Banned Books Week 2026
September 10, 2026 — The American Library Association(ALA) urges all of us to get ready to celebrate Banned Books Week, October 4-10, 2026. Its theme is “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.”
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Banned Books Week 2024
September 20, 2024 — The American Library Association will highlight the dramatic increase in threats against First Amendment rights during its annual Banned Books Week celebration this year, scheduled for September 22-28, 2024.
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Banned Books Week at Harkins House
22 September 2023 — Hillsboro, Oregon —In recognition of Banned Books Week, the global literacy nonprofit organization Judith’s Reading Room hosted a special event at Washington County’s Harkins House with a donation of mostly banned or challenged YA fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels.
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Banned Books Weeks Visit to Titcomb’s Bookshop
In celebration of Banned Books Week, Scott and Cathy Liber, co-founders of Judith’s Reading Room, visited Titcomb’s Bookshop, Sandwich, MA. On the right, is Ellen Speers, manager of this outstanding independent bookstore founded in 1969 in MA by the Titcomb family. Titcomb’s Bookshop had a large display of banned books in honor of the week….
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30th Anniversary of Banned Books Week
Flash-Mob Read-Out with 30 individuals walking/converging while reading from passages in 30 banned books – one for each year since the inception of Banned Books Week in America. Judith’s Reading Room is also active in providing books to the men and woman who serve, or have served, in the US Military, our honored veterans and…
