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Celebrate Banned Books Week!

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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...

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Banned Books Week: Top 10 Challenged Books in 2011

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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;...

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Banned Books Week 30th Anniversary begins Sunday, 9/30/12

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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...

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Banned Books Week Read Out!

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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...

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Banned Books Week

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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...

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POSTPONED – Intellectual Freedom in the context of Fahrenheit 451

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Intellectual Freedom in the Context of Fahrenheit 451 (originally scheduled for this Thursday April 16th from 3-5pm in the Library), has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We are working with our speaker Deborah Caldwell-Stone to reschedule this program...

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Panel on Censorship: “Burning Bright: a dialogue on creative freedom in the age of new media”

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Panel Discussion on Censorship – part of the month-long celebration of the Big Read Monday, April 13th, 20096:00 – 8:00 p.m.Library – 3rd FloorColumbia College ChicagoFREE!Local and national artists and theorists from across a range of creative disciplines discuss...

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