals and creatures reading books under the slogan 'Let Books Be' for Banned Books Week Oct 4-10, 2026.

Check out my Book Bans & Libraries feed:

Book Bans & Libraries by @debbieohi.com
Posts (no replies) about book banning & book censorship. Check to see if/how you can post to feed: https://blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi.com/bookbans Shortlink to this feed: https://debbieohi.link/feed-bookbans BlueskyFeedCreator.com
https://bsky.app/profile/debbieohi.com/feed/bookbans

My feed searches posts made by those in curated lists that have tags and phrases related to book bans. Before requesting to be added to the contributor list, PLEASE read the instructions here. I have less time for feed maintenance these days.

Related accounts and posts on Bluesky:

Tags to follow:
#BannedBooksWeek
#LetBooksBe
#FreedomToRead
#Freadom

This is also a great way to find accounts that post about banned books!

Just a few of these accounts:
 (verified account) - Hopefully they will add a website link to their profile, and update more frequently this week. šŸ¤žšŸ½

- Celebrating with a challenge to us all to share a banned book in a Little Free Library. Details here.

Others to follow:

Do you know of other accounts, tags, and feeds about banned books? Feel free to let me know!

For those looking for quotes to share online, feel free to scoop my graphic below; I just ask that you leave the copyright info intact.

Quote from Judy Blume reads "Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." An illustration shows a young girl reading a book on a green bean bag. The cover of the book says "I love to read." Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, based on a character from The Pain and The Great One.

Alt text for you to use with the graphic:

Quote from Judy Blume reads "Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." An illustration shows a young girl reading a book on a green bean bag. The cover of the book says "I love to read." Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, based on a character from The Pain and The Great One.

I'm honoured to have provided illustrations for some of Judy Blume's books; you can find out more info here.

Looking for other ways to discover books to read? I encourage you to browse other posts and lists in How Readers Discover Books!