Later this month, in coordination with Banned Books Week, The American Library Association (ALA) will kick off Banned Books Week 2024 (September 22 – 28) with the theme of “Freed Between the Lines.”
Banned Books Week is an annual event that celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to the harms of censorship and is an opportunity to stand up for the library staff, educators, writers, publishers, and booksellers who make these books available. The ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA.
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