This Is Banned Books Week

"Not every book will be right for every person, but the right to choose what we read is a freedom we cannot afford to take for granted."
~ Judith Platt, Director, Association of American Publishers’ Freedom to Read program


Imagine visiting the Library, finding that book you've been dying to read, handing me your library card and the book, only to have me say, "Sorry, I don't think that book is appropriate for you, and I'm not going to let you check it out." Thanks to the First Amendment, that won't happen. We all have the right to choose what we will or will not read.

In celebration of that freedom to read, September 27th-October 4th has been designated as the 27th annual Banned Books Week. Click here for more information, and here for a list of the most frequently banned and challenged books of 2007. Stop by the Library this week to pick up a Banned Books Week bookmark. While you're here, why not exercise your right to choose, and pick up a couple of titles on the list!

Banned Books Week is sponsored jointly by the American Booksellers Association, American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and and Authors, Association of American Publishers, and the National Association of College Stores.