DATE: September 4, 2014
MEDIA CONTACT: Catherine McElrath
Libraries Division
EMAIL: cmcelrath@Broward.org
PHONE: 954-357-7402
BROWARD COUNTY, FL – Celebrate the freedom to read what you want, when you want during Banned Books Week. Slated for September 21st through September 27th, Banned Book Week began in 1982 as a campaign to raise awareness of banned and challenged books and celebrate intellectual choice. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community - librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types - in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
September 20th - Discussion of the Academic and Religious Approach to Banning Books/Local Author Discuss Censorship from Their Perspective, 1 to 3PM, Miramar Branch Library & Education Center, 2050 Civic Center Place, Miramar, FL 33025, 954-357-8090
September 22nd - Movie, please call library for title, 1 to 3PM, Main Library, 100 S Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, 954-357-7444
September 27th - Movie, please call library for title, 12:30 to 3PM., Pompano Beach Library, 1213 E Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, FL 33060, 954-357-7595
Book Displays/Exhibits:
- North Regional/Broward College Library, 1100 Coconut Creek Blvd., Coconut Creek, FL 33066, 954-201-2600
- Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33065, 954-357-7990
- Pembroke Pines Library, 955 NW 129 Ave., Pembroke Pines, FL 33028, 954-357-6750
- South Regional/Broward College Library, 7300 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33024, 954-201-8825
- Weston Library, 4205 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston, FL 33332, 954-357-5420
Broward County Libraries Division provides convenient access to a full range of innovative and cost-effective services that satisfy the changing needs of the people of Broward County for information, education and recreation at our 39 locations. Visit our Web site, Broward.org/Library or follow Libraries on Facebook and Twitter. Libraries Division also administers the services, programs, collections and exhibits of the Broward County Historical Commission.
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