Support Banned Books Week 9/30

Support Banned Books Week 9/30 – 10/6

September 24th, 2012 // 5:41 pm @ Site Admin

Banned Books Week is the national book community’s annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events.

The 2012 celebration of Banned Books Week will be held from September 30 through October 6. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982.

According to the American Library Association, there were 326 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2011, and many more go unreported.

There are many events scheduled around the Country. Click here to find the one closest to you and get out and support this worthy cause.

We will be attending an event called, “50 Shades of Banned” in NYC, where they’ll be reading from everything from “Fifty Shades of Grey” to “Fanny Hill” to “Joe Blow” by readers including sexologist Dr. Logan Levkoff, comedy duo MURDERFIST and more. The event will be on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 8 p.m and there is a $10 suggested donation, with proceeds going to benefit NCAC and CBLDF, in other words, to defend your First Amendment freedoms.