This is the secod year the Ourense's Public Library (Spain) organizes a Banned Books Week display. There will be a selecction of banned books and graphic novels (wrapped with a band which contains the reasons why they were banned) for loan, a banned books quiz and some posters with quotes about the importance of freedom of expression and covers of other banned books. 

Banning Books: Understanding without Reading An Exhibition by Matthew Peter Nagowski Opening Reception Friday, September 6th, 5-9pm The Western New York Book Arts Center presents an exhibition by WNY artist Matthew Peter Nagowski, on view September 6 – September 28, 2019. An opening reception to celebrate the exhibition will be held Friday, September 6th from 5-9pm. This event is free and open to the public. Banning Books: Understanding without Reading is an exhibition presenting frequently banned or challenged books through textual analysis and…

A screening of the 2018 HBO original film Fahrenheit 451 based on the classic (and frequently challenged) novel by Ray Bradbury.

Censorship leaves us in the dark, so we are keeping the light on with our Adult/Teen September craft! In preparation for Banned Books Week we will be making light-up notebooks with LED lights and paper circuits, so you will always have a space for your ideas. This is a part of the Los Altos Library monthly Adult/Teen craft program. All supplies are provided and no registration is necessary. Everyone is welcome!

Bring a friend & a snack, grab a delicious beer, and chat! Join our Pints & Pages Book Club on Thursday, September 19, 6:00 p.m. at 2nd Bridge Brewing Company to discuss Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury! We’ll discuss this classic in honor of Banned Books Week. Free Banned Books swag, too!

A BANNED BOOK AT BEDTIME - From The Grimoire To The Bodice Ripper: Discover ancient magical texts subverted as evidence in early witch trials, unpublished transcriptions of conversations with angels, alchemic formulae, works of occult philosophy and novels so racy and depraved they were banned from sale on the Paris Metro: welcome to The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic’s Banned Books Week event for 2019. A full programme of events is on our website. Attend in person: 21st & 22nd September…

Freedom to Read September 21, 2019 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Downtown Farmer's Market Cost: Free! Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books week.  Stop by our informational table at the Saturday Farmers Market to pick up information, bookmarks and buttons, provided by Brooks Library. • Where to go for more information: http://www.lib.cwu.edu/events-calendar • Sponsor/contact information: Maureen Rust / mrust@cwu.edu

Join us for readings of banned books to celebrate Banned Books Week. Feel free to prepare a passage from your favorite banned book to read or just come out and listen. This promises to be an inspirational and uplifting afternoon for bibliophiles.

Books will be wrapped in brown paper with the reason they have been challenged written on the front so the patrons will have to guess which titles are inside.

Free dramatic reading by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom. The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Get caught reading a banned book! Use our background and props and your own phone to snap a photo of yourself with your favorite book from the lists of Frequently Banned and Challenged Books. Then post it to your social media to let people know you support the right to read freely! If you don't mind us using your photo on our social media, use our hashtag, #SCLReadsFreely, and you could be featured on SCL's Twitter or Facebook! All ages,…

We're doing it again! Due to last year's response, Banned Books Week this year will again include our all-ages Readathon! Can you read three banned books of your choice in a week? Sign up for our challenge and tell us what you plan on reading. For each book you finish, you get one entry into a raffle to win some cool prizes! Challenge yourself and bone up on classics old and new. Like Isaac Asimov said, "If a book is…

Display of different banned or censored books will be displayed in public library lobby in order to introduce readers to freedom to read.

Harvard Law School Library Presents: Banned Books Week Svetlana Mintcheva, Director of Programs at the National Coalition Against Censorship and a literary scholar and public commentator will present a talk on the effects contemporary moral outrage has on the arts and culture. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library, the ACLU at HLS, the Harvard Law School Rule of Law Society, the Law and Philosophy Society, and the Harvard Federalist Society. A non-pizza lunch will be served.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Annually since 2005, we at Browne Parker Literary Press have hosted a Banned Books Week Event, and many times Toni Morrison took the mainstage to read excerpts from The Bluest Eye, which has been challenged by many school districts and libraries. This year, to honor her legacy and to celebrate banned books, we will hold a read out exclusively featuring the works of Toni Morrison. Many local personalities will read selected excerpts from the works of Toni Morrison with a spotlight…

Learn about intellectual freedoms, banned books week and censorship at this fun festival. Meet local authors, view the banned books week art exhibit, create a “Read Magazine” cover and more! Open to the public.  

