Velshi Banned Book Club: Featured Judy Blume and Jason Reynolds discussing the impact of banning books on October 19, 2024.
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MSNBC: Ali Velshi’s Banned Book Club features the wonderful, moving, and important literature under threat of ban or removal. Watch as Judy and Jason Reynolds discuss the impact of book banning on theirs and others [..]
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The National Book Critics Circle announce that Judy Blume is the recipient of its Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award for exemplifying how literacy and literary access lead to liberation. March 21, 2024 was the awards ceremony.
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The National Book Critics Circle announce that Judy Blume is the recipient of its Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award for exemplifying how literacy and literary access lead to liberation. The awards [..]
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill & the Fisher Center at Bard College presented Judy Blume the first-ever Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature. The awards ceremony was Saturday, February 17, 2024.
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This was the inaugural Roosevelt award for “authors and books that advance human rights in the face of an alarming rise in book banning and censorship.” Judy is the first-ever recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt [..]
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CARL HIAASEN in-conversation with Books & Books @ The Studios founder Judy Blume discussing his new middle grade novel WRECKER. This event was on Saturday, December 9, 2023.
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Carl Hiaasen and Judy’s in-person conversation was on December 9 at 3:00ET in Key West. [..]
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TODAY show host Jenna Bush Hager’s August 2023 book club pick is a timeless classic: Summer Sisters by Judy Blume
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Jenna Bush Hager calls Summer Sisters a “little vacation in a book.” “If you want the perfect summer read and you’ve read ‘Summer Sisters, reread it. If you haven’t read it, I [..]
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Jersey Girl Judy Blume honored by the Garden State Parkway with the Judy Blume Service Area.
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In 2023, Jersey-born author and New Jersey Hall of Fame inductee, Class of 2010, Judy Blume received a home state honor – a Garden State Parkway service area named for her. Exhibits about Judy’s life and [..]
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Judy Blume Forever, a documentary of Judy’s life and work, premiered April 21, 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.
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Judy Blume Forever, premiered on April 21, 2023, on Amazon Prime Video.Generations of readers have found themselves in a Judy Blume book. Her name alone launches a flood of memories for anyone who’s gripped one of her [..]
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LILY BROOKS-DALTON was in Key West discussing her new novel THE LIGHT PIRATE with Books & Books store founder Judy Blume. December 8, 2022
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LILY BROOKS-DALTON discussed her new novel THE LIGHT PIRATE with Books & Books @The Studios store founder Judy [..]
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BANNED BOOKS WEEK celebrating the freedom to read: September 18 – 24, 2022.
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Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and in 2022 was September 18 – 24. The theme of this year’s event is “Books Unite Us., Censorship Divides Us.” Banned Books Week [..]
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Emmy Award-winning writer Seth Meyers shared his debut picture book at this special virtual event with Judy! March 15, 2022.
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Books & Books partnered with several indie bookstores across the U.S. for this special conversation with Emmy Award-winning writer and host of “Late Night,” Seth Meyers as he spoke with author Judy Blume [..]
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