Hey everyone,

Ian Tan here, lead editor and project coordinator of UnCensored Ink: a banned book anthology, set to release this October 29. https://wild-ink-publishing.com/uncensored-ink/

A little about myself. For most of my life, I’ve been passionately reading stories that connect with people through imagination and experiences. It’s such stories that I long to introduce to more readers out there. That’s what brought me to edit this anthology and into this post today.

Our awesome publisher, Abigail, has been kind enough to share the Wild Ink blog space with me as I conduct a series of interviews with my anthology writers called the UnCensored Ink series. We’ll talk about what inspired their various pieces, the bookstores and libraries where they cultivated their love for stories, and how they feel about the importance of these places in our communities. This sort of discussion is all the more essential as book bans rise slowly and these spaces face increasing competition with Amazon every year.

Most of these writers are spread across the United States, so as the UnCensored Ink interview series takes off, we’ll cover local bookstores and libraries in a circuit of sorts around the country. We hope you can put these incredible places on your to-visit list and feel inspired to support your own local bookstore, library, and indie authors.

Thank you,

Ian Tan, lead editor & project coordinator

UnCensored Ink: A Banned Book Inspired Anthology

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