Short Takes 9/24/2016

JSO (Jackson Symphony Orchestra, MI) composer, Spring Arbor University Music Department Chair, and now author, Jonathan Bruce Brown will be speaking at the Jackson District Library's Carnegie Branch on Friday, September 30th at 6:30 pm.

Dissonance, Brown's first book, is a mystery about music, Michigan, and its people.

American Library Association Picture

History was made on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 after Carla Hayden was sworn in as the first African American and woman appointed as the librarian of Congress. Read more HERE.

What are your favorite banned books? Celebrate Banned Books Week 2016 by reading one! An annual event celebrating the freedom to read. "Find out which challenged books made the 2015 list, which was released as part of the 2016 State of America’s Library Report." Read more HERE. (How can #1 on the top 10 on the video be John Green's Looking for Alaska? I loved that book.) 

 

15 Banned Books to Contemplate

HAPPY BANNED BOOKS WEEK 22 - 28, 2013

Head over to Buzz Feed and see which of your favorite books have been banned and for some pretty unexpected reasons. Check out 15 Books Banned for the Most Absurd Reasons Ever.

Banned Books Week 2013

Banned Books Week is just around the corner. What is your favorite challenged title?

Banned Books Week 2013