The 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week is next week!
Every year I do something to celebrate Banned Books Week in late September. Usually this means some combination of blogging about it and reading a book (or books) on the list of challenged books. They always release a list of the top 10 challenged books during the previous year, and sometimes I choose one of the books off of that list to read. If none of them interest me, or if I have already read all the ones that do (which does sometimes happen), I will alternatively choose a book off of the list of frequently challenged classics.
This year, Banned Books Week is a little extra special: It's the week's 30th anniversary! To celebrate the anniversary there is to be a 50 State Salute to Banned Books Week, which apparently consists of each state creating short videos demonstrating how they encourage people to exercise their freedom to read.
