September 30 - October 6, 2012
Events
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Events that are taking place online are listed at the top. Events taking place at local establishments are grouped below by state.
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Banned Books Week Sponsors
YouTube @ youtube.com/bannedbooksweekBanned Books Week Virtual Read-Out!Banned Books Week Sponsors
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Begins now through October 1, 2011Chris Finan/Nanette Perez800-545-2433, ext. 4223bbw@ala.org
Since the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores throughout the country have staged local read-outs as part of their activities. This year, for the first time, readers from around the world will be able to participate virtually in Banned Books Week, Sept. 24 – Oct.1. During this year’s celebration of Banned Books Week, readers will be able to proclaim the virtues of their favorite banned books by posting videos of themselves reading excerpts to a dedicated YouTube channel. -
http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe
onlineBanned Books Week Auctionhttp://myworld.ebay.com/abffe
Sept. 9-30Chris Finan212-587-4025, ext. 4chris@abffe.org
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, the bookseller’s voice in the fight against censorship, is conducting an online auction featuring over 70 pieces by leading artists in the children’s book industry, including Peter Brown, Susan Jeffers, Wendell Minor, Adam Rex and Paul O. Zelinsky. The eBay auction will culminate during Banned Books Week (Sept. 24-Oct. 1), the only national celebration of the freedom to read. One-third of the art will be auctioned each week with new works posted on Fridays. Items can be located on ABFFE’s eBay page, http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe In addition to sponsoring Banned Books Week, ABFFE co-sponsors the Kids Right to Read Project with the National Coalition Against Censorship. -
www.storysnoops.com
Online Only EventBanned Books Week Interview Series on StorySnoop.comwww.storysnoops.com
We will host a Banned Books Week event
9/26/11-10/1/11Jennifer Nagel408-309-0391jennifernagel@storysnoops.com
In support of intellectual freedom, StorySnoops.com will be running an interview series during the American Library Association's Banned Books Week, September 26-October 1. Guests will include highly esteemed and frequently challenged authors Lois Lowry, Chris Crutcher, Walter Dean Myers, and Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. School Library Journal blogger Joyce Valenza will also be featured. StorySnoops.com was founded on the principle that young readers should be able to make selections from the full range of available literature. The service is designed to encourage young people to discover many types of books that they will enjoy.
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Gadsden
Gadsden Public LibraryFree the Book and Free AmandaGadsden AL
8/27/2011Amanda Jackson(256) 549-4699bbw@ala.org
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Bisbee
Copper Queen LibraryBisbee AZ 856036 Main Street
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 24 - October 1, 2011Peg White520 432-4232pwhite@bisbeepl.lib.az.us
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Chandler
Valley Unitarian Universalist CongregationWhere's Waldo? Banned! Celebrating our Freedom to Read!Chandler AZ 852266400 W Del Rio
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 29thLauree Perry480-899-4249lperry98@earthlink.net
Yes, poor Waldo has been one of the books some have tried to ban over the years. Come and see if you can spot why. Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week in September it highlights the benefits of free and open access to information; and also to the harms of censorship by bringing attention to the actual or attempted banning of books. There were almost 350 challenges last year, and due to the commitment of librarians, teachers, and other concerned citizens, most were unsuccessful and the materials were retained in the school curriculum or library collection. To celebrate our fREADom, we invite you to a Banned Books Celebration in the Sanctuary on Thursday September 29th at 7:00 pm. Come hear readings from Banned Books through the years, and find out what you can do if a book is challenged in your community. (Snacks and beverages provided.)
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Redlands
Armacost Library, University of RedlandsMelissa Cardenas-DowRedlands CA 923741249 E. Colton Ave.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Sept. 24 to Oct. 1, 2011Melissa Cardenas-Dow9097488089melissa_cardenasdow@redlands.edu
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San Bernardino
California State University of San BernardinoBanned Book DisplaySan Bernardino CA 917845500 University Parkway
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Iwona Contreras909-537-5102icontrer@csusb.edu
Please stop by the John M. Pfau Library to see our display and check out one of these many books. We thank you, for supporting the library! -
Tarzana
Encino-Tarzana LibraryTarzana CA
David Hagopian(818) 343-1983bbw@ala.org
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Durango
Maria's BookshopBanned Books Week Display and Virtual Read-Out Filming SessionsDurango CO 81301960 Main Ave.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/21, 9/23, 9/25, 9/28 & 9/30Libby Cowles(970) 247-1438libby@mariasbookshop.com
Join us as we celebrate our freedom to read during Banned Books Week! New this year, readers can share the virtues of their favorite banned books by posting videos of themselves reading excerpts to a dedicated YouTube channel. Sign up now for a time slot and we'll film you here in the shop, reading a passage from one of your favorite challenged books. We'll post all the videos we collect on the YouTube channel, demonstrating just how dedicated our community is to fighting censorship. Email libby@mariasbookshop.com to schedule a time, or give us a call or just stop in! While we recognize that the issues surrounding challenges to the inclusion of certain books in school curricula and library shelves are complicated and multifaceted, we are unwaivering in our support of every person's freedom to read. We hope you'll stop in and see our Banned Books Week window display, featuring some books you might never have guessed would appear there. Browse our shelves to locate the bright orange Banned Books Week bookmarks in titles that have been challenged in the past and learn more about why people have objected to them. We guarentee a good conversation will ensue. Most importantly, we hope you will continue to join us in working to protect our freedom to read, not just this week, but all year round!
