Posted 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013
Murphy Library's “Freedom to Read” event takes place during Banned Books Week, September 22 - 28, 2013.
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Join us at our FREEDOM TO READ "read out" on September 25, 2013 as part of Banned Books Week[/caption]
Murphy Library's “Freedom to Read” event takes place during Banned Books Week, September 22 - 28, 2013. Banned Books Week is a national celebration that promotes the freedom of choice and the freedom of expression, even if that choice or opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. Banned Books Week brings attention to the dangers of censoring books, ideas, and persons.
For more information, visit the news and event sections of the library home page or contact Marc Manke at Murphy Library, mmanke@uwlax.edu 5-8637.
READERS WANTED!!!
As part of our Banned Books Week events, we are looking for readers for our Freedom To Read read-out! What: Read from a challenged or banned book for up to 5 minutes. There is no microphone, no sitting audience – you read from a passage of your choice, from a book of your choice in a normal voice to passers-by. Who: Anyone can read: students, staff or faculty members. When: Wednesday, September 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. Where: In Murphy Library on the first-floor landing of the central staircase How: Sign up using the Freedom to Read Volunteer Form with your preferred time and title (if possible, readers should bring their own books). We’ll do our best to accommodate your preferred time - first come, first served. Need ideas of what to read? Some examples are: the Harry Potter series, Slaughterhouse-Five, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Bible, Water for Elephants, Catch-22, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, Brave New World, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Koran, the Twilight Series, And Tango Makes Three, Song of Solomon, The Catcher in the Rye, ttyl, The Color Purple, My Sister’s Keeper, The Chocolate War, The Kite Runner, His Dark Materials trilogy, Of Mice and Men, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bridge to Terabithia, Go Ask Alice, Captain Underpants, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, The Lord of the Flies, The Call of the Wild, Rabbit Run, A Clockwork Orange, In Cold Blood. Or visit the American Library Association’s Frequently Challenged Books webpage.
Join us at our FREEDOM TO READ "read out" on September 25, 2013 as part of Banned Books Week[/caption]
Murphy Library's “Freedom to Read” event takes place during Banned Books Week, September 22 - 28, 2013. Banned Books Week is a national celebration that promotes the freedom of choice and the freedom of expression, even if that choice or opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular. Banned Books Week brings attention to the dangers of censoring books, ideas, and persons.
For more information, visit the news and event sections of the library home page or contact Marc Manke at Murphy Library, mmanke@uwlax.edu 5-8637.
READERS WANTED!!!
As part of our Banned Books Week events, we are looking for readers for our Freedom To Read read-out! What: Read from a challenged or banned book for up to 5 minutes. There is no microphone, no sitting audience – you read from a passage of your choice, from a book of your choice in a normal voice to passers-by. Who: Anyone can read: students, staff or faculty members. When: Wednesday, September 25, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m. Where: In Murphy Library on the first-floor landing of the central staircase How: Sign up using the Freedom to Read Volunteer Form with your preferred time and title (if possible, readers should bring their own books). We’ll do our best to accommodate your preferred time - first come, first served. Need ideas of what to read? Some examples are: the Harry Potter series, Slaughterhouse-Five, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Bible, Water for Elephants, Catch-22, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, Brave New World, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The Koran, the Twilight Series, And Tango Makes Three, Song of Solomon, The Catcher in the Rye, ttyl, The Color Purple, My Sister’s Keeper, The Chocolate War, The Kite Runner, His Dark Materials trilogy, Of Mice and Men, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Bridge to Terabithia, Go Ask Alice, Captain Underpants, The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, The Lord of the Flies, The Call of the Wild, Rabbit Run, A Clockwork Orange, In Cold Blood. Or visit the American Library Association’s Frequently Challenged Books webpage.