
根据美国笔会的一项新研究,过去一年美国公立学校发生了近12,000起禁令。这是自该言论自由组织五年前开始追踪驱逐人数以来的最高总数。
Nearly 12,000 bans took place in American public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America. This is the highest total since the free expression organization began tracking removals five years ago.
该报告是在10月4日至10月10日的国际禁书周期间发布的。今年的主题是“Let Books Be”。保护阅读自由”,期间在美国举行的活动-学校、图书馆和其他地点呼吁关注审查工作。
The report arrives during the international Banned Books Week, which runs from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. This year’s theme is "Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read", during which events at U.S.-based schools and libraries and other locations call attention to censorship efforts.
加拿大在二月份开展了专门的知识自由运动,一些加拿大图书馆和书店在十月份的窗口期间开展了全球外展和展示活动。
While Canada marks its dedicated intellectual freedom campaign in February some Canadian libraries and bookstores engage in global outreach and displays during this October window.
美国作家斯蒂芬·金连续第二年成为最有可能被撤回作品的作家。金的书籍被撤下312次,其中包括受影响的书籍。
For the second straight year, American author Stephen King was the author most likely to have his work withdrawn. King’s books were pulled 312 times, with and among those impacted.
加拿大作家玛格丽特·阿特伍德的经典反乌托邦小说也是美国学校被禁的小说之一,该书讲述了曾经是美国一部分的极权主义社会。
Also among the banned novels in American schools is Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s the classic dystopian novel about a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States.
《使女的故事》迎来40岁生日,世界各地都在举办特别活动来表达敬意。被禁最多的个人作品是帕特里克·麦考密克(Patrick McCormick)的小说,讲述了一个女孩在印度被卖为性奴隶的故事,笔会发现了25部作品。
The Handmaid's Tale turns 40, and special events are being held around the world to pay tribute The most banned individual title was Patrick McCormick’s novel about a girl sold into sexual slavery in India, , for which PEN found 25 removals.
其他常见的书籍包括劳里·哈尔斯·安德森(Laurie Halse Anderson)的获奖小说,讲述了一名青少年在被强奸后陷入沉默的故事;艾伦·霍普金斯(Ellen Hopkins)的关于毒瘾的小说。
Other books commonly targeted include Laurie Halse Anderson’s her prize-winning novel about a teenager who falls silent after being raped; Ellen Hopkins’ novel about drug addiction, .
在2025-2026学年,美国笔会的学校图书禁令指数首次出现了几个标题,包括经典小说,游戏改编,流行小说和成年青少年故事,漫画和女权主义选集。
Several titles appear in PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans for the first time during the 2025-2026 school year, including classic novels, gamebook adaptations, popular fiction and coming-of-age young adult stories, manga, and an anthology on feminism.
其中包括2016年由渥太华出生的网络漫画和漫画作家Ryan North撰写的平面小说。
Among these titles is 2016 graphic novel by Ottawa-born webcomic and comic book writer Ryan North.
许多禁令出现在佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州,这些州通过了限制性法律,州政官员和保守派活动人士都推动了书籍下架。PEN还发现,学区管理员越来越多地依赖人工智能来决定应下架哪些书籍。
Many of the bans took place in Florida and Texas, where restrictive laws have been passed and both politicians and conservative activists have pushed for removals. PEN has also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books should be pulled.
秋季我们 eagerly期待阅读的12本加拿大漫画作品。种族、种族主义、性取向和性别认同仍然是图书面临挑战的最常见原因。
12 Canadian comics we're excited to read this fall Themes of race, racism, sexuality and gender identity remain the most common reasons books are challenged.
PEN的一份题为《》的报告部分内容如下:“学校图书馆让知识和思想得以流传,确保书籍对所有人可用,无论个人或政治意识形态如何,并开启通往叙事的大门,这些叙事能够告知、挑战并将世界的现实反映给读者。”
“School libraries make knowledge and ideas available, ensure books remain available for all regardless of personal or political ideologies, and open gateways to stories that inform, challenge, and reflect the realities of the world back to readers,” the PEN report, titled , reads in part.
“图书禁令阻碍了阅读的自由,削减了学生接触多元观点、声音、视角和文学作品的机会。”总体而言,PEN发现有11,982起禁令事件,影响了7,370部作品。其中超过4,500部是首次上榜,涵盖从19世纪的经典作品到伊萨·穗田的漫画系列。
“Book bans impede the freedom to read, cutting students’ access to a diversity of views, voices, perspectives, and literature they deserve to encounter.”In all, PEN found 11,982 cases of bans, affecting 7,370 individual works. Over 4,500 were on the list for the first time, ranging from the 19th century classic to Sui Ishida’s manga series.
PEN美国分会和美国图书馆协会自2020年代初以来均报告了前所未有的禁令激增,但它们的统计方法有所不同。PEN将即使短暂下架的书籍也计为禁令,而ALA仅将永久下架的书籍纳入统计。
PEN America and the American Library Association have both reported historic surges in bans since the early 2020s, although their methodologies differ. PEN counts books removed even for a short time as a ban, while the ALA only includes books that have been permanently pulled.
根据图书馆协会最近发布于4月份的报告,前一年共发生了约5,600起禁令事件。
According to the library association’s most recent report, published in April, some 5,600 instances of bans took place during the previous year.