Banned Books Week

Celebration

This Library Participates in Banned Books Week. Oct 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights. ALA.org/BBooks
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Banned Books Week, September 22-28, 2024.

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. By focusing on efforts to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Typically (but not always) held during the last week of September, the annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas.

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September 22 - 28, 2024
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Banned Books Week
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