The Bible along with books about serial killers and vampires were for sale at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo in Del Mar. (File photo by Chris Stone) National Banned Books Week may be drawing to an ...

The first week of October marks Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of freedom amid attempts to censor books in libraries and schools across the country. “This is a dangerous time for readers and ...

Milwaukee librarians are encouraging residents to pick up a banned book this week. The library posted a video this week featuring a skater picking up a copy of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," jumping ...

Every year, there are a handful of popular reads that manage to land on a “banned books” list, removing them from public shelves and placing them on a proverbial no-no list. But for one week a year, ...

Oct. 5-11 is Banned Books Week, a week launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores and schools, according to bannedbooksweek.org. The ...

During this year’s Banned Books Week, the Vail Public Library will be showing films based on books that have been banned or challenged in the past. All showings start at 3:30 p.m. These movies are ...

On a special episode (first released on October 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: For this Banned Books Week, we looked at what kinds of books are being pulled from school and library shelves. USA ...

University of Delaware commemorated Banned Books Week with conversations on access, representation and the power of choosing what to read Students listened intently while Petra Clark, a UD special ...

As journalists, freedom of speech, thought and information is always top of mind for us. It’s especially so during Banned Books Week, the American Library Association’s annual campaign drawing ...

The books spread around the Skylight Room of Waynesburg University’s Eberly Library had one thing in common: Somewhere, they’d been pulled off the shelves. The university held a reading and discussion ...

National Banned Books Week is drawing to an end this Friday, but events are still going locally as San Diego honors its public library system and the right to read for all. The events include Banned ...