Banned Books Week September 25-October 2, 2010

Suite101 ^ | September 5, 2010 | Martha

[usalady]

Banned Book Weeks celebrates the freedom to read, the freedom to choose and the freedom to express one's opinion, even if it is unorthodox. Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) since 1982, it has become an annual event reminding Americans not to take this democratic freedom for granted.

[usalady]

Held annually during the last week of September, the events highlight: Free and open access to information Attention to the harms of censorship Spotlights actual or attempts to ban books

[csn vinnie]

I am assuming that collections of Danish cartoons about The Prophet will be readily available during this celebration.

[Krankor]

Oddly enough, the story never mentions the bookstores that refused to carry Sarah Palin's book.

[wjcsux]

I expect more banned books on the list. Books critical of Dear Leader will be targets.

[SERKIT]

There is a movement to purchase - then burn - a Koran for the September 11 remembrance. A true test of tolerance?

[LiberConservative]

There’s not a single copy on the shelf. Embretson said no one has asked for it except for one guy, who was kidding.

"Do you have a copy of Ssssssarah Palinssss book? Ha ha! Jussss kidding!"

[Fiji Hill]

Here are some banned books to read. A reference librarian at Ohio State University actually got into serious trouble for recommending these titles to freshmen:

• The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised As Freedom by David Kupelian. (WND, 2005)

• The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America by David Horowitz. (Regnery, 2007)

• Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis by Bat Ye'or. (Dickinson University Press, 2005)

• It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good by Richard Santorum (ISI, 2006)

[Vinnie]

The books at the website are banned?? Banned from where?

The Catcher in the Rye and Animal Farm were required reading in my HS English class. Along with several other of these books.

[plan2succeed.org]

Banned Books Week is a hoax. No books have been banned in the USA for about half a century.