Make a Date with a Banned Book…

Stand up for your right to read! The new Banned Book Club’s first selection is The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Ms. Roy faced an obscenity trial in her native India for this, her first novel. She also won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction. To learn more about the book and [...]

Banned Books Week is Here!

Did you know that September 28th-October 3rd, 2009, is the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week? The week celebrates the freedom we have to express our opinions— even if the opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. Banned Books Week brings attention to the challenges that have been presented to this freedom by celebrating books which [...]

Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

This image was downloaded, with permission, from the Dayton Metro Library East Branch’s page on Flickr. According to the American Library Association, Banned Books Week “celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of [...]