Montgomery County Public Libraries is celebrating Banned Books Week with a series of events and displays across several MoCo libraries. Banned Books Week is “an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.” For more information visit https://mcpl.events/banned-books.
Per MCPL on Facebook:
Celebrate Banned Books Week at MCPL! It’s Banned Books Week, now through September 24–a time to focus on the freedom to read.
Check out special displays in our branches, and participate in the following activities:
Monday, September 19: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Make a Banned Book Button! at Aspen Hill Library
AGE GROUP: TEENS, SENIORS, ADULT
Make a button inspired by your favorite banned or challenged book!
Tuesday, September 20: 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Make a Banned Book Bookmark! at Aspen Hill Library
AGE GROUP: TEENS, SENIORS, ADULT
Make a bookmark inspired by your favorite banned or challenged book!
Wednesday, September 21: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Tiny Books Workshop – Banned Books Week – Celebrate Banned Books Week! at Twinbrook Library
AGE GROUP: TEENS
Join us in celebrating Banned Books Week by creating tiny versions of books that have been challenged!
Saturday, September 24: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Banned Books Week Teen Craft Event – presented by the Teen Advisory Board
Little Falls Library
AGE GROUP: TEENS
Join us in celebrating Banned Books Week by creating a button and/or bookmark inspired by your favorite banned or challenged books!
Learn more at https://mcpl.events/banned-books
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