Last Updated on May 29, 2025, 11:48 am ET
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read and draws attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting current and historical attempts to remove or restrict books in libraries and schools. Many ARL member libraries celebrate Banned Books Week with blog posts, resource lists, and special events. See below for a roundup.
Arizona State University
Auburn University
Banned Book Week at AU Libraries
Boston Public Library
- Banned Book Club: Persepolis (2000) by Marjane Satrapi
- Banned Books blog posts
- Books Unbanned
- Let Freedom Read: Banned Book Read-In to Fight Censorship
- Let Freedom Read: Banned Books Celebration
- The Right to Read: Ensuring Access to Books for Everyone, Everywhere Featuring Cory Doctorow, Leah Johnson and Kelly Brotzman
Boston University
Banned Books & Censorship
Duke University
Banned Books Week 2024
Emory University
Are Books Forbidden Fruit? Recognizing Banned Books Week
Florida State University
20 Banned Books Available at FSU Libraries
Harvard University
Banned Books
Kent State University
Read-In @ Kent State
NC State University
- Banned Books Read-Out
- Banned Books Unbound! Exhibit
- Banned Books Week Panel Discussion
- Rainbow Story Time
New York Public Library
Banned Books Week at The New York Public Library
Ohio State University
Celebrate Banned Books Week: September 23–27
Purdue University
- Banned Books Week Workshop
- Celebrate Banned Books Week with Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies
Rutgers University
Banned Books Week 2024
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Banned Books: Protect Your Freedom to Read
- SIU’s Banned Books Week Includes Donation of 500+ Books to Morris Library
Stony Brook University
Celebrate Banned Books Week: Defending Our Right to Read
Syracuse University
- Banned Books Week
- Black & Banned Books Read-In
- Libraries’ Hosts “Banned and Contested: Perspectives on Challenging Book Censorship”
Temple University
Freed Between the Lines: Banned Books Week
Tulane University
Banned Books Week
University at Buffalo
Read a Banned Book & Celebrate the Freedom to Read!
University of California, Riverside
Banned Books Week Book Collection
University of Colorado Boulder
- Bookmark Making and the Right to Read
- The University Libraries Joins Communities Nationwide in Defense of the Right to Read
University of Connecticut
University of Delaware
- Banned Books Week: Young Adult and Children’s Literature Table Event
- Banned Books Week: History of Censorship and Legislation Table Event
- Banned Books Week: ‘Zine Making Workshop
- Banned Books Week: 12th Annual Banned Books Read-Out
- Banned Books Week: Prison Book Bans Table Event
- Banned Books Week: LGBTQIA+ Table Event
- Banned Books and Censorship Panel
- Banned Books Discovery Collection
University of Georgia
Banned Books Week Events—Instagram post
University of Miami
Banned Books Week 2024
University of Michigan
Banned Books Week 2024, September 22–28
University of Missouri
Banned Books Week: Freed Between the Lines
University of Pennsylvania
From Ulysses to Romantasy, This Site Encourages You to Explore Banned Books
University of Pittsburgh
Study Break Tuesday: Banned Books Week
University of Southern California
Banned Books: Freedom to Read
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Banned Books Open Mic Nite
University of Utah
- Banned Books Free Film Screening—Persepolis
- Library Banned Books Event to Feature Author and Professor Emily Knox
Vanderbilt University
Banned Books Week Silent Reading Parties
Virginia Commonwealth University
Free to Read Week 2024
Washington University in St. Louis
Banned Books Week Book Club: In the Dream House
