Skip to Main Content
Victoria Waddle

Author

  • About
  • Books
  • Subscribe
  • Inlandia Literary Journeys Columns
  • Media Kit

Censorship

Preemptively Banning Books is No Way to Curate a Collection
9 Jan 2024

Preemptively Banning Books is No Way to Curate a Collection

by Victoria Waddle | posted in: Book Reviews, Censorship | 1

I’ve switched to writing almost all my content on my Substack “Be a Cactus: thoughts on resistant writers and how we bloom.” It’s a weekly post delivered on Sunday morning. It’s very similar to what you have received from me … Continued

Banned books, book banning, school libraries, Substack
My Experiences in Book Banning
9 Oct 2023

My Experiences in Book Banning

by Victoria Waddle | posted in: Censorship | 0

Removing library books from the shelf for later review is essentially banning them, no matter what the censors say.

Banned books, book banning, Norma Klein, Substack, That’s My Baby
Censoring Empathy: Let’s Challenge Erasure
8 Aug 2022

Censoring Empathy: Let’s Challenge Erasure

by Victoria Waddle | posted in: Book Reviews, Censorship, YA fiction, YA literature | 0

Book censorship is far more threatening than it was ten years ago because it erases anyone who doesn’t look or think like the censor.

book challenges, book reviews, censorship, school librarians, school libraries, YA fiction, YA literature
Independent Bookstores: I Do Like Them
9 Nov 2018

Independent Bookstores: I Do Like Them

by Victoria Waddle | posted in: Author Events, Censorship, Independent Bookstores, Inlandia Institute | 1

Say! I like this intriguing book!            I do! I like it, take a look! And I would read books in a boat. And I would read them with a goat… And I will read them, … Continued

Bookshop Santa Cruz, Cellar Door Bookstore, censorship, drag queen story hour, fiction, IE, independent bookstores, Inland Empire, Inlandia Institute

Subscribe

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

© 2025 Victoria Waddle - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.