A little over one week from now will be the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, the bibliophile’s annual celebration of the freedom to read, which this year takes place from September 30-October 6, 2012.
Sometimes we forget in our daily struggles just how important our intellectual freedom really is. Since 1982, more than 11,000 books have been challenged in this country and last year alone there were 326 challenges reported to the ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom.
One of the most inventive and inspiring ideas for Banned Books Week involves a man who will construct and live inside a prison made of stacked copies of banned books at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis for the entire week.
Read on and Share the Knowledge:
http://bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2012/09/15/banned-books-awareness-how-will-you-celebrate-your-literary-freedom-3/