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

5-6 Speakers and a panel will talk about censorship in literature, art, media and prisons. This event will take place at Eastern Connecticut State University at the J. Eugene Smith Library in The Paul E.Johnson Community Conference Room

Banned Books Week, an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment, is September 22-28, 2019. As part of the week’s activities, ACLU Montana, Bozeman Public Library, Country Bookshelf, and MSU Library partner to host Banned Book Trivia at Spectators Bar and Grill. Mary Ann Hansen of MSU Library will MC the event, and Chrysti the Wordsmith and Bozeman High School English teacher Heidi Robison will co-host. Individuals and teams of up to four…

In celebration of Banned Books Week, join us for a screening of "The Giver" based on the book by Lois Lowry. Film is Rated PG-13 The Giver: Jonas (Brenton Thwaites) lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), an old man who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas…

During Banned Books Week, join us for an evening of forbidden knowledge in books censored in the US in 2018. Stage actors from Write Out Loud and more will perform live readings from selected books marked with the scarlet letter of censorship.  Join us for an entertaining evening of bacchanal revelry in the written word. Excerpts from the work of Toni Morrison will also be performed. Community readers are invited to read with us at the 8th Annual Banned Books Read-A-Thon earlier in the day.  And while…

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret is a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theater. Sponsored by the Dramatists Guild and the Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, performances are taking place across the country during Banned Books Week, September 22-28. This Florida performance is directed by The Studio@620’s Bob Devin Jones and is a 50-minute mix of scenes and songs…

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret is back for its fourth year in a row and appearing for the first time in Philadelphia! The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund (DLDF) created Banned Together as a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theater. The performances will feature selections from Cabaret, Chicago, The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged), An Octoroon and…

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, in partnership with PEN America, presents Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret, a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages; Banned Together was created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theatre. Previous performances have featured selections from Cabaret, Chicago, Fun Home, Rent, and Angels in America, among other notable works, with contextual commentary by DLDF president John Weidman (Assassins). In 2019, Banned Together will be performed during Banned Books Week, September 22…

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund (“DLDF”) in partnership with PEN America is pleased to present the Fourth annual Banned Together as a part of Banned Books Week (September 22nd-28th), the annual celebration of the freedom to read. Our Houston performance is Monday, September 23, 7:30pm at the Alley Theatre, Hubbard Stage. Banned Together is a celebration of scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, and was created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in…

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret is a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theatre. This is the fourth year that Banned Together will be presented in Chicago. In previous years, Banned Together has been presented in over twenty-five cities across the U.S., and will be presented in multiple cities again this year, as a part of Banned Books Week. The Chicago performance…

Fun display of the "banned books" we have in our library and activities for people to do and take part in.

Andras Riedlmayer, Bibliographer in Islamic Art and Architecture, Harvard Fine Arts Library and Radu Popa, Assistant Dean for Library Services & Director of the Law Library, NYU will share their stories, from testifying before the ITCY to fleeing communist Romania. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library, the ACLU at HLS, the Harvard Law School Rule of Law Society, the Law and Philosophy Society, and the International Human Rights Clinic. A non-pizza lunch will be served.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Annual banned and challenged books "Read-In" presented by the Rock Island Public Library and the Midwest Writing Center.

The theme of the event is Banned Books and this is defined as books that have been banned, censored or challenged. In Desert Island Books, panel members select one or more books on the event theme plus a ‘wild card’, being a book that they have enjoyed and would recommend to others. The panel comprises: Philip Kent (Director of Library Services & University Librarian, University of Bristol) Professor Madhu Krishnan (Professor of African, World & Comparative Literatures, University of Bristol)…

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Dear Banned Author is a letter-writing campaign hosted by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. We will have a table set up all day where you can write to banned or challenged authors, sharing what their stories meant to you. To learn more about the Dear Banned Author campaign visit www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/dear-banned-author. For more information about Banned Books Week visit bannedbooksweek.org.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

A slightly raucous variety show celebrating the right to read whatever we please! In conjunction with the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, and presented with PEN America, the Banned Books Bash is a fun, nerdy reminder that books need champions, and libraries feed democracy. Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 PM Spider House Ballroom Hosted by the marvelous Evan Narcisse, writer for Marvel’s Black Panther Series Also Featuring An homage to Toni Morrison with Dr. Jennifer Wilks Drag Queen Storytime with Ms.…

A celebration of songs and scenes from censored plays in honor of Banned Books Week! Performed by Atlanta artists in association with the Atlanta Regional Dramatists Guild, Dramatists Guild Legal Fund and PEN America and brought to you by Merely Players Presents and Kalliope Studios, Doraville. More info

Professor Randall L. Kennedy of HLS weaves a story of the fight against slavery and the censoring of David Walker’s 1822 tract Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Library, the American Constitution Society, the ACLU at HLS, the Harvard Law School Rule of Law Society, and the Law and Philosophy Society. A non-pizza lunch will be served.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

