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SUMMARY:9 Sept: The Testaments Launch Party at Book-ish\, Crickhowell
DESCRIPTION:Book-ish will be celebrating the much anticipated publication of ‘The Testaments’ by Margaret Atwood with an evening event and Old Skool midnight opening. They will be starting at 8pm with a talk by Avril Horner at the Parish Hall\, followed by sharing platters and wine and book chat at Book-ish. They will host a Margaret Atwood quiz and then celebrate the publication launch at midnight! Tickets include a copy of The Testaments\, entry to the talk\, a sharing platter and a glass of wine at Book-ish\, and they also offer the chance to pre-order a copy of the book and get a glass of wine from 11pm for just the price of the book.\nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature.\n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/9-sept-the-testaments-launch-party-at-book-ish-crickhowell/
LOCATION:Book-ish\, 18 High Street\, Crickhowell\, NP8 1BD\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:9 Sept: The Testaments Launch Party at Roe River Books\, Dundalk\, Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the midnight launch party of The Testaments\, Margaret Atwood’s long-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale\, at Roe River Books in Dundalk. The evening will include a series of performances and selected readings. Complimentary wine and a discount of all Margaret Atwood books will be generously provided by Roe River Books.  More details on performers to be announced soon.\nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/9-sept-the-testaments-launch-party-at-roe-river-books-dundalk-ireland/
LOCATION:Roe River Books\, 66/67 Park St\, Dundalk\, Co Louth\, A91 C6VK\, Ireland
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SUMMARY:9 Sept: The Testaments Launch Party at Rogan’s Books in Bedford
DESCRIPTION:Rogan’s Books\, a specialist independent feminist and children’s bookshop in Bedford\, also plan a midnight launch for The Testaments on 9th September. They are arranging a lantern-lit parade of handmaids through Bedford\, passing landmarks such as the Embankment\, the river\, the wall and the eerie Castle ruins. Just before midnight\, the procession will arrive at Rogan’s Books to striking window displays\, a reading from the first chapter and Handmaid’s Tale themed refreshments.\nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature.\n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/9-sept-the-testaments-launch-party-at-rogans-books-in-bedford/
LOCATION:Rogan’s Books\, 26 Castle Lane\, Bedford\, MK40 3US\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:10 Sept: Storysmith Book Club Special: The Handmaid’s Tale
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of Margaret Atwood’s Booker-nominated new novel The Testaments\, Storysmith Bookshop in Bristol is holding a very special book club to talk about her classic masterpiece The Handmaid’s Tale. There will be an informal discussion of the original novel\, and attendants will enjoy 20% off a copy of The Testaments when purchased from them on the night of the event. Entry is free and includes a glass of wine.\nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/10-sept-storysmith-book-club-special-the-handmaids-tale/
LOCATION:Storysmith Bookshop\, 49 North Street\, Bristol\, BS3 1EN\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:10 Sept: The Testaments Launch Party at Red Lion Books in Colchester
DESCRIPTION:Red Lion Books in Colchester will host a launch for The Testaments on 10th September. They are inviting customers to submit personal and anonymous testaments of when they have experienced forms of prejudice. These testaments will be read by an actor. They will use the prize fund to create props\, make bonnets and provide refreshments\, as well as advertising the event on social media.\nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/9-sept-the-testaments-launch-party-at-red-lion-books-in-colchester/
LOCATION:Red Lion Books\, 125 High Street\, Colchester\, CO1 1SZ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID="Europe/London":20190911T190000
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SUMMARY:11 September: Banned Book Club at Belsize Community Library
DESCRIPTION:\nBelsize Community Library’s book club looks at literature through the lens of censorship. \nEvery third Wednesday of the month\, at 7pm\, they meet to discuss a different banned book. Some have been banned by censors in the UK\, some by other governments or organisations. Why were these books banned? What effect did it have on the book’s reception and the wider society that banned it? What relevance does the book have to us? \nFor each session they invite a guest participant whose area of expertise will help us to appreciate the book – not just as a document of censorship\, but on its own literary merits. \nThis month\, as preparation for UK Banned Books Week (22nd-28th September)\, they’ve invited Index on Censorship to come and talk about literary censorship and their work defending free speech worldwide. \nThey’ll also be discussing Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale\, which has been both challenged and celebrated. It has been banned and restricted by some schools in the US\, but used as a A-level set text in the UK – and now is the basis for a very successful TV series. \n\n  \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/11-september-banned-book-club-at-belsize-community-library/
LOCATION:Belsize Community Library\, Antrim Grove\, London\, NW3 4XP\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:22 - 28 September: A Banned Book at Bedtime webcast with the Museum of Witchcraft & Magic\, Cornwall
DESCRIPTION: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 novels so racy and depraved they were banned from sale on the Paris Metro! With special guest Dr Thomas Waters\, whose book Cursed Britain is published by Yale University Press. \nThe webcast streaming is free\, at 10pm every evening 22 – 28 September. The webcast is part of the MWM Equinox Colloquium in Boscastle\, Cornwall from 20 – 22 September. \nTickets for the equinox event are £25 for the weekend and can be booked here https://museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/event/equinox/ \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/22-september-a-banned-book-at-bedtime-webcast-with-the-museum-of-witchcraft-magic-cornwall/
LOCATION:Museum of Witchcraft and Magic\, Boscastle\, Cornwall\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Three ways librarians can combat censorship
