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Ask Jason Reynolds Anything* (*About Banned Books) on Facebook Live!

September 28, 2021 Betsy Gomez

Join the Banned Books Week Honorary Chair and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds (All American Boys, Ghost, Long Way Down, Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks, and Stamped) for a live streaming conversation 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. EDT on September 28!

Join the Banned Books Week Coalition on the Banned Books Week Facebook page for a conversation about censorship, young people’s literature, and the ways that books bring us together! This conversation is free and open to all, and a great opportunity to engage your students and patrons during Banned Books Week!

Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of the freedom to read. The event is sponsored by a coalition of organizations dedicated to free expression, including American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Amnesty International USA, Association of University Presses, Authors Guild, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Freedom to Read Foundation, Index on Censorship, National Book Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN America, People For the American Way Foundation, and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Banned Books Week also receives generous support from Penguin Random House.