The case against the Texas book ban, a.k.a. House Bill 900, a.k.a. the READER Act

On September 18, […]

By Chris Barton|2023-09-20T21:58:08-05:00September 19th, 2023|book banning, book bans, HB 900, House Bill 900, school libraries, Texas, Texas school libraries|0 Comments

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Librarians and teachers: How have authors been there for you?

Excerpt from […]

By Chris Barton|2023-08-29T11:03:07-05:00August 29th, 2023|Chris Barton, educators, librarians, school libraries, teachers|3 Comments

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Texas House Bill 900 (which passed) and Senate Bill 13 (which didn’t)

[September 19 […]

By Chris Barton|2023-09-19T07:41:07-05:00April 28th, 2023|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, HB 900, House Bill 900, SB 13, school libraries, Senate Bill 13, Texas, Texas school libraries|1 Comment

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My idea of a good time: helping shelve a new school library!

When Ernie and I got in the car yesterday with […]

By Chris Barton|2022-08-01T08:58:57-05:00July 27th, 2022|Chris Barton, Ernie, How to Make a Book (About My Dog), Perma-Bound, school libraries|3 Comments

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My Soapbox column in Publishers Weekly: “Showing Up and Moving Forward”

I wrote something this spring — began writing it for […]

By Chris Barton|2022-05-08T06:20:57-05:00May 8th, 2022|Alton Yates, Austin Public Library, author visits, Beach Lane, Chris Barton, civil rights, diversity, freedom to read, library, Moving Forward, nonfiction, public education, public libraries, Publishers Weekly, school libraries, school visits, Simon & Schuster, Soapbox, Steffi Walthall, Texas school visits|0 Comments

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