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Washington Depot
Hickory Stick BookshopCelebrate the Freedom to ReadWashington Depot CT 067942 Green Hill Road
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 23, 2011Pat Moody860-868-0525books@hickorystickbookshop.com
Join us for a fun and important event. Our freedom to choose what we read is an invaluable one. Local authors, artists, teachers and others will join us to read passages from some of their favorite banned or challenged books. Help us raise awareness of that very special freedom. Visit our in-store display for an example of recently banned or challenged books.
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Washington
Georgetown Neighborhood LibraryThe Georgetown Theatre Company READ OUTWashington DC 20003260 R St. N.W.
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Saturday, October 1, 2011Catherine Aselford703-915-1061cathaselford@comcast.net
Actors from The Georgetown Theatre Company will read from Banned Books, Banned Plays and Banned Poetry. Selections include works by Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, Erich Maria Remarque, Oscar Wilde, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Walt Whitman and William Shakespeare. Light refreshments will be served, and a discussion of why specific books have been banned will be encouraged. This event is FREE and open to the public.
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Crystal River
Poe House BooksBanned Books WeekCrystal River FL 44429823 NE 5th St.
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Sept 26-30Kathy Ballo352-795-3887Kathleen@poehousebooks.com
Poe House Books is the independent bookstore serving Crystal River Florida and surrounding Citrus County. Voted Best of the Best for 5 years, our customers know they can count on us to provide the new and used books they are looking for. Banned or not, we love books and we have something for everyone. Read On! -
Crystal River
Poe House BooksBanned Books WeekCrystal River FL 44429823 NE 5th St.
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Sept 26-30Kathy Ballo352-795-3887Kathleen@poehousebooks.com
Poe House Books is the independent bookstore serving Crystal River Florida and surrounding Citrus County. Voted Best of the Best for 5 years, our customers know they can count on us to provide the new and used books they are looking for. Banned or not, we love books and we have something for everyone. Read On! -
Key West
Florida Keys Community College LibraryBanned Books WeekKey West FL 330405901 College Rd.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/24/11 - 10/2/11Lindsey Wharton305-809-3194lindsey.wharton@fkcc.edu
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Lakeland
University of South Florida Polytechnic LibraryBanned Books WeekLakeland FL 338033433 Winter Lake Rd
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
09/27-09/29Catherine Lavallée-Welch8636677737clw@poly.usf.edu
Tuesday, September 27 Read out! LTB terrace, outside LTB 1115 11:30AM-1PM 4:30PM-6PM Wednesday, September 28 First Amendment Film Festival SG Seminar Room LTB 1149 10:30AM-1PM – 1984 (with a group discussion led by Dr. Anne Rice) 4PM-6PM – Shut Up & Sing (with a group discussion led by Dr. John Lennon) Both movies are rated R Thursday, September 29 Book Discussion LTB 1124 12PM-1PM – And Tango Makes Three! Discussion lead by Dr. Ruth Sylvester -
Panama City
Gulf Coast State CollegeRoundtable RetrospectivePanama City FLStudent Center East Conference Room, 2nd floor
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Thursday, September 29Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
A panel of participants representing diverse perspectives will reflect on the censorship controversies in Bay County schools during the 1980s and take questions from the audience. -
Panama City
Gulf Coast State CollegeBanned Book Student Read-OutsPanama City FLStudent Union Breezeway
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27 & 29Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
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Panama City
Gulf Coast State CollegeBlack Box TheaterPanama City FL
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Thursday, September 29Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
Theatrical reading of a censored or banned work by theater students. -
Panama City
Bay County Public LibraryCensorship SimulationPanama City FL 32401898 W. 11th Street
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Sunday, September 25Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
Participate in a mock school board meeting and help decide whether to keep the book "Fade" by Robert Cormier in our schools. Free copies, funded by a grant from the Freedom to Read Foundation's Judith Krug Memorial Fund, are available at the Bay County Public Library Reference Desk while supplies last. -
Panama City
Gulf Coast State CollegeSidewalk Chalk Art DisplayPanama City FL
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 26 & 27Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
Watch art students depict the covers of their favorite banned and censored books. Gulf Coast State College Student Union Breezeway. -
Panama City
Gulf Coast State College & Bay County Public LibraryChris Crutcher, AuthorPanama City FL
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Tuesday, September 27Bettina Mead850-522-2120bmead@nwrls.com
Frequently challenged author Chris Crutcher will present two programs in Panama City on September 27. See him at Gulf Coast State College, Sarzin Lecture Hall (Language & Literature Bldg.), from 12:30-1:45 PM or the Bay County Public Library at 6:00 PM. Copies of his books will be available for purchase.
