Books Unbanned

It's Banned Books Week! Flatbush Library will be hosting a teen & tween craft night to celebrate. Come make custom banned book buttons and blackout poetry. We'll have snacks and swag bags for everyone who joins.

Join us in-person or online over Zoom Webinar for a National Banned Books Week panel discussion program. At this program, from 6-7 pm, noted authors Cory Doctorow and Leah Johnson, as well as the Executive Director of the Prison Book Program, Kelly Brotzman, will discuss book banning and censorship and how it has impacted their work and the ability for children and teens everywhere to get access to books that can shape their lives. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions toward the end of the program.

Banned Books Week offers an opportunity for readers to voice censorship concerns, celebrate free expression, and show their communities the importance of intellectual freedom. For teens ages 13 – 17.

Words have power! Kick off your celebration of Banned Books Week by letterpress printing your own words about what books mean to you. You’ll print two posters—you’ll keep one and hang one in a public display that will be enjoyed all week long. This program is for all ages.

Come let your voice be heard! Join the Pauline Foster Teen Center in a Day of Action against book banning by creating postcards that will be sent to local politicians. Get creative and design postcards for others to send. This is a teen program.

A Read-In is where you pick a book and read with others, in the same place, at the same time. Join us during Banned Book Week for a Read-In at the Cepeda Branch Library! Bring your favorite challenged book and enjoy the peaceful time as you read with others, celebrating your freedom to read. All ages welcome.