Exercise Your Right to Freadom!

This week is Banned Books Week UK, a campaign to celebrate the freedom to read. A banned book, as defined by the campaign website, is any that have been "censored, banned or where its removal or restriction has been called for from libraries, schools, bookshops or public circulation. A book might be challenged by individuals, private pressure groups or governments who disagree with its content or message and therefore wish to censor or silence the author’s voice".

To celebrate, we have created a wall display and wrapped a selection of the banned books in brown paper, with a label explaining why they have been banned. 

The wrapped books are displayed on top of the fiction shelves, ready to be unwrapped and borrowed!  Our selection of books include Twilight, The Wizard of Oz, The Hunger Games and The Hate U Give.

We have had a great response from our students, who are curious about the campaign and are keen to read the books!