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Clarkesville
North Georgia Technical CollegeBanned Books Week Read OutClarkesville GA 305231500 Highway 197 North
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 25, 26, 27Christina Teasley706 754 7720cteasley@northgatech.edu
All three campuses will host BBW Read Outs during BBW. In addition, the main campus in Clarkesville has banned books prominently displayed on the front end caps (4 end caps with 4 books each). I borrowed a roll of "Do Not Enter" tape from Campus Police and I used it wrap the front covers of each book. As a result several people have asked about the books on display and dialogs have been started about BBW and the events we're hosting.
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Coralville
Coralville Public LibraryLive Banned Books DisplayCoralville IA 522411401 Fifth St
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Sept 25 - Oct 1Kate Dale319-248-1866kdale@coralville.lib.ia.us
We are hanging a banner with a window cut out of it in the center of our rotunda, with volunteers sitting behind the window silently reading banned books throughout the week. We hope to draw attention to the harms of censorship and create a dialog about challenged and banned books, while at the same time we celebrate our freedom to read. -
Iowa City
Iowa City Public LibraryBanned Books Preschool StorytimeIowa City IA 52240123 S. Linn St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
10:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28Children’s Desk319-356-5200, option 2debgreen@icpl.org
In celebration of Banned Books Week, September 24 to October 1. A preschool-age oriented program for preschoolers where longer stories and books are shared with fewer activities. Preschool Storytime is recommended for children who are 3, 4 or 5 years old. In the storytime room in ICPL's children's department. -
Iowa City
Iowa City Public LibraryIntellectual Freedom Festival Documentary PremiereIowa City IA 52240123 S. Linn St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
2:30-4 p.m. Thursday, September 29Fiction Desk356-5200, option 4fiction1@icpl.org
The premiere of a community documentary featuring teens, adults and seniors talking about intellectual freedom. In Meeting Room A at the Iowa City Public Library. -
Iowa City
Iowa City Public LibraryOne Community One Book Discussion – ZeitounIowa City IA 52240123 S. Linn St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 5Fiction Desk319-356-5200, option 4fiction1@icpl.org
Join the ICPL staff for a discussion of “Zeitoun” by Dave Eggers, the One Community One Book selection for 2011. One Community, One Book is an annual community-wide reading project coordinated by the UI Center for Human Rights. Co-sponsored by the Iowa City Public Library and the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center. Part of the Intellectual Freedom Festival at the Iowa City Public Library. Meeting Room B. -
Iowa City
Iowa City Public LibraryWhat’s the Bill If We Don’t Get It Right?Iowa City IA 52240123 S. Linn St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
7-9 p.m. Tuesday, October 11Reference Desk319-356-5200, option 5mavclark@icpl.org
Ben Stone, Executive Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa will speak on the Bill of Rights as part of the Iowa City Public Library’s annual Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival. His talk is entitled “What’s the Bill if We Don’t Get It Right? Individual Freedom and the Constitution.” Stone will be introduced by LWVJC board member Carol Spaziani. Mr. Stone’s presentation is the second in a series of eight monthly community conversations on the U.S. Constitution, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County. This event is open to the public. This event will be broadcast LIVE on The Library Channel, Iowa City cable channel 10. Part of the Intellectual Freedom Festival. In Meeting Room A.
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Chicago
VariousBooks on the Chopping BlockChicago IL
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Terry McCabe(773) 293-3682nielsenkaty@aol.com
City Lit Theater Company, in collaboration with the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office of Intellectual Freedom, presents Books on the Chopping Block, a celebration of the ALA’s 32nd annual Banned Books Week (September 24 – October 1). Books on the Chopping Block is a 60-minute program consisting of readings from the top ten most frequently challenged books of 2010. City Lit will present seven dramatic readings during Banned Books Week of short excerpts from these books at libraries throughout the Chicagoland area, culminating with a final performance in suburban Glencoe. This year's readings will be performed by Gordy Andina, Lindsay Madison, Jim Morley, and Katy Nielsen. City Lit’s Books on the Chopping Block performance series will take place during Banned Books Week at the following locations: Sunday, September 25 @ 2:00pm - Harold Washington Library, 400 S State St. Monday, September 26 @ 6:30pm - Austin-Irving Branch, 6100 W Irving Park Rd. Tuesday, September 27 @ 4:00pm - Budlong Woods Branch, 5600 N Lincoln Ave. @ 7:00pm - Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake St, Oak Park Wednesday, September 28 @ 6:00pm - Bezazian Branch, 1226 W. Ainslie St. Saturday, October 1 @ 2:00pm - Roosevelt Branch, 1101 W. Taylor St. Sunday, October 2 @ 2:00pm - Glencoe Public Library, 320 Park Ave, Glencoe All events are free to the public For more information please visit City Lit's website: www.citylit.org/ALAsBannedBooksWeek.htm -
Macomb
Western Illinois University Library Garden LoungeBanned and DeterminedMacomb IL
8/27/2011Tammy Sayles309-298-3298TJ-Sayles@wiu.edu
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Normal
Illinois State UniversityWell, I'll Be Banned: A Reading of Challenged and Censored ‘Tween and Teen Books”Normal IL 61790Center for the Visual Arts on ISU campus
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 21, 2011Jan Susina309-438-3739jcsusina@ilstu.edu
In anticipation of Banned Books Week, graduate students in Professor Jan Susina's Department of English course on tween literature are organizing a reading of tween and teen books that have been banned of challenged. The free reading will be held Wed., Sept. 21 at 7 pm. ISU's English Department has a long history of supporting the freedom to read. -
Palatine
Harper College LibraryBanned Books Week presentations/lecturesPalatine IL 600671200 Algonquin
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 26-30, 2011Michele Ukleja847-925-6859mukleja@harpercollege.edu
The Harper College Library will be hosting 4 presentations/lectures throughout Banned Books Week. Our first event is a lecture on Copernicus' On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres; the second presentation is on Sherman Alexie's he Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian featuring student readers; the third event is a lecture on the works of Judy Blume; and the final event will be scenes from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest featuring students from the Theater Club. Throughout the entire week we will also feature a "Banned Books Week Corner" where students can record their virtual banned book readout.
