A Selection of Banned Books Week Lists and Resources
Banned Books Week 2015 begins today. Here’s a small selection of items that might be of interest.
Interview
From the Association of American Publishers (AAP)
From the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF)
From the National Coalition Against Censorship
Lists: Books Challenged or Banned (via Illinois Library Association)
These brochures list books challenged, restricted, removed, or banned in that year as reported in the ALA Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom.
Compiled by by Robert P. Doyle, Illinois Library Association
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2014-2015
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2013-2014 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2012-2013 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2011-2012 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2010-2011 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2009-2010 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2008-2009 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2007-2008 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2006-2007 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2005-2006 (PDF)
- Books Challenged and/or Banned – 2004-2005 (PDF)
Lists: Frequently Challenged Books (via ALA Office on Intellectual Freedom)
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