Banned Books Week is September 18-24, 2022!
Join the DePaul University Library for an annual event celebrating the freedom to read.
Since 1982, libraries across the country have celebrated Banned Books Week, an event dedicated to promoting free and open access to information and individuals’ freedom to choose what they read.
This year’s festivities are marked by an increased sense of urgency: the number of book bans and challenges reported to the American Library Association rose over 300% -- disproportionately affecting books by and about LGBTQ+ and BIPOC (especially Black) people.
Censorship Divides Us, Books Unite Us Exhibit
Monday, September 19 - December 22, 2022 | JTR Library, 1st Floor
Stop by the John T. Richardson Library anytime during the Fall Quarter to visit the Banned Books Exhibit on the first floor. Learn more about the intersections between censorship and the experiences of BIPOC, LBGTQ+, and incarcerated people.
Banned Books Week Tabling
Monday, September 19 at 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. | JTR
Stop by the Library to learn more about Banned Books Week, browse the Most Challenged Books of 2020, make a button, grab some swag, and enter our raffle.
City Lit Theater presents Books on the Chopping Block!
Wednesday, September 21 at 1-2:30 p.m. | JTR 103 and virtually
Join DePaul University Library and City Lit Theater for a performance of Books on the Chopping Block, a series of dramatic readings from the most frequently banned and challenged books of the past year. Q&A and raffle drawing to follow. This event will be held live at the John T. Richardson Library and streamed over Zoom. Join us in your preferred modality!
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Share your experience with books and book bansHave you ever encountered a book ban or challenge? Is there a book or author that has shaped your sense of self or worldview? We want to hear about it!