Category: banned books week
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Celebrate Banned Books Week
Every year books are banned and challenged in schools, libraries, and bookstores across the country and around the globe. Most of these bans and challenges go unreported. Like many other libraries, we participate in Banned Books Week to celebrate the freedom to read and to raise awareness of censorship.This year we decided to celebrate in some new…
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Celebrate Banned Books Week!
Sunday, September 22, 2013 marks the thirty-first anniversary of Banned Books Week! Sponsored by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and many other organizations, Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read and of individual expression. It is also an opportunity to…
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Banned Books Week: Top 10 Challenged Books in 2011
Of the 326 titles challenged in 2011, the following books were in the Top 10 as reported by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom: ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa Reasons:…
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Banned Books Week 30th Anniversary begins Sunday, 9/30/12
Sunday, September 30, 2012 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Banned Books Week! Sponsored by the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, and many other organizations, Banned Books Week is an annual celebration of the freedom to read and of individual expression. It is also an opportunity to…
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Banned Books Week @ the Library, Sept 25 through Oct 2
Each year, the American Library Association promotes Banned Books Week, a week-long event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. This year, Banned Books week is September 25 through October 2. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to…
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Banned Books Week Read Out!
Join the American Library Association as they celebrate Banned Books Week by sponsoring a Read-Out on Saturday, September 25, 2010, from noon to 2:00 PM, in historic Bughouse Square (Washington Square Park), 901 N. Clark St., Chicago. The Read-Out is an annual event to bring attention to books that have been banned and challenged in…
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ALA Banned Books Read-Out on Saturday, 9/26 noon-3pm
The Office for Intellectual Freedom would like to cordially invite you and your families to attend the annual Banned Books Read-Out! this Saturday afternoon, September 26th, 2009. The event will be held at Bughouse Square, just up the street from ALA headquarters at the corner of Walton Street and Dearborn Street in Chicago. It begins…
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Banned Books Week
Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the freedom to read. It was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982. The challenges have occurred in every state and in…