Banned Books Week

Name: Banned Books Week
Start: 2024-09-22T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-09-28T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 3055 W. Tilghman St. , Allentown, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18104

Schedule

Sun Sep 22 2024 at 10:00 am to Sat Sep 28 2024 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

3055 W. Tilghman St. , Allentown, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18104 | Allentown, PA

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. Typically (but not always) held during the last week of September, the annual event highlights the value of free and open access to information and brings together the entire book community — librarians, educators, authors, publishers, booksellers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas.
The next Banned Books Week will be held September 22-28, 2024. The theme of this year’s event is Freed Between the Lines.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) compiles lists of challenged books as reported in the media and submitted by librarians and teachers across the country.