Banned Books Week
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Banned Books Week, the annual spotlight on book censorship and intellectual freedom, will be held October 1 - 7, 2023. #BannedBooksWeek
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2023 saw libraries and library workers take action for their communities amid escalated censorship attempts and adverse legislation. Learn more and see this year's #BannedBookList in the 2024 State of America’s Libraries Report. bit.ly/soal-2024 #NationalLibraryWeek
To kick off #NationalLibraryWeek , ALA OIF released its annual #BannedBooksList . Find out which books were the most challenged in 2023 and help raise awareness about the freedom to read. bit.ly/ALA-Top10
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It's #RightToReadDay . We can't let censorship eclipse our freedom to read!
The number of unique titles challenged in 2023 shattered the previous records. We need EVERYONE who believes in the right to read to take action today and #UniteAgainstBookBans : uniteagainstbookbans.org/right-to-read-…
Read the 2/17/24 @oif #IntellectualFreedom News for the latest links to news highlights, censorship (long list), #1stAmendment /free speech/civil liberties, legislation, social media, Around the Web, American Library Association & more. #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IFRT oif.ala.org/intellectual-f…
Our latest report on recent book bans and challenges happening across the U.S. includes news from Florida, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as a look at children's picture books that have been targeted in recent years and why. #bannedbooks ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-bo…
.Judy Blume will be the first-ever recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature. The Feb. 17th ceremony Fisher Center at Bard will feature keynotes from ALA President Emily Drabinski and U.S. Department of Education's Matt Nosanchuk.
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Applications are now open for the annual Libraries Transform Communities Engagement Grant! Two libraries will be awarded $2,000 to support a project that empowers the community. Learn more and apply by February 1: bit.ly/3QHiPYc #LibrariesTransform
🔨 Need tools and tips on how to fight book bans in your community? Check out our #UniteAgainstBookBans Action Toolkit: UniteAgainstBookBans.org/toolkit. We've put together talking points, tips for writing letters to the editor, a template resolution, and more to help you get started.
Groups across the country are organizing to fight back against book bans. Learn what you can do and join the movement at UniteAgainstBookBans.org
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The ALA/NBC Banned Book Club will kick off the new year with a discussion of Art Spiegelman’s groundbreaking graphic novel, Maus. Join us for a live chat about the book on ALA's Facebook page January 4 at 12:30 p.m. CT bit.ly/47ccXfA
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Our Banned Bookmobile tour stops in Lexington, KY today! We’re on the road until October 28 in celebration of Banned Books Week, distributing books, presenting author readers, and showing what you can do to fight against book bans #LetFreedomRead RSVP: trib.al/cmsXfCC
Catch TNR Saturday 10/21 in Lexington, KY! In celebration of Banned Books Week, we’re taking to the road, distributing books, presenting author readings, and showing how you can fight against book bans. #LetFreedomRead join us: trib.al/PXUakHa
Now through October 28, we’re celebrating Banned Books Week with a festival on wheels! See where we’ll be on our 13 city tour, and join us for book distributions, author readings, and demos on how you can fight against book banning. #LetFreedomRead RSVP: trib.al/apdK0nO
In one Pennsylvania school district, local parents are standing up for their rights—and taking on a national network that, though 'flush with dark money,' must now advertise for 'talented clappers.'
Moms for Liberty meets its match, by Amanda Marcotte:
salon.com/2023/10/10/mom…
We might have wrapped up #BannedBooksWeek in the US, but our friends in Sweden are just getting started! Led by Svenska PEN & the Dawit Isaak Library, Oct 9-15! bannedbooksweek.org/banned-books-w… #bannedbooksweeksverige #LetFreedomRead
#BannedBooksWeek may be over, but the threats to FREADom never stop. Let the enthusiasm you feel this week carry you on into the year, & continue to defend books & ideas. We are here, ready to help & support you in #Louisiana .
Now if we could harvest the energy from #BannedBooksWeek into each of us taking an action, we could accomplish change.
📢 READ AND SHARE BANNED BOOKS. Our youths' future depends on it.
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