With this year's Banned Books Week kicking off this Sunday, American Booksellers for Free Expression and independent bookstores all over the country are finalizing their plans for the annual celebration of free expression.
This year, ABFE will be sending out some 500 display kits to booksellers--three times the number that the organization distributed last year. A variety of Banned Books Week materials and designs are also available for download on the ABA's website, and new this year is a web badge for "official sponsors" of Banned Books Week. Booksellers planning events for Banned Books Week can add their own events to ABFE's Banned Books Week events page and see what other booksellers are planning.
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Among the many ways of celebrating, Books Inc. in California made this brief video in honor of Banned Books Week. |
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Among the featured events for Banned Books Week 2015 is WeHo Reads: Banned Books, an all-day event consisting of readings, performances, workshops and panel discussions about free speech and censorship. The event is part of the city of West Hollywood's ongoing author series and will take place on September 26. And on September 29 at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York, authors David Levithan (Two Boys Kissing), Meg Medina (Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass) and Coe Booth (Kinda Like Brothers), will discuss their experiences having their books challenged or banned. David Shipler, the author of Freedom of Speech: Mightier Than the Sword, will moderate the discussion.