Intellectual Freedom
Why The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa is an Important Banned Books Week Read
1984. Fahrenheit 451. Brave New World. These are all great, classic reads that highlight the dangers of censorship. Two of them happen to be among my favorite books of all time. Brave New World is not. But sometimes, authors can slip in powerful statements against censorship in the most surprising of places. Exhibit A: The […]
Banned Books Week 2013: Defending Harry Potter by Geri Diorio
It’s Banned Books Week! The most magical week in a librarian’s year! Every day, librarians celebrate the free and open access to information, but during this week, we really flaunt it. “Free and open access” includes being able to read whatever you wish, and that might mean the best-selling book series in history, a series […]
Banned Books Week 2013: Defending The Giver by Lois Lowry (guest post by Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol)
September 22 – 28 is Banned Books Week, a week which serves to remind us that there are those who would like to ban books. The books vary, as do the reasons. But the bottom line should always be this: each person gets to decide for themselves what to read. Information is power. Story is […]
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Sunday Reflections: A Radical Banned Books Week Thought – Throw Out Your Materials Challenge Form and Truly Embrace the Freedom to Read
A funny thing happened on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. In preparation for Banned Books Week I came up with what I thought was a great idea: We would put challenged books on trial and I tweeted out asking everyone if there were certain books they wanted to write a defense for as guest […]
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