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Sarah Mokrzycki, Lecturer, children's literature and creative writing, Victoria University

Penguin Random House, PEN America, authors and parents sue Florida county for removing books on race and LGBTQ themes

A banned books display in a US bookshop Ted Shaffrey/AP

A new lawsuit against a Florida school board marks a “first-of-its-kind challenge to unlawful censorship”.

On May 17, the world’s largest English-language publisher, Penguin Random House, free-speech organisation PEN America, five authors (including bestselling queer YA author David Levithan) and two parents joined forces.

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