Carolyn Forsman, "a former librarian who supported free expression by becoming an award-winning jewelry designer and creating pieces that celebrated the freedom to read, including her well-known 'I Read Banned Books' bracelet," died January 19, Bookselling this Week reported. She was 69.
"Carolyn was a gifted artist and entrepreneur who never lost her interest in defending intellectual freedom," said Chris Finan, president of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. "She raised more than $150,000 for free expression groups, including ABFFE."
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Ferrol Sams, "a country physician known among friends for his freely offered opinions and among his readers for his novels," died Tuesday, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. He was 90. His work included the trilogy Run with the Horsemen, The Whisper of the River and When All the World Was Young.
