Banned Books Week 2021

BANNED BOOKS WEEK

(September 26 - October 2, 2021)

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.  It is typically held the last week of September and looks at both current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools.  For 2021, the theme of Banned Books Week is "Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us".

Books reach across boundaries and build connections between readers.  Censorship creates barriers.

Banned Books Week  is sponsored by a coalition of organizations dedicated to free expression, including American Booksellers Association; American Library Association; American Society of Journalists and Authors; Association of University Presses; Authors Guild; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE); Freedom to Read Foundation; Index on Censorship; National Coalition Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; PEN America; People For the American Way Foundation; and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Banned Books Week also receives generous support from DKT Liberty Project and Penguin Random House.

This year at Kentucky Christian University, the Department of General Education and Distance Learning and Young Library have worked together to bring you a few reviews on Banned Books, some information on why we read, and a few other extras for your enjoyment!

We will be posting on the Library Social Media sites throughout the week.  Look at the links on this page to find out more about banned books and lists of these titles and let us know what banned books you have read.  There is a good chance that some of your favorite books and movies are on these lists!

Also, click on the book covers to link to a short summary of each book from Goodreads!