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Naperville
Anderson's BookshopsWe love banned books!Naperville il 60540123 W. Jefferson Ave.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Spetember 24thbecky Anderson630-355-2665becky@andersonsbookshop.com
We are hosting our 8th Annual Young Adult Literature Conference. I plan on having all 300 attendees and 23 authors read simultaneously from the same banned YA novel. I will film it and them post on the YouTube Channel.
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Indianapolis
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial LibrarySarah Ockler Author VisitIndianapolis IN340 N. Senate Avenue
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27, 2011Julia Whitehead3176521954info@vonnegutlibrary.org
Sarah Ockler, author of the often-challenged title Twenty Boy Summer, will discuss her book and censorship, specifically the recent book ban at a Republic, Missouri, high school that banned her book and Slaughterhouse-Five. “Book banning is inexcusable, but I'm proud to be in such good company,” Ockler said. “There are so many options for entertainment and distraction today -- video games, television, social networking, text messaging. A teen's desire to read books must be cherished and championed, not limited or controlled. Galapagos was the first Vonnegut novel I ever read, and the connection is clear: book banning is another example of our big, overly complex brains mucking things up.” -
Indianapolis
IUPUI Campus - Democracy Plaza BreezewayBanned Books Read-OutIndianapolis IN 46202755 W. Michigan Street
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Thursday, September 29thCarri Genovese317-270-8286cluster@iupui.edu
Join ALISS (the Association for Library and Information Science Students) as we celebrate our freedom to read with a banned books read-out on September 29th from 9-5 in the Democracy Plaza Breezeway. -
Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Library ConcourseBanned Books READ OUTNotre Dame IN 46556
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/26/2011Naomi Bishop574-631-2987nbishop1@nd.edu
Banned Books Week READ OUT Hesburgh Library Concourse Monday, September 26, 2011, 6-7pm READINGS of the 2010 most challenged books NEW EXHIBIT by Professor Robert Sedlack’s Graphic Design 3 COOKIES, COFFEE, and TEA -
Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame Hesburgh Library ConcourseBanned Books READ OUTNotre Dame IN 46556
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/26/2011Naomi Bishop574-631-2987nbishop1@nd.edu
Banned Books Week READ OUT Hesburgh Library Concourse Monday, September 26, 2011, 6-7pm READINGS of the 2010 most challenged books NEW EXHIBIT by Professor Robert Sedlack’s Graphic Design 3 COOKIES, COFFEE, and TEA -
Vincennes
Shake Library-Vincennes UniversityBanned Books ReadoutVincennes IN 475911002 N. 1st St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 30, 2011Anita Slack(812) 888-5377aslack@vinu.edu
Please join us on the stairs of the Shake Library at Vincennes University for a Banned Books Readout. Faculty and staff from Vincennes University will read passages from their favorite banned books. There will also be a display available for viewing from September 26-30th. A contest will be held all week challenging students and community members to match titles of banned or challenged books to the comments that were made about them with prizes including gift certificates to Grinders coffee shop in the Beckes Student Union. Come celebrate your freedom to read. Remember, free people read freely! -
Winamac
Pulaski County Public LibraryCommunity Banned Book DiscussionWinamac IN 46996121 S. Riverside Dr.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27, 2011Lynda Irving5749463432lirving@pulaskicounty.lib.in.us
With the recent national attention regarding Slaughterhouse Five, the book has been selected for the 2011 Pulaski County Public Library Community Banned Book Discussion. The Library is honored to announce that librarians from the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library will visit Winamac to facilitate the community book discussion, which will be held on Tuesday, September 27th at 5:30 p.m.
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Pepperell
Lawrence LibraryPepperell MA 0146315 Main St.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9-28-11Jo Ann Pierce978-433-0330jpierce@cwmars.org
View displays of Banned Books throughout the library. You won't believe some of the titles! Come to a story time for young children featuring some banned or challenged preschool books on Wed. September 28 @ 10:30 A.M.
