September 22-28

Prize Giveaways All Week Long!

Celebrate the freedom to read during Banned Books Week at the Eglin Library. Patrons are invited to stop in for the Library’s interactive display, spotlighting current and historical attempts to censor books in libraries and schools. Challenge yourself with the Library’s quiz, and celebrate with prize giveaways throughout the week!

Banned Books Week is an annual event that brings together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types — in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.

This year’s theme is “Freed Between the Lines!” We find ourselves, each other, and freedom in reading. The right to read is a shared value that we can all celebrate, but book bans threaten our rights and freedoms. Let’s stand together to champion our right to read and libraries and be Freed Between the Lines!