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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2005
Contact:
, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Banned Books Week
September 24-October 1, 2005
Celebrate your freedom to read—come to the Library and read a book that has been challenged!
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
Banned Books Week (BBW) celebrates the freedom to choose or the freedom to express one’s opinion even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular and stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of those unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints to all who wish to read them. After all, intellectual freedom can exist only where these two essential conditions are met.
Follow link to Ten challenged books since 1990.
Below are special events @ Wired for Youth Centers in celebration of Banned Books Week:
- Monday, September 26
- Read Something Banned!: Take a look at some books that have been challenged recently. You might be surprised at what you see. Take a break from the computer and read something for 30 minutes.
5-5:30 p.m., Ruiz Branch WFY Center, 1600 Grove Blvd., 78741; (512) 974-7518
- Tuesday, September 27
- Create Your Own Banned Book Poster: Express your freedom to read and your creativity! Stop by the WFY Center to make your own Banned Books Week Poster.
3-8 p.m., Ruiz Branch WFY Center, 1600 Grove Blvd., 78741; (512) 974-7518
- Banned Book Week Movie Viewing Party: Watch To Kill a Mockingbird (G)-a movie based on the frequently banned and challenged book by Harper Lee. Public welcome.
4:30-7 p.m., Windsor Park Branch WFY Center, 5833 Westminster Dr., 78723; (512) 928-0333
- Read In: Grab a book, graphic novel, or a magazine and join us for 30 minutes of reading.
5-5:30 p.m., Manchaca Road Branch WFY Center, 5500 Manchaca Rd., 78745; (512) 447-6652
- Wednesday, September 28
- Movies @ Ruiz-The Outsiders (PG): Celebrate Banned Books Week by watching a movie that has been challenged as a book. It’s an ‘80s classic with stars like Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, and Emilio Estevez!
5 p.m., Ruiz Branch WFY Center, 1600 Grove Blvd., 78741; (512) 974-7518
- Banned Book Gossip: Read any books lately? Come to Book Gossip and let people know what you’ve been reading. Share the good, the bad, AND the ugly....Snacks will be served!
6-7 p.m., Manchaca Road Branch WFY Center, 5500 Manchaca Rd., 78745; (512) 447-6652
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