DESCRIPTION: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 which librarians share tips on how to navigate censorship. \nThe webinar will highlight how certain books can be used to engage students and patrons in constructive conversations and what strategies can be used by librarians when censorship arises. \nPanellists include Molly Dettmann\, school librarian at the Norman North High School\, Courtney Kincaid\, assistant library director at North Richland Hills Library and Adriene Lim\, who is dean of libraries at University of Maryland\, College Park. The event will be chaired by Jemimah Steinfeld\, deputy editor of Index on Censorship magazine. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/webinar-three-ways-librarians-can-combat-censorship/
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SUMMARY:23 September: Walled In
DESCRIPTION:Writers consider walls in literature and in our lives. \n30 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 censorship go hand-in-hand? And are there places where a wall could mean safety rather than segregation?\nWith David Hare and Ben Okri. Chaired by Samira Ahmed. \nDavid Hare is a playwright and film-maker. He has written over thirty plays which include Plenty\, Racing Demon and Skylight. His many screenplays include The Hours\, The Reader and the Worricker trilogy. \nBen Okri is a poet\, novelist\, essayist\, short story writer and playwright. His novels include the Booker Prize-winning The Famished Road\, the first in a trilogy\, and The Freedom Artist\, published in 2019. \nSamira Ahmed is a freelance journalist\, writer and broadcaster at the BBC\, where she has presented Radio 3’s Night Waves and Radio 4’s PM\, The World Tonight\, and Front Row. She presents the Intelligence Squared podcast ‘How I Found My Voice’. \nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/23-september-walled-in/
LOCATION:British Library\, Knowledge Centre\, 96 Euston Rad\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:24 September: Desert Island Books with Redland Library\, Bristol
DESCRIPTION:Join the Friends of Redland Library for a panel discussion on banned books with Philip Kent\, Professor Madhu Krishnan and Jari Moate. Pay on the door. \n  \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/24-september-desert-island-books-with-redland-library-bristol/
LOCATION:Redland Library\, Whiteladies Road\, Bristol\, BS8 2PY\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:24 September: John Osborne’s Under Plain Cover
DESCRIPTION:A reading and discussion of the 1962 play by John Osborne at the British Library in London\, which miraculously avoided a ban at a time when attitudes towards sexual behaviour were just turning. How differently would the play’s themes of privacy and public morality be received today? \nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/23-september-john-osbornes-under-plain-cover/
LOCATION:British Library\, Knowledge Centre\, 96 Euston Rad\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:26 September: Write and Shine Radical and Rebellious writing workshop
DESCRIPTION:Write & Shine runs a programme of morning writing events in peaceful London locations. As part of Banned Books Week\, we’ll host a session about writing that takes a stand. We’ll create subversive stories\, consider rebellious writers & think about books that have changed the way we look at the world \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/26-september-write-and-shine-radical-and-rebellious-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Waterstones\,\, 19 - 21 Tottenham Court Road\, London\, W1T 1BJ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:26 September: Truly Uncensored? LGBTQ+ Young Adult Literature
DESCRIPTION:\nThe UK has no official censorship – but does that fact make us too complacent? \n\n\nAs part of Banned Book Week 2019\, we explore the challenges facing LGBTQ+ Young Adult literature with Dean Atta\, Fen Coles and Robin Stevens\, chaired by Erica Gillingham. What are the invisible barriers to expression and publication? And how do editors\, publishers\, teachers\, librarians\, parents or even authors contribute to unofficial censorship around LGBTQ+ issues? \nDean Atta was shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize for his debut poetry collection\, I Am Nobody’s Nigger. He was named as one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK by the Independent on Sunday. The Black Flamingo is his debut novel\, published by Hodder Children’s Books in August 2019. \nFen Coles is a co-director at Letterbox Library\, a 36-year-old\, not-for-profit children’s booksellers specialising in equality\, diversity and inclusion. She also co-runs the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction. Fen has a PhD (2005) and an MA (1995) in Interdisciplinary Women’s Studies from the University of Warwick. Her PhD was in ‘The Representations of Lesbians in American Horror Film’. \nErica Gillingham is an academic\, writer\, and expert in LGBTQ+ children’s and young adult literature. She is currently a bookseller at Gay’s the Word\, the oldest LGBT bookshop in the UK\, and the Books Editor for DIVA magazine. Her PhD research was conducted at the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Roehampton where her thesis examined lesbian love stories in young adult literature and comics. \nRobin Stevens is the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winning author of the Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries. Her schoolgirl detective duo\, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong\, have won her legions of dedicated fans. In the seventh mystery\, Death in the Spotlight\, Daisy came out as gay and Robin has received overwhelming support for her sensitive and inclusive portrayal of Daisy’s journey since the first book. Top Marks for Murder is the eighth mystery\, published by Puffin in August 2019. \n\n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/26-september-truly-uncensored-lgbtq-young-adult-literature/
LOCATION:British Library\, Knowledge Centre\, 96 Euston Rad\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:28 September: 1984 at 70 – How Has Orwell’s Vision Aged?
DESCRIPTION:It is 70 years since George Orwell published 1984. So how do our political and personal landscapes today compare to Orwell’s dystopia? And can the book shed light on today’s data-driven security and surveillance society? Our panel: Dorian Lynskey\, author of The Ministry of Truth\, an acclaimed new biography of 1984; award-winning foreign affairs writer David Pratt; and Julia Farrington of Index on Censorship. Chaired by Magnus Linklater. \nThis is a Banned Books Week event in partnership with the British Library\, Booksellers Association\, English PEN\, Free Word\, Hachette UK\, Index on Censorship\, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service\, Libraries Connected\, The Publishers Association and The Royal Society of Literature. \n
URL:https://www.bannedbooksweek.org.uk/event/28-september-1984-at-70-how-has-orwells-vision-aged/
LOCATION:Wigtown Book Festival\, Festival Marquee\, 11 North Main Street\, Newton Stewart\, Wigtown\, DG8 9HN\, United Kingdom
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