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Bookmark or Share- Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025How to Fight Book Bans: An Urgent, National Conversation with Ibram X. Kendi and The Emancipator. An online discussion on the national surge of book bans and their link to structural racism will take place Sun., Oct. 27, featuring author, historian and antiracism scholar Dr. Ibram X. …. Read More.
- About - Banned Books WeekThe 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.
- Celebrate Banned Books Week HandbookCelebrate Banned Books Week Handbook is a free publication that can be used to guide your celebration of the right to read during Banned Books Week or any time of year! It includes programming ideas, best practices for events, resources, and tips for handling censorship.
- ALA Announces Top 100 Banned & Challenged Books of Last DecadeTo kick off the 2020 edition of Banned Books week, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom has unveiled the Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books for the past decade.
- LET FREEDOM READ During Banned Books Week 2023!The American Library Association has announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2023: “Let Freedom Read!”. Banned Books Week will take place October 1 – 7, 2023.
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