Banned Books Week is September 22 – 28, 2019.
Come to our Banned Books Read-out on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 2 pm in the Learning Commons Flex Space in the Otto G. Richter Library!
Then, come to Sigma Tau Delta's Banned Books event on Friday, September 27, 2019 at 5 pm in 314 Ballroom West in the Shalala Student Center. There will be snacks and an Amazon giftcard raffle!
Do you read comics? How about romances? Historical fiction? Nonfiction? Chances are, you’ve read a book that’s been banned! Writers of every race, religion, and gender identity have had their books, comics, short stories and more banned because their ideas were deemed too dangerous for the public. Books are being banned from libraries in the United States and abroad every year. According to the 2019 State of America's LibrarieS Report, 347 books were challenged in 2018 in libraries across the country for having offensive language, being sexually explicit, 'anti-family' and many other reasons. Find out more about which of your favorite books or comics were banned or challenged in the last year. Get involved! Keep the light on!
Join the Virtual Read-out! Take a look at the Virtual Read-out YouTube channel, featuring celebrities reading from their favorite banned book. Want to join in? Take a video of yourself reading aloud from a banned book and submit it online!
Banned and Challenged Books
A website of the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom
A website of the American Library Association Office of Intellectual Freedom
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