Annual Event Also to Feature Refreshments Wednesday
Persons interested in personal freedom with regard to literature are encouraged to reserve a 12 to 15-minute time slot in which to read from their favorite banned book Sept. 30, between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in Wilmington College’s Watson Library.
(LEFT) Aaryn Barnes reads during last years Banned Books Read-in.
Wilmington College’s Watson Library is sponsoring the annual Banned Books Read-In as part of the American Library Association's 33rd anniversary observance of “Banned Books Week.”
The event is designed to raise awareness of the need to be ever vigilant about the potential for reading censorship by government and other entities in American society
Books ranging from the Holy Bible to Harry Potter to Charlotte's Web and To Kill a Mockingbird have been censored, suppressed, hidden, given limited access and outright banned some place in the world at some time. The United States has not been immune from this type of censorship.
In recent years, excerpts were read from such famous banned books as To Kill a Mockingbird and Huck Finn, in addition to The Day No Pigs Would Die, Decameron, Our Bodies – Ourselves, A Wrinkle in Time, Leaves of Grass, the Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings and Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Interested readers can reserve times by stopping by Watson Library’s circulation desk or calling (937) 382-6661 ext. 345 or 297. Refreshments will be served.
