Had a wonderful time talking about MARLEY’S GHOST at Skylark Books in Columbia, MO. Thanks for the invitation!
Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
Skylark Books
Saturday, June 25th, 2022Smithton, IL May 14th
Sunday, April 24th, 2022
Unbound Book Festival, April 23
Sunday, April 3rd, 2022
In view of the recent outcry surrounding a Tennessee school board’s decision to ban Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and the increasing prevalence of similar actions throughout the country (including Missouri), we really wanted to have a conversation about banned books this year. Is it ever appropriate to ban a book? Who is really being protected, and from what? Brian Katcher brings a unique double perspective to this issue. In addition to being an acclaimed author whose novel, Almost Perfect, was 81st on the American Library Association’s list of most banned and challenged books for 2010-2019, he is also a school librarian. He’ll be joined on the panel by Maia Kobabe and the Dean of MU Law School and First Amendment expert, Lyrissa Lidsky.
Marley’s Ghost
Tuesday, March 8th, 2022MARLEY’S GHOST, to be published by Crossroad Press!
And now, North Carolina
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
This woman in convinced that a North Carolina middle school has a secret copy of ALMOST PERFECT (as well as a much better book by David Levithan) and is shocked that that principal won’t let her turn the school upside down to look for it. Ironically, North Carolina is the one state that ever awarded me a state book award.
Florida
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
I find it interesting that ALMOST PERFECT, which was published 13 years ago, is being pulled out of the library. Quite frankly, there are much more recently books about transgender people out there. I’m guessing the censors just pulled it because it was LGBTQ themed without bothering to learn anything about it. With censors, it’s always the ‘what’, never the ‘why.’
On to Utah!
Friday, January 21st, 2022On to Utah! Someone is determined to remove the ‘dirty books’ from the Beehive State and ALMOST PERFECT made the list! Click on the cover and read the naughtiest passages from my novel, weirdly taken out of context in a giant run-on sentence: https://bwentzel6.wixsite.com/website-7/shop?page=2
Almost Perfect Challenged in Iowa
Sunday, December 26th, 2021
The homophobes are after ALMOST PERFECT in central Iowa (and some other much better books). I don’t think they even look at these books before challenging them.
Banned in Texas
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
So a Texas lawmaker has challenged ALMOST PERFECT (along with 849 other books). Lots of LGBTQ books on this list. Lots.
Weird Sisters Publishing
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021I discuss Almost Perfect with Jan Gebhardt of Weird Sisters Publishing.