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Baltimore
Baltimore, MDFundraiser for Enoch Pratt and CBLDFBaltimore MD 212311928 Fleet St
We will host a Banned Books Week event
9/28/2011 7pmMelissa Miller862.205.9535millermelis@gmail.com
Come join us for an evening supporting challenged books! Reading of "And Tango Makes Three" Raffles and Drink Specials all night long Book donations accepted. Some of the Raffle items: 4 tickets to the Aquarium 2 tickets to the Visionary Arts Museum 2 tickets to a preview show at Center Stage $150 worth of stuff from Collectors Corner
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Bangor
Nottage Library, UMA-BangorREAD ANY BANNED BOOKS LATELY?Bangor ME 0440185 Texas Avenue
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Sept. 26-Oct. 1Lisa Feldman(207) 262-7900ucblibrary@maine.edu
We will host a display books in the Nottage Library collection that have been challenged or banned in the last couple of years, including information on where and why each book was challenged.
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Hillsboro
Jefferson College LibraryFree Your Mind.. Read a Banned BookHillsboro MO 630501000 Viking Dr.
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Sept. 19-Oct 15Lisa Pritchard6364813160refdesk@jeffco.edu
We will be hosting both in-house and online exhibits to celebrate Banned Books Week. -
Republic and Springfield
Springfield Greene County LibraryBanned Books Read-Out and Panel DiscussionRepublic and Springfield MO
We will host a Banned Books Week event
October 1, 2011Kathleen O'Dell417-616-0564kathleeno@thelibrary.org
Guests will read from banned/challenged books. 10:00 - 10:30 a.m., Republic Branch Library, 921 N. Lindsey Ave., Republic, MO Noon - 12:30 p.m., Library Station, 2535 N. Kansas Expressway (with Sarah Ockler) 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. Brentwood Branch Library, 2214 Brentwood Blvd. 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. The Library Center, Read-Out and panel discussion with Sarah Ockler All events are free and open to the public. -
Springfield
Drury UniversityBanned Books Read-OutSpringfield MO
Katherine Gilbert(417) 873-7879kgilbert@drury.edu
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Springfield
Springfield-Greene County Librayr CenterAn Evening with Sarah OcklerSpringfield MO
We will host a Banned Books Week event
8/30/2011Kathleen O'Dell(417) 616-0564kathleeno@thelibrary.org
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Springfield
Springfield-Greene County Library Park Central BranchSupposedly Scandalous Film FestivalSpringfield MO 65806128 Park Central Square
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 24 - October 1, 2011Jordan Gloyd417-831-1342jordang@thelibrary.org
Kick off Banned Books Week by celebrating one of the most beloved and most banned series of books in the last 10 years: Harry Potter. Park Central Branch Library will host Harry Potter Day on September 24, complete with trivia games, a costume contest, Harry Potter-themed snacks, and back-to-back showings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part One. Come dressed as your favorite character for a whole afternoon of Harry Potter fun. Series continues Monday, 9/26, 6 p.m.: Where the Wild Things Are, running time 109 mins, rated PG-13 Tuesday, 9/27, 6 p.m.: Alice in Wonderland, running time 108 mins, rated PG-13 Wednesday, 9/28, 6 p.m.: To Kill a Mockingbird, running time 129 mins, not rated Thursday, 9/29, 6 p.m.: The Color Purple, running time 154 mins, rated PG-13 Friday, 9/30, 6 p.m.: My Sister's Keeper, running time 122 mins, rated PG-13 Saturday, 10/1: Roald Dahl-athon 2 p.m.: James and the Giant Peach, running time 79 mins, rated PG 3:30 p.m.: Matilda, running time 102 mins, rated PG 5:30 p.m.: The Witches, running time 91 mins, rated PG 7 p.m.: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, running time 115 mins, rated PG -
Springfield
Springfield-Greene County Library Library StationBook Challenges, Schools and School LibrariesSpringfield MO 658032535 N. Kansas Expressway
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27, 2011Kathleen O'Dell417-616-0564kathleeno@thelibrary.org
A panel discussion with area school officials and board members. Moderator: Brian Fogle. Panel includes Springfield’s Dr. Norm Ridder, School Board member and Springfield attorney Andy Hosmer; Dr. John Lilley, a local columnist for the Springfield News-Leader and a member of the Willard School Board of Education; Thanks, Nixa Schools’ Director of Technology & Strategic Planning Process David Liss, and Kerri Huff, English instructor at Ozarks Technical Community College. -
Springfield
Springfield-Greene County Library Brentwood BranchSkype with banned author Chris Crutcher and Dr. Rodney Allen, Kurt Vonnegut authority and Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library board memberSpringfield MO 658042214 Brentwood Blvd.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 29, 2011Kathleen O'Dell417-616-0564kathleeno@thelibrary.org
Skype with Chris Crutcher at 7:00 p.m. Skype with Dr. Rodney Allen at 8:00 p.m. -
Springfield
Springfield-Greene County Library The Library CenterAn Evening with Sarah OcklerSpringfield MO 658104653 S. Campbell Ave.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 30, 2011Kathleen O'Dell417-616-0564kathleeno@thelibrary.org
7:00 p.m. The Library Center Auditorium The Banned Books Week guest speaker is the bestselling author of "Fixing Delilah" and the recently banned "Twenty Boy Summer." Ms. Ockler will discuss how book challenges affect writers and their readers, and make her case for the freedom to read. Copies of "Twenty Boy Summer will be available to purchase. Book signing will follow the program. Free and open to the public. -
St. Louis
The Book House, Inc - St. LouisBanned Books READ OUTSt. Louis MO 631199719 Manchester Rd.
