Children’s author, who has himself been ‘falsely accused of crimes’ wants to honour those who have stood up to pressure from would-be book banners.
“Librarians have suffered enough”, according to Lemony Snicket, who is setting up a new annual US prize “honouring a librarian who has faced adversity with integrity and dignity intact”.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/31/lemony-snicket-prize-librarians-book-bans
recommend candidates
If you know a librarian who perseveres over dwindling public funds, delivers vital services to a needy community, and has not let a single book go quietly into the night of banning or blacklisting, you’ve got until May 1st to nominate them here.