Banned Books Week - Sep 27-Oct 4

Banned Books Week, the only national celebration of the freedom to read, was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. More than a thousand books have been challenged since 1982 in every state and in hundreds of communities. Perhaps the ultimate question that must be answered in terms of book censorship is "Who decides?" According to Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy: Censorship is the younger of two shameful sisters, the older one bears the name inquisition.