Promotional Tools
Use these tools to help spread the word about Banned Books Week!
If you have questions or concerns or need different file formats for any of the following images and downloadables, please contact coordinator@bannedbooksweek.org
Copyright notice: These images and downloadables are free to use for non-monetized, promotional purposes in support of Banned Books Week. Images cannot be used for fundraising or salable merchandise.
Logo • Poster & Bookmarks • Banners & Social Media Assets • Shelftalkers • ALA Downloads • ABA Downloads • CBLDF Downloads
Banned Books Week Coalition Logo
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Banned Books Week Poster and Bookmarks
The American Library Association has posters, bookmarks, and more to support your Banned Books Week displays and events!
- Books Unite Us 2022 Poster (Digital Download)
- Books Unite Us 2022 Bookmark (Digital Download)
- Most Challenged Books of 2021 Bookmark (Bundle of 100)
- Most Challenged Books of 2021 Bookmark (Digital Download)
- Field Report 2021 (Print Resolution Download)
- Field Report 2021 (Digital Resolution Download)
- Field Report 2021 (Bundle of 50)
Banned Books Week 2022 Social Media and Web Banners
For questions or concerns regarding the banner files, please contact coordinator@bannedbooksweek.org
Website Slide
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Facebook Banner
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Twitter Banner
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Square Banner
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Customizable Facebook Banner Template
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Customizable Twitter Banner Template
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Customizable Square Banner Template
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Digital Shelftalker
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Banned Books Trivia Template
Use this template on social media to share trivia questions with your patrons, students, friends, and family!
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Need some trivia to fill this asset? Download our trivia night kit for question sets and more!
Banned Books Week 2022 Shelftalkers
Shelftalkers are a great way to tell your patrons and customers about banned books! We have various formats that print on letter-sized paper, so you can choose the one that works best for you.
Hangover Shelftalkers
Freestanding Shelftalkers
Card Shelftalkers
Downloads and Promotional Materials from the American Library Association
Please credit ALA when using these resources: “Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association, www.ala.org“
ALA’s Banned Books Free Downloads
ALA maintains an extensive array of social media graphics, infographics, web banners, and more in support of banned books and Banned Books Week. View them online here.
Downloads and Promotional Materials from the American Booksellers Association
Support the right to read, and help spread the word about Banned Books Week with these media kit contents from our friends at the American Booksellers Association!
Online / Web Image for Public:
Posters for Public:
I Read Dangerously Counter Card – 8.5×11 (PDF)- I Read Dangerously Counter Card black & white – 8.5×11 (PDF)
Handouts for Public:
Social Media for Public:
How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta) 1/5- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta) 2/5
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta) 3/5
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta) 4/5
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta) 5/5
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 1/6
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 2/6
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 3/6
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 4/6
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 5/6
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (FB & Twitter) UPDATED
- How Many Banned Books Have You Read (Insta Story) 6/6
Downloable Posters and Shelftalkers from the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
Feel free to use the following in your Banned Books Week displays and to advertise your events celebrating the freedom to read! Click on the links below to download high-res versions of each:
- Nate Powell CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2016 poster, featuring artwork from John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s March (11″ x 17″)
- Nate Powell CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2016 poster, featuring artwork from John Lewis and Andrew Aydin’s March (8.5″ x 11″)
- Raina Telgemeier CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2015 poster, featuring Callie from Drama (8.5″ by 11″)
- Jonathan Hill multi-character poster, featuring banned and challenged comic book characters (11″ by 17″)
- Jeff Smith CBLDF Banned Books Week Handbook 2014 poster, featuring Bone (11″ by 17″)
CBLDF is also delighted to offer shelf talkers for stores, libraries, and classrooms! Featuring “Fighting Words” about censorship from some of the biggest names in comics, you can use these shelf talkers to call attention to banned books, as part of your Banned Books Week displays, on bulletin boards, and more! Featuring quotes from Neil Gaiman, Jeff Smith, Marjane Satrapi, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Alison Bechdel, and Ariel Schrag, this who’s who of challenged creators will inspire your Banned Books Week celebration!
- CBLDF Banned Books Week 2017 Shelftalker Spread (11″ by 17″)
- CBLDF Banned Books Week 2017 Shelftalker Spread (11″ by 17″ with bleed)
- CBLDF Banned Books Week 2016 Shelftalker Spread (11″ by 17″)
- CBLDF Banned Books Week 2016 Shelftalker Blurbs
Please use the following tagline when using these images: “Created by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, cbldf.org“