Banned Books Week will be here before you know it! This year’s theme, “Celebrating 30 Years of Liberating Literature” marks the 30th anniversary. Events include a Virtual Read Out and Banned Websites Awareness Day. For more information, you can contact the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom at bbw@ala.org or visit the ALA website.

How will your library participate?  Let us know in the comments!

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; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; the Freedom to Read Foundation; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; National Association of College Stores; and the PEN American Center.  It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and Project Censored.