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Here's a list of the top banned books throughout the U.S. and a comparison among states. When is Banned Books Week 2024? This year, Banned Books Week is from Sept. 22 to Sept. 28 .
It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship.. Each year, the ALA creates a top 10 list of the most challenged books filed by ...
This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
Banned in the UK 1985–1988 for revealing secrets. Wright was a former MI5 intelligence officer and his book was banned before it was even published in 1987. [275] [276] Lord Horror: David Britton: 1990 1991 1992 Novel Banned in England in 1991 where it was found obscene; it is currently the last book to be banned in the UK.
What is Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week offers a moment to reflect on the power of the free word. Launched in 1982, the observance served as an answer to a rising number of book challenges ...
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Banned Books Museum; Book burning; List of book-burning incidents; Nazi book burnings; Burning of books and burying of scholars; Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England; Index Librorum Prohibitorum; List of most commonly challenged books in the United States