"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Saturday, September 24, 2022

2022 Banned Books Week Wrap Up

 

Banned and Challenged Books, Banned Books Week, ALA

"Authors Speak Up in Defense of Banned Books". Publisher's Weekly, Sept, 20, 2022.

A library board in Wellington, Colorado votes to ban book bans. Book Riot, Sept. 20, 2022

"Book bans reflect outdated beliefs about how children read." Conversations, Sept. 20, 2022.

"Here's Why I'm Celebrating Banned Books Week." Barack Obama, Sept. 23, 2022

"[Book banning] is a mistake. Not only is it important for young people to see themselves represented in the pages of books, but it’s also important for all of us to engage with different ideas and points of view." -Barack Obama

Beau of the Fifth Column on Sept. 20th on Banned Books Week, Censorship, Targeting of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC authors, and more.


“The wave of book bans that has swept across our country in recent years is a direct attack on First Amendment rights and should alarm every American who believes that freedom of expression is a fundamental pillar of our democracy,” said Chairman Jamie Raskin. (House Committee on Oversight and Reform, on resolution to recognize Banned Books Weeks.)

“Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.” ALA Theme for the 2022 Banned Books Week

 

Thanks to Notes in the Margin for the idea for this post.


Read a banned book this week!

-Anne



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