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Library staff look forward to the tour every year, not only as a fun Halloween event but as an exploration of the building’s past and the oral folklore surrounding it.

Within Lubbock school districts, not many books have been banned, according to librarians, and having books challenged is rare, but on the rise. They said the book-banning debate has a chilling effect on library professionals, with some not buying LGBTQ+ books for fear of pushback.

Lubbock is home to a number of reading and writing groups that strive to support writers and illustrators, and offer ways to connect and engage. Others teach the craft of writing, marketing, and self-publishing to aspiring authors.

The organization’s program and volunteer coordinator described the literacy rate in Texas as part of the “profound educational crisis plaguing our state and city.”