Book Challenges Videos

[close] Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther investigates the murder of a deaf university student in London. When a fellow student dies after contracting a deadly virus the British Government seals off the university from the outside world. When you can't hear...death comes silently. Book on Goodreads: Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[close] Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther investigates the murder of a deaf university student in London. When a fellow student dies after contracting a deadly virus the British Government seals off the university from the outside world. When you can't hear...death comes silently. Book on Goodreads: Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[close] Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther investigates the murder of a deaf university student in London. When a fellow student dies after contracting a deadly virus the British Government seals off the university from the outside world. When you can't hear...death comes silently. Book on Goodreads: Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

[close] Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is a murder mystery written by Lance & James Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Fear-no... Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “whodunit” murder mystery, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing

[close] Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is a murder mystery written by Lance & James Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Fear-no... Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “whodunit” murder mystery, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing

[close] Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is a murder mystery written by Lance & James Morcan and published by Sterling Gate Books. Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Silent-Fear-no... Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “whodunit” murder mystery, Silent Fear (A novel inspired by true crimes) is the eighth novel by father-and-son writing

[close] Over the past year, nearly 1,145 books have been the target of bans from schools, libraries, and bookshops across the U.S, an unprecedented number. And with their ability to tells stories through text and image, comics are right at the center with bans against graphic memoirs like Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer making national headlines. Often, books that tell stories about queerness, race, gender, and history are the target of bans, as is the case for Trung Le Nguyen’s The Magic Fish and MariNaomi’s Life on Earth series. As Kobabe pointed out, book banning often hurts the very groups who are the subject of these works. As e wrote in The Washington Post, “Removing or restricting queer books in libraries and schools is like cutting a lifeline for queer youth.” In this essential panel, Kobabe, Nguyen, and MariNaomi come together to discuss the impact of book banning and why comics are at the center of the discussion yet again. Together, they’ll address cultivating creativity an

[close] Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer was the most banned book of the 2021-2022 school year, and continued to lead bans in fall of 2022, according to PEN America's Index of School Book Bans. In this interview with PEN America, Kobabe explains why e writes and what a book like this can mean to someone like em.

[close] The past several years have seen an alarming rise in censorship and efforts to ban books from libraries and schools. Graphic novels have been particular targets of these efforts, including the well-known removal of Maus from a middle school curriculum in McMinn County, Tennessee. PEN America’s recent report “Banned in the USA” details the censorship of hundreds of books in a recent nine-month period, including dozens of graphic novels. PEN’s Jonathan Friedman will discuss this issue in a special discussion with three authors whose works were all affected: Mike Curato (Flamer), Cathy G. Johnson (The Breakaways) and Maia Kobabe (Gender Queer).

[close] Maia Kobabe is one of the most important young cartoonists working in comics today. Eir debut memoir, "Gender Queer," has inspired many readers as well as wound up on a number of short-sighted ban lists. Join Maia and moderator Alex Hoffman in a wide ranging discussion of eir career, books, and new projects.

[close] Maia Kobabe, the author of "Gender Queer," talks about the graphic novel and the pushback against it. The book was named the most challenged book in America in 2021 and again in 2022 by the American Library Association. (MLive video)

[close] Justin Hall, Chair of the California College of the Arts' MFA in Comics, interviews "Gender Queer" author Maia Kobabe about eir artistic growth, how "Gender Queer" came about, exploring gender in comics, the challenges of translating nonbinary terms and pronouns into other languages, the process of memoir, book bans, and eir future projects at San Francisco Zine Fest 2023. Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir): https://redgoldsparkspress.com/ Justin Hall (he/him): https://www.justinhallawesomecomics.com/ California College of the Arts MFA in Comics: https://www.cca.edu/humanities-scienc... This panel was part of San Francisco Zine Fest's 2023 programming. It took place on Sunday, September 3rd, at City View at Metreon in San Francisco. Site: https://www.sfzinefest.org Donate: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/caus... San Francisco Zine Fest is a member of Intersection for the Arts. Intersection for the Arts is a bedrock Bay Area arts nonprofit that provides people working in arts and culture wi