The Latest Breaking News from Libraries

Drag story hour is “nothing other than indoctrination and sexualisation of children”, claimed Sweden Democrats politician Jonathan Sager during a session of the local parliament in Kalmar, southern Sweden, in 2022. He was reacting to plans to organise a drag story hour event at the local library, where drag queens…

A Texas county has sparked outrage after moving a Native American history book to the fiction section of all public libraries.

Some might look like exclusive clubs, but our public libraries unite communities and help us work creatively – and all for free

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill in 2022 to give parents a say in what books schools can and cannot have in their libraries

Liverpool council’s new public building includes public art gallery spaces and a Stem centre

A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement with students and parents

Letters: Responses to readers’ views on the importance of libraries and an editorial that mentioned Zadie Smith’s local library service

Brief letters: Benefits of eating your greens | Public libraries | University students | Guinness and health | Heart emojis

Editorial: Offering everything from coding clubs to company, they are more essential than ever as other services vanish