Book Discussion

October 1-7, 2023 is Banned Books Week!

https://www.cambridgelib.org/banned-books-con-freedom-read-celebration

Combined book club special event for Banned Books Con with Rachel and Leah at the Deerfield Public Library! Discuss Crank by Ellen Hopkins. The author will visit Sequoya Library in Madison on Thursday, October 5th 6-8pm for an author talk and book signing.

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The Foundation Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Group

Monthly theme: Banned in the USA

The books are science fiction, but the banning is very much the stuff of real life. Choose from Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, The Amulet Of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Remember: The best way to get people to read something is by banning it!

Celebrate Banned Books Week with the Carpe Librum Book Club as we discuss Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. According to the American Library Association, Morrison's 1970 debut was the third most challenged book of 2022, with 73 different challenges being brought against it in schools and libraries around the country. Join us for a discussion about this classic and other banned books at our monthly meeting. Copies of the book will be available for check-out at the circulation desk beginning September 1st.

The Great Beginnings Book Club will feature The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison as part of Banned Books Con.

https://www.oregonpubliclibrary.org/adults/book-clubs/great-beginnings

Join us for a discussion of 'Flamer' by Mike Curato, one of this year's Top 10 Most Challenged books.

Paul Robeson -- Ballad of an American is an excerpted reading in performance of Sharon Rudahl's beautiful work Ballad of an American: A Graphic Biography of Paul Robeson (2020), edited by Paul Buhle and Lawrence Ware. Interspersed with Robeson's own music and words, beginning with an eleven-minute excerpt of his compelling interview before HUAC (House Un-American Activities Commitee), it uses the frank, direct writing, and imagery of Rudahl.

Paul Robeson -- Ballad of an American is an excerpted reading in performance of Sharon Rudahl's beautiful work

Have you ever heard a student say they went to a school where they didn’t feel seen, heard, confident, loved, or like they truly belonged? Jr. has felt that way at his many schools. But things begin to change when he stumbles upon a magical classroom and peeks through their window. With the help of a teacher named Mr. Rise, he sees a handful of students who are shown just how special they are every day! Will Jr. be too afraid to reveal himself to them? Will they let Jr. join their team? Only time will tell if he’s found the community he’s needed for a very long time.