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
all month thru Oct 1stMichelle Barron314-968-4491michelle@bookhousestl.com
We are looking for DARING READERS to come read for us! We are filming two minute videos to post to the ABFFE Banned Books Week Youtube Channel celebrating our Freedom to Read whatever we want to! Pick out your favorite passage in a banned, or challenged book (or choose from books in our display). Its easy, its fun, come by anytime during our regular business hours and we will film and post your READ OUT. Participate in the National Conversation!
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Bismarck
Bismarck State College LibraryRead Out!Bismarck ND 585011500 Edwards Avenue
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 28, 2011Marlene Anderson701-224-5578Marlene.Anderson@bismarckstate.edu
“You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” -- Ray Bradbury, U.S. science fiction writer (1920- ) CELEBRATE YOUR FREEDOM TO READ Banned Books Week 2011 READ OUT! Wednesday, September 28 - Noon to 1 p.m. Bismarck State College Library Join us for readings by Dan Rogers’ Oral Interpretation class and other guest readers from books that have been banned or challenged.
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Alamogordo
Alamogordo Public LibraryBook discussion of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"Alamogordo NM 88310920 Oregon Avenue
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 26Allen Stenger575-491-3633StenBiz@gmail.com
Event is 6-8 PM in the library's Rhodes Room. -
Alamogordo
NMSU-Alamogordo Central PatioBanned Books Week Read-OutAlamogordo NM 883102400 N. Scenic Drive
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27Allen Stenger575-491-3633StenBiz@gmail.com
Event starts at 12:15 PM. Read for five minutes (about one page) from your favorite banned book. -
Alamogordo
Alamogordo Public LibraryBanned Books Week Costume GalaAlamogordo NM 88310920 Oregon Avenue
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 29Allen Stenger575-491-3633StenBiz@gmail.com
Event is 6-8 PM, in the library's Multipurpose Room. Dress as a character or concept from your favorite banned book. Prizes will be awarded for the best entries. -
Santa Fe
Vista Grande Public LibraryBanned Books On FilmSanta Fe NM
Susie Dunbar(505) 466-7323bbw@ala.org
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Las Vegas
Majorie Barrick MuseumSeduction of the InnocentLas Vegas NV 891194505 S. Maryland Parkway
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/30/11Pj Perez702-856-9841pjperezvegas@gmail.com
The Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is producing two art exhibits this Fall in conjunction with UNLV’s Marjorie Barrick Museum to raise awareness of both sequential art and the museum itself. The first of these exhibits, “Seduction of the Innocent,” will feature a visual history of comic book censorship throughout the decades in honor of Banned Books Week, but we’re not just opening it with some boring wine-and-cheese reception. No, the Comic Book Festival and the Barrick Museum have partnered with Yelp to present a fun-filled event capping that website’s "Yelp Geeks Out” month on Friday, Sept. 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. In addition to guided tours of the exhibit itself, guests can peruse comics and related merchandise at one of several retailer booths, taste delicious food cooked up by local restaurants, enjoy libations of both the adult and all-ages varieties, and even have their caricatures drawn. It’s the perfect opportunity to explore all that the Barrick Museum has to offer, meet local comic book creators and experts, and pick up a copy of Yelp’s Geek Guide, a handy digest to help you find all the raddest places to geek out on games, toys, comics and more in Las Vegas. Admission to the event is free and open to the public, but we ask that you please RSVP on Yelp (bit.ly/BanComics) as space is limited, and you don’t want to miss out on this first satellite event leading up to the 2011 Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival! -
Reno
Grassroots BooksCelebrate Your Freedom To ReadReno NV 89502660 E. Grove Street
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Ongoing during entire weekJoetta Macills775-828-2665grassrootsjoetta@gmail.com
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Cambridge
Hubbard HallBanned Books Read-outCambridge NY 1261825 East Main Street
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 30, 2011Gina Deibel518-677-2495gina@hubbardhall.org
Friday, September 30 at 7:30pm, Hubbard Hall Mainstage. Join us for an exciting, fast-paced evening of selections from a wide variety of books read with drama and passion by local journalists, Theater Company actors, students, teachers and other special guests. Free. -
New York
Housing Works Bookstore CafeMike Edison's Fourth Annual Banned Books Week PartyNew York NY126 Crosby St.
