2009/09/16 - Banned Books Week Celebrity Readout

Press Release #: NA
Date: 2009/09/16
Contact: Jan E.V.W. Hanson
Phone: 360.442.5323

Banned Books Week Celebrity Readout

In recognition of Banned Books Week, the Longview Public Library will have a Celebrity Readout on Tuesday, September 29, from 6 – 7:30 p.m.  Celebrities include Washington Legislative Representative Dean Takko, Lower Columbia College President Jim McLauglin, Cowlitz County Superior Court judges Jill Johanson and Stephen Warning, The Daily News journalist Leslie Slape, Longview Public Library Director Chris Skaugset, Kelso High School Drama Teacher David Crayk, Mark Morris High School Librarian Patti Tjomsland, and R.A. Long High School Associated Student Body Presidente Colin Cardwell.

Short excerpts from banned books will be read, including Alice in Wonderland, And Tango Makes Three, Captain Underpants, Catcher in the Rye, Diary of Anne Frank, Fahrenheit 451, The Golden Compass, Huckleberry Finn, In the Night Kitchen, King Lear, The Lord of the Rings, Peter Rabbit, The Rabbit’s Wedding, Scary Stories to Read in the Dark, and To Kill a Mockingbird.  Come find out why these titles have been burned, banned, or challenged!

Observed since 1982, Banned Books Week is an annual event sponsored by the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom. It celebrates the freedom to read and reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.  For more information, contact the Longview Public Library at 360.442.5301.

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