Speak. Read. Know. Banned Books Week 2009
Banned Books Week September 26-October 3 2009
Banned Books Week starts today!!! The celebration of Banned Books Week takes place every year in the last week of September. It is a celebration that brings to light the benefits of “free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States”. (ALA-Banned Books Week)
Off of the Banned Books List I have read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien, Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, My Antonia by Willa Cather, Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Some I read before I started blogging, so that is why they aren’t linked to a review.
The concept of Banned Books is really interesting. As much as I disagree with the content of a book, we do as a nation support freedom- which is really good. Censorship is huge around the globe, I have spoken to Iranians who mentioned how for years all poetry was banned, along with so much other literature. I can’t even imagine not being able to read what I chose and having the government enforce strict bans.
Stay tuned, I have some pretty cool stuff planned for Banned Books Week! Go out and read a book!
Banned Books Week Puppet Video:
ALA Banned Book Week Links:
Banned Books Week ReadOut
Banned and Challenged Classics
Banned Books Week Resource Guide
Statistics on Banned Books
Most Frequently Banned Authors of the 20th Century
Banned Books Week is sponsored by the American Booksellers Association; American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression; the American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of American Publishers; and the National Association of College Stores. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.
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Thanks for highlighting this week on your blog. I am strongly against book banning of any kind. I should try and read a banned book this week but not sure I will find the time. Still, I will be in the spirit of the week for sure.
Some of my fave books have been banned ones
I really should’ve planned ahead better for this week and scheduled a banned book! I say that every year though…
I can’t believe that And Tango Makes Three has been number one since it was published. Geez.
I actually have been thinking of reading Catcher in the Rye.. But i won’t be able to finish it at all.. b4 Oct 3rd