Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community; librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types, in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Check out the frequently challenged books section to explore the issues and controversies around book challenges and book banning. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read. – American Library Association
Local Banned Books Week happenings at JPL
South Mandarin Branch Library
Sep 26 2017 – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Banned Book Week: Debate
In this program we will be debating the pros and cons of banning a book and taking a vote if a book should or should not be banned. This program is for 12-18 year olds. Bannedbooks1
Southeast Regional Library
Sep 26 2017 –
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Game On: Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Sep 26 2017 –
4:30pm to 6:30pm
Banned Books to Movies Event for Teens
Celebrate your RIGHT to READ! In honor of banned books week, we will show the film adaptation of A banned book! Many Banned books have been made into extremely popular movies. How many have you seen? If you haven’t read the book version, come join us, you may even decide to read the book! Light refreshments provided. For teens ages 12-18.
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Highlands Regional Library
Sep 26 2017 –
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Banned Book Magnets
Come celebrate Banned Book Week with us and use your creativity to create your own Banned Book Magnet. Bannedbooks1
Sep 26 2017 –
6:00pm to 8:00pm
Book Club Meeting
“Banned Books at the Library” Book-to-FilmThe San Marco Library will host a book club and movie viewing of the feature film inspired by the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
Join us for an energetic discussion of the similarities and differences between the published works and the feature film. BANNEDBOOKS1
Highlands Regional Library
Sep 26 2017 –
6:30pm to 8:30pm
Get Crafty: Blackout Poetry with Banned Books
Attention crafty-minded adults, join us for this special craft program and we celebrate banned books week with black out poetry! Free and open to the public! Materials supplied! bannedbooks1
Brown Eastside Branch Library
Sep 27 2017 –
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Game On: Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Sep 27 2017 –
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Cook-a-Banned-Book
Have you ever read a book you just couldn’t stomach? Some people like to devour their books and there are other books they just find inedible. Come to the Library to celebrate Banned Book Week and maybe you’ll find a few banned books you can really sink your teeth into as you listen to a book and make a snack based on it. Bannedbooks1
Sep 27 2017 –
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Get Crafty: Blackout Poetry
Blackout poetry repurposes old (and often banned!) books to create new poems. Join us to create your own! Bannedbooks1
Olga L. Bradham and Etta L. Brooks Branch Library
Sep 27 2017 –
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Banned Book Magnets
Hey teens, want to make your own Banned Book week magnet? Join library staff to explore Banned Books and create your own magnet that represents your freedom to read! For teens ages 12-18.
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Sep 27 2017 –
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Create for Banned Books
Hey teens, want to make your mark on the library? Join library staff to explore Banned Books and create a display that represents your freedom to read! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Regency Square Branch Library
Sep 27 2017 –
3:00pm to 4:45pm
Banned Books and a Movie!
Come discuss banned books; the who, the why and the how. We’ll have popcorn and a movie based on a banned book! Bannedbooks1
Sep 27 2017 –
4:00pm to 6:00pm
Banned Book to Movie: The Outsiders
Celebrate your RIGHT to READ! In honor of banned books week, we will show the film adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. Light refreshments provided. For teens ages 12-18.
Film is Not Rated. Bannedbooks1 Movie1
Sep 27 2017 –
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Game On: Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Pablo Creek Regional Library
Sep 27 2017 –
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Game On – Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Webb Wesconnett Regional Library
Sep 27 2017 –
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Banned Books Jeopardy
Join us and play Banned Books Jeopardy and then discuss why books would be banned? What’s your opinion about this subject?
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Pablo Creek Regional Library
Sep 27 2017 –
7:00pm to 8:45pm
BANNED!
BANNED!
In spite of our rights, censorship is happening. But your words have the power to challenge censorship when books are threatened with removal from school and public library shelves. Join us for an evening of words. Actor Jason Woods will read from selected banned books, and Leslie Kirkwood will lead a conversation about censorship and free speech. Bannedbooks1
Sep 28 2017 –
3:30pm to 6:30pm
Sep 28 2017 –
5:00pm to 6:00pm
Game On: Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! Bannedbooks1
Sep 28 2017 –
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Game On: Banned?!
Join us for Banned?!, the game of life, death and talking animals. Think you know your banned books? Come try out your literary know-how in this hilarious game that will have you answering questions, performing challenges and maybe even winning candy! For teens ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Willowbranch Branch Library
Sep 29 2017 –
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Banned Books Jeopardy!
Let’s play a game of Jeopardy! using banned and challenged books as our theme. Why have these books been censored? Find out when you join us as we fight for our right to read!
Snacks included. Bannedbooks1
University Park Branch Library
Sep 29 2017 –
4:30pm to 5:30pm
Book Challenging in Duval
In honor of Banned Books Week please join us for an general look at book banning in the United States as well as book challenging at the Jacksonville Public Library. Bannedbooks1 JPL50
Murray Hill Branch Library
Sep 30 2017 –
10:30am to 11:30am
Banned Book Magnets
Teens, join us as we celebrate Banned Book Week. Learn about the importance of the right to read and make a cool magnet! Ages 12-18. Bannedbooks1
Highlands Regional Library
Sep 30 2017 –
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Banned Book Club
Join us as we discuss the Toni Morrison masterpiece, the Bluest Eye. Talk about what you liked, what you didn’t, why it was banned, and why this work is still important and culturally relevant today. Free and open to the public. bannedbooks1
Sep 30 2017 –
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Banned Books Week
Celebrate Banned Books Week! Compete in a scavenger hunt, engage in discussion, and learn about the history of banned books. Refreshments will be provided and prizes will be awarded! Bannedbooks1
Sep 30 2017 –
3:30pm to 5:30pm
Banned Book Week Movie – Farenheit 451
Celebrating Banned Book Week Movie with a showing of Farenheit 451. In an oppressive future, a fireman whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task. Popcorn will be available. Bannedbooks1
Oct 3 2017 –
7:00pm to 8:45pm
Maxville Book Club
Maxville book club monthly meeting. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien will be discussed. JPL50 READ1 BANNEDBOOKS1
