Resources – Banned Books Week UK

Celebrate your right to read

Rebel readers and radical writers, we want YOU to join the reading revolution.

Got an idea for an awesome event? Reading a banned book? Want to suggest a book that isn’t on the list? Why not Tweet Us at @BannedWeekUK or contact:

Banned Books 2019 School Toolkit

21st Century Banned or Challenged YA Books

Handbook: Banned Books Week UK

Download and print a poster in red, blue, green, or yellow for Banned Books Week.

Social media pack: Banned Books Week UK

These 50 titles represent just of the tip of the iceberg. According to the American Library Association, more than 11,000 books have been challenged since the early 1980s.

This list of young adult banned books have at one time or another been challenged for a variety of reasons like sex, drugs, or bad language.

Want to get involved with Banned Books Week but not sure how? Here are our Top 10 suggestions of things to do…

The aim of this initiative is to get Year 10 students reading by engaging them with a list of 20 ‘Banned Books’. The official Banned Books Week is in September.

To mark the 50^th anniversary of the Theatres Act, an act to abolish censorship of the stage in the UK, Islington Council’s Library and Heritage Service working with The British Library have produced a list of plays that were either refused, modified or unlicensed by Lord Chamberlain’s office.

© 2019 Index on Censorship

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