October 4 - October 10 is Banned Books Week 2026! Banned Books Week 2026 is an opportunity to inform communities about this escalation in censorship while also highlighting the importance of the right to read and readers’ access to information.
To find programming near you, or tools to create your own Banned Books Week 2026 event, go to bannedbooksweek.org
You can also kick off your advocacy for the right to read this October by downloading our free action toolkit and our free messaging guide and checking out our partners' action tools in our resource library.
Join The Fight Against Censorship And Defend The Freedom To Read.
If you believe individuals should be trusted to make their own decisions about what to read, young people deserve to see themselves reflected in a library's books, and parents should not be making decisions about what to read for other parents' children, then join us to Unite Against Book Bans.
Help us defend the freedom to read in your community by signing up to receive updates, action alerts, and tools from the campaign.
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