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Banned Books

This guide is about National Banned Books Week, where we celebrate our freedom as Americans to read challenged and banned books, and explore why books are still subject to censorship attempts.

Sponsors of Nat'l Banned Books Week 2023

Sponsors and Contributors

National Banned Books Week 2023

 

National Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of our Freedom To Read anything we choose as Americans. Its sponsors & contributors are a coalition of organizations dedicated to freedom of expression:

  • American Booksellers Association
  • American Library Association
  • American Society of Journalists and Authors
  • Amnesty International USA
  • Association of University Presses
  • Authors Guild
  • Children’s Book Council
  • Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
  • Freedom to Read Foundation
  • Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE)
  • GLADD
  • Index on Censorship
  • Little Free Library
  • National Book Foundation, presenter of the Nat’l Book Awards
  • National Coalition Against Censorship
  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • PEN America
  • People for the American Way Foundation
  • PFLAG
  • Project Censored
  • Endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress
  • Generous support from HarperCollins and Penguin Random House