You can also start by picking up a few of our favorites - via our sponsor, Kobo: While you’re at it, purchase the banned book from an independent bookstore and show the authors of banned books that we will continue to support them no matter what!Ĭheck out Fandom Forward’s suggested list on Bookshop, a website that supports local, independent bookstores with every online purchase. Stories have power, and the more people who read a story, and share that story with others, the harder it is to silence that story. One of the easiest (and most fun!) ways to support a banned book is to read it.
They'll help you stay informed so you can take action during Book Defenders Summer, Banned Books Week, and all year long.
#Banned books week how to#
Ideas and Activities on How To Fight Book Bansįollow organizations such as the National Coalition Against Censorship, the American Library Association, We Need Diverse Books, PEN America, and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund to stay up-to-date on everything happening with books and censorship. Here are 18 ways you can fight book bans today! Kendiīanned Books Week is an annual event that takes place from September 18th - 24th in 2022. Kendi puts it, “To fight off the book bans is to fight for basic human freedoms.” "To fight off the book bans is to fight for basic human freedoms." - Ibram X. So, when it feels like our reality has crumbled into a dystopian nightmare, what do we do? We use the power of books, form our own team of heroes, and fight against censorship and for stories that matter!Īs Ibram X.
Reading is a powerful act of resistance and so many are scared of that power. We know that diverse stories are essential: they validate the experiences of those who can see themselves in those stories and they encourage empathy and understanding in those who don’t. While book banning has increased in recent years, it is a tactic that dates back to at least the 1820s with the banning of the anti-racist book “Appeal” by David Walker.īook bans erase history and represent the effort to silence those most underrepresented in literature.Įspecially concerning today is news such as a Virginia judge’s tentative opinion that books such as “Gender Queer” and “A Court of Mist and Fury” should not only be banned in schools, but should not be sold at all. Books that include LGBTQ+ themes were also prominent among the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021. In the 2021–2022 school year, 1,586 books were banned in schools across the United States and 22% of those books directly addressed issues of race and racism.
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