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Celebrate Banned Books Week September 18-24, 2022 American Library Association

Banned Books Week, September 18-24, 2022

Banned Books Week is the annual celebration of the freedom to read. The event is sponsored by a coalition of organizations dedicated to free expression, including American Booksellers for Free Expression, American Library Association, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Association of University Presses, Authors Guild, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Freedom to Read Foundation, Index on Censorship, National Book Foundation, National Coalition Against Censorship, National Council of Teachers of English, PEN America, People For the American Way Foundation, PFLAG, and Project Censored. It is endorsed by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

Book Giveaway: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Books Unite Us. Censorshop Divides Us. Communtiy Read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Book Giveaway September 1, Main Library, 201 N. Mulberry St. Mount Vernon, Ohio. PEN America and Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County is proud to collaborate with PEN America to present activities for "Banned Books Week". Activities include a community read and book giveaway of Ray Bradbury's timeless classic, "Fahrenheit 451" that begins on September 1 and continues while supplies last. Stop by the Main Library and pick up a free copy.

Online Book Discussion: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The 2022 Banned Books Week theme is “Books unite us. Censorship Divides us.” Join Banned Books Week co-chairs Alyssa Gómez Lawrence and Debbie Nabubwaya Chambers for an online discussion of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, Fahrenheit 451 and the issues the book raises around censorship and free expression.

Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:00 PM via Zoom. Registration is required.

For more information email knoxwrites1@gmail.com, or call (740) 392-BOOK ext. 259. 
Register Here for the Online Book Discussion: Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury
Discuss Fahrenheit 451 with Banned Books Week Chairs Alyssa Gomez Lawrence and Debbie Nabubwaya Chambers. PEN America and Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County. For more information email knoxwrites1@gmail.com or call 740-392-2665 extension 259. Get Registered

Lunchtime Chat: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Banned Books Week

The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County partners with PEN America for Banned Books Week 2022. Stop by the Main Library to pick up a free copy of Fahrenheit 451 (while supplies last) then join us on Tuesday, September 20, from 12 noon-1pm for “Lunchtime Chat: Fahrenheit 451 and Banned Books Week” with Librarian Christie in the West Parking lot at the Main Library, 201 N. Main Street Mount Vernon. A box lunch will be provided for the first 20 registered attendees. Registration required. Space is limited!

Registration opens September 1, 2022.

For more information email knoxwrites1@gmail.com or call (740) 392-BOOK ext. 259. 
Register Here for the Lunchtime Chat: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Teen Makerspace is throwing a Fahrenheit 451 movie party! Join us for pizza & a screening of the 2018 film version of Ray Bradbury's classic novel. Wednesday, September 21, 2022 from 4:00-7:00 PM. In a dystopian future where all books are banned and burned, a fireman begins to read in secret, discovering an underground rebellion determined to protect literature. All patrons age 13-18 welcome!  The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County partners with PEN America for Banned Books Week 2022. Activities include a community read and book giveaway of Ray Bradbury's timeless classic,

Community Book Discussion: Fahrenheit 451

On Thursday, September 22 at 7:00pm: The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County and  PEN America present the 2022 Banned Books Week capstone event, a community discussion of Fahrenheit 451. Panelists Jeff Gottke, John K. Chidester, Abby Erler and Julia Warga will discuss topics raised in Ray Bradbury’s classic tale. Often regarded as one of his best works, the novel presents a future dystopian America where books are outlawed and "firemen" burn any that are found. The novel follows Guy Montag, a fireman who begins to read in secret and discovers an underground rebellion determined to protect literature. Fahrenheit 451 is a book that has often been the target of book bans, and raises issues central to Banned Books Week’s annual celebration of the freedom to read.

The panel discussion will take place in Ariel Foundation Park’s Knox County Foundation Pavilion at 10 Pittsburgh Avenue, in Mount Vernon. Advance registration is required, but as with all Library programs, this event is free and open to the public.

Patrons interested in reading Fahrenheit 451 can pick up a free copy of the book at the Main Library after September 1, while supplies last. For more information about Banned Books Week events, visit www.knox.net, email knoxwrites1@gmail.com or call (740) 392-BOOK ext. 259.  
Register Here for the Community Book Discussion of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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