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Sept. 28, 7 p.m.Housing Works212-334-3324press@housingworks.org
Mike Edison (of High Times magazine, Screw, Hustler, Penthouse, and author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go) hosts his Fourth Annual Banned Books Party celebrating Banned Books Week and illuminating America’s sordid past of banning and challenging great books. Guests this year include Richard Nash (creator of Cursor, publisher at Red Lemonade, Utne Reader‘s one of Fifty Visionaries Changing Your World, Mashable.com #1 Twitter User Changing the Shape of Publishing) and Melissa Petro (a New School MFA, freelance writer, and former sex worker who worked three years as a public school teacher in the South Bronx), who will talk about censorship in our daily lives. Comedy writer Todd Hanson (The Onion), author Rachel Shukert (Everything Here Is Going to Be Great), and author and bookseller Alex Dawson (Raconteur Books) will read their favorite banned books with a live soundtrack provided by the Interstellar Rendezvous All-Star Band. All this plus another round of the legendary “Name That Banned Book” contest — come on down for some state-sponsored fear and fabulous prizes!
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Dayton
Dayton Metro Library - East BranchBanned Books Week Read OutDayton OH 454102008 Wyoming Street
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
09/26/2011 thru 10/01/2011Kim Bishop(937)496-8740kbishop@daytonmetrolibrary.org
East Branch Library will host a week long Read-A-Thon with members of the community - students, teachers, librarians, professors, city officials, school administrators, library lovers - reading aloud during library open hours. All readings will be conducted inside a life-size cage, representing the restrictions which have been placed on literature placed inside the cage with the reader. The event will be streamed on our website with live video. Readers will have the option to turn on/off the microphone to enable sound to stream, too. -
Gambier
Kenyon College, Olin and Chalmers LibrariesGambier OH 43022
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
9/27/11Julia Warga740-427-5834glynnj@kenyon.edu
Special activities & events include: * Word Search Puzzle Contest. *"The Perks of Being a Wallflower," A Banned Books Week Discussion on 9/27 at noon in the Kenyon College Bookstore. * Display in the library.
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Hubbard
Hubbard, Ohio"Of Misfits and Mayhem" Banned Books Read OutHubbard Oh 44425249 Roosevelt Drive
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Saturday, September 24Amy Neral330-534-3512amy@beyond-books.org
Register to read in advance by email or just come listen to excerpts from banned books. This program is sponsored by Racepro, the Ault family, Hubbard Public Library Teens, and Progressive Printing.
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Tulsa
Tulsa Community College (TCC)Learning Resources Center (LRC) Lunchtime Learning Program About Banned BooksTulsa OK 74119West Campus, Southeast Campus
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Sept. 26, 29, 2011Demetrrius Bereolos918-595-8093dbereolos@tulsacc.edu
From September 26-31, all Learning Resources Center(LRC) staff and librarians will wear Banned Books Week pins. LRC Lunchtime Learning Programs (i.e. lunch and learn style program) about censorship and banned books will be presented at two of four TCC Campus locations--featuring books listed in ALA Banned Books Week source materials.
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Bea's Book Nook
Bea's Book NookBanned Book Week Blog HopBea's Book Nook OO
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Sep. 24 - Oct. 1Bea Connors9788550596beasbooknook@gmail.com
The blog is participating in a Banned Book Week blog hop that has over 200 blogs. Each blog is giving away either a banned book or a gift card, and also posting information about Banned Book Week. I have lined up authors and bloggers to review banned books (2), write guest posts on the topics of banning and censorship and many authors have donated banned books and gift cards for giveaways. The giveaways are open all Sep. 24th through Oct. 1st and the winners will be announced later in the week.
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Portland
Watzek Library, Lewis & Clark CollegeThey Don't Want You to Read These BooksPortland OR 97214
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Darren Heiber503-768-7277darrenh@lclark.edu
Thanks to inspiration from examples on the ALA website, we decided to display books that have been banned or challenged in Oregon. Books are wrapped in brown paper and the reason for the challenge is written on the front in black ink. Books include a red slip with the title, details of the reason for challenge, and a reminder that patrons are encouraged to check out the book right now. We have also set up a response board next to the display with different controversial questions about censorship displayed daily. Patrons are able to provide their own thoughts on the subject. In terms of the event, we are working with our local student branch of ACLU to perform a half-hour to hour-long read out of banned and challenged works in the library lobby, across from the display.
