Join Humanist Society Scotland for an online evening of discussion to mark Banned Books Week 2022. In light of the recent horrific attack on Salman Rushdie and the increase in book banning in schools in the US, we wanted to create an event that highlights religious censorship of books. OMG, you can’t write that! Books, Censorship, and Religion
Join us online on Thursday 22nd September, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (British Summer Time)
The panel discussion will be hosted by our CEO Fraser Sutherland and will include playwright and Royal Lyceum artistic director David Greig, cartoonist and Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights Network International Terry Anderson, Emma Wadsworth-Jones of Humanists International and formerly of PEN International, and Professor Emerita of Royal Conservatoire Scotland, theatre director, and co-chair of Humanist Society Scotland Maggie Kinloch. The panel discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A.
The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we’re live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day!
Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting some of his favourite stories of book bans, and of course answering any questions you have about the museum and the collection.
We’ll be live on our Facebook page every day at 16:00UTC, so wherever you are in the world you can join us 🙂
Oh, and if you happen to be in Tallinn during Banned Books Week, drop by the museum in person and use the secret password ‘1984 speaks to my soul‘ to receive a free gift 😀
The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we’re live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day!
Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting some of his favourite stories of book bans, and of course answering any questions you have about the museum and the collection.
We’ll be live on our Facebook page every day at 16:00UTC, so wherever you are in the world you can join us 🙂
Oh, and if you happen to be in Tallinn during Banned Books Week, drop by the museum in person and use the secret password ‘1984 speaks to my soul‘ to receive a free gift 😀
The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we’re live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day!
Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting some of his favourite stories of book bans, and of course answering any questions you have about the museum and the collection.
We’ll be live on our Facebook page every day at 16:00UTC, so wherever you are in the world you can join us 🙂
Oh, and if you happen to be in Tallinn during Banned Books Week, drop by the museum in person and use the secret password ‘1984 speaks to my soul‘ to receive a free gift 😀
The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we’re live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day!
Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting some of his favourite stories of book bans, and of course answering any questions you have about the museum and the collection.
We’ll be live on our Facebook page every day at 16:00UTC, so wherever you are in the world you can join us 🙂
Oh, and if you happen to be in Tallinn during Banned Books Week, drop by the museum in person and use the secret password ‘1984 speaks to my soul‘ to receive a free gift 😀
The Banned Books Museum collects and exhibits banned, burned, and censored books from around the world. To celebrate Banned Books Week, we’re live-streaming an online tour of our museum, located in Tallinn, Estonia, with a new section every day!
Tune in daily to hear museum director Joseph Dunnigan talk about censorship around the world, highlighting some of his favourite stories of book bans, and of course answering any questions you have about the museum and the collection.
We’ll be live on our Facebook page every day at 16:00UTC, so wherever you are in the world you can join us 🙂
Oh, and if you happen to be in Tallinn during Banned Books Week, drop by the museum in person and use the secret password ‘1984 speaks to my soul‘ to receive a free gift 😀
Since the inception of Banned Books Week in 1982, libraries and bookstores throughout the country have staged local read-outs, continuous readings of banned and challenged books. This year, we will join the action by hosting a read-aloud of banned books, explaining their importance and sharing their words. Join us virtually or in-person on Monday, September 19th from 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm in Fant Library’s Tiered Classroom for a live and streaming read-aloud. You can share your reading live or submit a recorded reading.
Your words have power. Stand up to censorship and declare your literary freedoms by reading from a banned book and discussing its importance.
