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We Need Diverse Books launches Unbanned Book Network to fight school bans

by The Associated Press

By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) " A grassroots organization founded to increase diversity in publishing is launching a program to counteract the nationwide wave of bannings in schools and libraries. On Tuesday, We Need Diverse Books, or WNDB, announced the formation of the Unbanned Book Network, which will donate books by authors who have […]

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 6:15am on January 22, 2026