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Philadelphia
Rosenbach Museum & LibraryAuthors of MischiefPhiladelphia PA 191032008-2010 Delancey Place
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 27, 2011Elyse Poinsett(215)732-1600epoinsett@rosenbach.org
Authors of Mischief Tuesday, September 27, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Join us for a reading during Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. You’ll hear people from all walks of life read banned and censored materials from the collections by authors such as Shakespeare, John Donne, and Lewis Carroll. Free for members! Included in general admission. RSVP to rsvp@rosenbach.org or (215) 732-1600 ext. 123. -
Philadelphia
Rosenbach Museum & LibraryBurn This: Censorship, Secrecy, and Survival in the Rosenbach CollectionPhiladelphia PA 191032008-2010 Delancey Place
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
Ongoing through December 11, 2011Elyse Poinsett(215)732-1600epoinsett@rosenbach.org
Burn This: Censorship, Secrecy, and Survival in the Rosenbach Collection On view during museum hours through December 11, 2011 A United States Representative wrote “Burn this” on his letters written on the floor of Congress during balloting that would decide the presidential election of 1800. Yet his letters survived. And they’re not alone. Many objects in the Rosenbach collections have survived for decades or centuries despite the intentions of their authors or others who wanted them destroyed or altered. This exhibition looks at books, manuscripts, and art that endured censorship, self-censorship, secrecy, and episodes of natural and human destruction. -
Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Bldg. auditorium, Pitt campus, OaklandfREADom Celebration of Banned Books WeekPittsburgh PA 15260Schenley Plaza, Schenley Drive
We will host a Banned Books Week event
Monday, September 26, 2011Barb Feige412-681-7736freadom@aclupa.org
Free performances of excerpts from banned books/plays/songs by: -Jasiri X, rap artist & social activist [performing his own banned songs, "Free the Jena 6" & "What if the Tea Party was Black?"] -LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) [reading from Women On Top by Nancy Friday] -Karl Hendricks, singer/songwriter, guitarist [reading from Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig] -Bricolage Production Company, adventurous theater [performing a "women under the influence" medley of banned plays] -Chris Rawson, Senior Theater Critic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [reading from A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.] -Kelli Stevens Kane, Poet, Playwright & Oral Historian [reading from The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison] -Plus a Video presentation medley of banned quotes, comics, films & songs -
Scranton
Lackawanna County Children's LibraryScranton PA
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Liz Kluesner(570) 348-3000, extension 3015bbw@ala.org
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Barrington
Barrington Public LibraryBanned Books Family BuffetBarrington RI 02908281 County Rd.
We will host a Banned Books Week event
9/25/2011Amy Greer401-247-1920 x312agreer@barringtonlibrary.org
Celebrate Banned Books Week and Family Dinners Week in style with a potluck dinner at the Barrington Public Library, in collaboration with the BAY Team and Barrington Books. This is not your average potluck! Plan for an evening of read alouds from your favorite banned books, a dramatic reading or two from local actors, music, raffles, food and fun for the whole family. If you can, bring your favorite dish to share with your fellow diners. This will be an evening of fun, celebrating families and books of all kinds!! For lists of banned books, please visit our website link: http://www.barringtonlibrary.org/bannedbookslistings.htm.
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San Angelo
Angelo State UniversityBanned Books ReadoutSan Angelo TX 76909
We will host a Banned Books Week event
September 28thYolanda Fay Elias432-209-3086yelias@angelo.edu
The Pi Nu Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta is hosting our 2nd Annual Banned Books Readout in our University Commons. We begin at 11:00am and go until 4:00pm, reading banned/challenged/loved literature in 5 minute increments. We have departments across campus participate: English, Communications, History, Drama, Modern Languages, etc. The event tries to raise awareness about the importance of our freedom to read and write without censorship as well as the cultural value of literature.
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Salt Lake City
Sam Weller's BookstoreBanned Books Read-OutSalt Lake City UT 84101254 S Main St
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
September 24John Clukey801-328-2586john@samwellers.com
Saturday, September 24, 5 PM - 7 PM. Sam Weller's will host a Banned Books Read-Out, which we will record for the Banned Books Virtual Read-Out. Call 801-328-2586, or email john@samwellers.com to sign up. -
Salt Lake City
The King's English BookshopDorothee Kocks | Glass HarmonicaSalt Lake City UT 841051511 S 1500 E
We will host a Banned Books Week displayWe will host a Banned Books Week event
October 1Jenny Lyons801-484-9100jenny@kingsenglish.com
Saturday, October 1, 4 p.m. To celebrate Banned Books Week and the start of National Book Month, author Dorothee Kocks will read from, discuss and sign her historical novel, The Glass Harmonica. The novel features a nineteenth century bookseller who sold illicit books, and his wife, who plays Benjamin Franklin's glass harmonica, a controversial instrument that caused "even ladies of more mature age" to experience "pangs of blessed rapture." Presented in partnership with the Utah Humanities Book Festival.
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Norfolk
Old Dominion UniversityBanned Books: Sex, Lies, and WizardsNorfolk VA 23529Virginia House
We will host a Banned Books Week event
9/27/11Alicia DeFonzo000-000-0000adefonzo@odu.edu
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." – Mark Twain Banned Books Week is an annual event designed to raise public awareness regarding literary censorship in America. Because of sex, religion, language, or otherwise controversial content, hundreds of books are challenged in public schools and libraries each year. This lecture will review this “divisive” material and also tackle pertinent questions like: who can challenge? How does a book’s popularity affect challenges? Where does intellectual freedom end and censorship begin?
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Plymouth
Book HeadsPlymouth WI
We will host a Banned Books Week display
Susan Noordyk920-892-6657bookheads@excel.net