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Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. It highlights the value of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the Unit

Banned Books 2022

This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who provide access to reading materials. Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.”

- Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom

Banned Books Week Presentation