The Kids’ Right to Read Project supports efforts to speak out against book censorship. This page highlights the voices of individuals who have taken a strong stance in defense of the First Amendment right to read.
Our interviews with authors and right to read supporters
- Interview with Ellen Hopkins, Young Adult Author and Author of the Banned Books Week Manifesto
- Interview with Author, Francesca Lia Block
- Interview with Author, Chris Crutcher
- Interview with Maureen Johnson, author of The Bermudez Triangle
- Interview with Brent Hartinger, author of Geography Club
- Interview with Maria Hanrahan, Founder of West Bend Parents for Free Speech
- Interview with West Bend library board member Mary Reilly-Kliss, June 2009
- Interview with author Rachel Vail, January 2009
- Interview with author Jane Breskin Zalben, November 2008
- Librarian James LaRue responds to a challenge to Uncle Bobby’s Wedding by Sarah Brannen in the Douglas County, CO, Libraries, July 2008
- Interview with author Julia Alvarez, January 2008
- Interview with author and librarian Susan Patron, March 2007