San Diego Writers, Ink Presents a Very Special Banned Books Reading Date: Thursday, September 26, 2019 Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Location: Lestat’s West – 3343 Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA 92116 Join us as we celebrate the freedom to read. In honor of the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week, San Diego Writers, Ink is planning a very special Banned Books Reading on September 26, 2019, at Lestat’s West at 3343 Adams Avenue in San Diego's Normal Heights…

Join us on Thursday, September 28th at 7 pm for our September Book Club Discussion Night. This event takes place during Banned Book Week an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. We will discuss Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. $5 for the event, snack provided. Banned in Ireland when it first appeared in 1932, and removed from shelves and objected to ever since, Brave New World is still making waves today. Readers protest this dystopian novel's sexually explicit…

In celebration of Banned Books Week, join us at the Castroville Library for a showing of To Kill a Mockingbird! Please bring blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy the show. Refreshments will be provided while supplies last.

11:00am Freedom to Read SURC September 27, 2019 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: SURC Pit Cost: Free! Celebrate your freedom to read during Banned Books week.  Join in our Banned Books "read-out" and stop by our table at the SURC Pit to pick up information, bookmarks and buttons, provided by Brooks Library. • Where to go for more information: http://www.lib.cwu.edu/events-calendar • Sponsor/contact information: Maureen Rust / mrust@cwu.edu

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Come screenprint your own tee or patch to spotlight Banned Books Week! We'll have fabric for patches, but BYOT (bring your own tee)! Ages 11+

Get creative and join us at the Mancos Public Library for a Banned Books Cosplay Event! Dress up as your favorite character from a banned or challenged book! Read aloud from your favorite banned or challenged book! Discuss your personal feelings about the books you read and why you feel it is important to be heard!

Win prizes by showing your freedom of speech and banned book knowledge at Trivia Night with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)!

The Arizona LGBT+ History Project will be hosting it’s 2nd annual Banned Books Reading on Friday, September 27, at the Alwun House 1204 E Roosevelt St, Phoenix, AZ 85006 This will be a very special Adult story time that focuses on the problem of book censorship, in conjunction with events like this happening across the country. Come participate in an evening of laughter while exercising our right of liberty and emancipation! Join us as a wide variety of readings from…

Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret is a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theatre. The Dallas regional production will feature selections from Cabaret, Chicago, and Angels in America, among other notable works, with a libretto by DLDF president John Weidman (Assassins) and J.T. Rogers (Oslo, Blood and Gifts). Banned Together, which takes place annually during PEN America’s Banned Books Week, is…

Something banned this way comes! Join Drag Story Hour- Arizona at Bookmans Mesa for a story hour hosted by Felicia Minor and Freddy Prinze Charming. Let's love all banned books and celebrate the growth of Drag Queen Story Hours in the face of challenge.

Free dramatic readings by City Lit Theater from the Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books in America, as compiled by the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom.  The program lasts approximately 50 minutes.

Image credit: Through Fire (Books that Survived the Anti-Japanese War of Resistance at Tsinghua University No.2), 2017. Oil on canvas. H. 48 x W. 74 in. (122 x 188 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Chambers Fine Art. Photograph courtesy of the artist.   Xiaoze Xie will discuss his research into the history of censorship in China that inspired the current exhibition Xiaoze Xie: Objects of Evidence. The artist will be joined by noted experts on the subject of censorship Martin Heijdra,…

Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models. In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real.

Think you know your rabble-rousing books and authors? Show us! Stop in for a few rounds of Banned Book Trivia, and see if you can name titles, authors, and facts about the ways in which they were challenged for removal from public spaces. Compete solo or in teams of up to four; you'll be given lists of frequently banned titles, but cellphone "research" is a no-no! There'll be prizes, snacks, and of course, the most important thing...bragging rights! Ages 14-Adult,…

The Dramatists Legal Defense Fund, in partnership with PEN America, is proud to present the Tennessee production of "Banned Together." Banned Together: A Censorship Cabaret is a celebration of songs and scenes from shows that have been censored or challenged on America’s stages, created to raise awareness around issues of censorship and free expression in the theatre. The Nashville regional production will feature selections from Cabaret, Chicago, and Angels in America, among other notable works, with a libretto by DLDF president John Weidman (Assassins)…

SFor more than 200 years, the First Amendment has impacted art and civic life through freedom of expression. Political cartoons, controversial speech, the culture wars, and images posted on social media platforms are just some of the kinds of expression that have challenged—or been challenged by—First Amendment freedoms. But what speech gets protected in the United States, and who gets to speak? Why do we restrict speech in some places more than others? What challenges do libraries face in being…