LiBLOG » banned books http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog UC Library Blog Mon, 15 Jul 2013 15:13:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2012/10/04/celebrate-the-power-of-literature-and-read-a-banned-book-3/ http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2012/10/04/celebrate-the-power-of-literature-and-read-a-banned-book-3/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:05:15 +0000 Melissa Norris http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/?p=18003 The #3 Most Challenged Book in 2011: The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins. Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence.

September 30 through October 6 is Banned Books Week, 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.

For more on Banned Books Week, visit ALA’s website at http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek.

]]> http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2012/10/04/celebrate-the-power-of-literature-and-read-a-banned-book-3/feed/ 0 Celebrate the Power of Literature and Read a Banned Book http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2012/10/03/celebrate-the-power-of-literature-and-read-a-banned-book-2/ http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2012/10/03/celebrate-the-power-of-literature-and-read-a-banned-book-2/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:55:51 +0000 Melissa Norris http://www.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/?p=17937 The #7 most challenged book in 2011: Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit.

September 30 through October 6 is Banned Books Week, 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.

For more on Banned Books Week, visit ALA’s website at http://www.ala.org/advocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek.

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