September 2019
22 – 28 September: A Banned Book at Bedtime webcast with the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic, Cornwall
Don’t listen with Mother: The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic in Cornwall present a Banned Book at Bedtime – nightly webcasts from the MWM Library. From the Grimoire to the Bodice Ripper; discover ancient magical texts subverted as evidence in witch trials, unpublished transcriptions of conversations with spirits, alchemic formulae, works of occult philosophy and…
Webinar: Three ways librarians can combat censorship
In all types of libraries, which books are allowed to be stocked versus which are not can be very contentious, especially when it involves parents, a board or a fellow colleague. In a webinar hosted by ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom for Banned Books Week, Index on Censorship and SAGE Publishing present a webinar in…
23 September: Walled In
Writers consider walls in literature and in our lives. 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, writers consider walls in literature and in our lives. With the resurgence of interest in the boundaries and borders of nations across the world, is the symbol of that wall still potent in 2019? Do walls and…