September 21, 2018
Public invited to VU Banned Book Readout on Sept. 26
VINCENNES, Ind. - Banned Books Week is 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. Banned Books Week 2018 is September 23-29 with the theme,
“Banning Books Silences Stories,” which serves as a reminder that
everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship.
Vincennes University’s Writing Center will host a Banned Books
Readout on Sept. 26, 2 p.m. (EDT), at the Shircliff Humanities Center,
Room E229. VU students and employees have been invited to read
passages from their favorite banned books and retired Humanities
professors Jack and Shar Mahoney will present an original skit titled
“Carl and Edna Banned.”
Information about the VU Readout is available by contacting
Kathy Barbush, assistant director of the VU Writing Lab, 812-888-5141, kbarbush@vinu.edu.
ABOUT THE BANNED BOOKS WEEK COALITION
The Banned Books Week Coalition is an international alliance of
diverse organizations joined by a commitment to increase awareness of
the annual celebration of the freedom to read. The Coalition seeks to
engage various communities and inspire participation in Banned Books
Week through education, advocacy, and the creation of programming
about the problem of book censorship.
The Banned Books Week Coalition includes American Booksellers
Association; American Library Association; American Society of
Journalists and Authors; Association of University Presses; Authors
Guild; Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Dramatists Legal Defense Fund;
Freedom to Read Foundation; Index on Censorship; National Coalition
Against Censorship; National Council of Teachers of English; PEN
America; People for the American Way; and Project Censored. It is
endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Banned
Books Week also receives generous support from DKT Liberty Project and
Penguin Random House.
bannedbooksweek.org / @BannedBooksWeek
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