Featured, Featured-LL, Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events Celebrate the freedom to listen on Banned Books Week 2018 Submitted by Jennifer Rubins on September 19, 2018

Sound off on censorship! Join the national literary community from September 23 through September 29, 2018 to celebrate your right to hear powerful stories. The 2018 theme is “Banning Books Silences Stories. Speak Out!” As the ALA reminds us, censorship succeeds when no one talks about it. Encourage readers to raise their megaphones and speak out for banned books. And of course, audiobooks are the perfect way to truly give these banned books a voice. Read more

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Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events Celebrate the freedom to listen on Banned Books Week 2017 Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 22, 2017

Sound off on censorship! Join the national literary community from September 24 through September 30, 2017 to celebrate your right to hear powerful stories. Read more

Tagged: Banned Books Week, Censorship, David Levithan, ELEANOR & PARK, Rainbow Rowell, TWO BOYS KISSING

Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events Celebrate the freedom to listen on Banned Books Week 2016 Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 20, 2016

Sound off on censorship! Join the national literary community from September 25 through October 1, 2016 to celebrate your right to hear powerful stories. Read more

Tagged: Banned Books Week, Censorship, Rebecca Skloot, Roald Dahl, THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

Promotions & Events Celebrate the freedom to listen on Banned Books Week 2015 Submitted by Kristen Luby on September 11, 2015

Sound off on censorship! Join the national literary community from September 27 through October 3, 2015 to celebrate your right to hear powerful stories. Read more

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Promotions & Events, Promotions & Events Banned Books Week: Listen to Judy Blume Talk About Censorship Submitted by Stephanie Grossman on September 11, 2014

When Judy Blume began writing 50 years ago, she didn’t realize she would become one of the most banned writers in America, and that many of her books, including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret would be censored by schools and libraries. Read more

Tagged: #BannedBooksWeek, ARE YOU THERE, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET., Banned Books Week, BLUBBER, Censorship, DEENIE, Emma Galvin, Halley Feiffer, Judy Blume, Laura Hamilton, TIGER EYES

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