Banned Book Week is Sept. 29- Oct. 1. The national event is sponsored by The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), and others to celebrate the freedom to read.
The other sponsors are the American Library Association, the Association of American Publishers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the National Association of College Stores. Banned Books Week is also endorsed by the Center for the Book of the Library of Congress.
Independent booksellers tend to promote this event in a big way. Visit your nearest independent and check out the list. You’ll be surprised at some of the titles and the arguments behind them. The ABFFE site also has that info.
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October 25th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Did you know that the Harry Potter books are on the lists for banned books? It’s for some kind of religious reason.