Greetings!
As you may have noticed from the header, this is Banned Books Week in he US. We have a window display at the store of some of the banned books in the last calendar year.
From the American Library Association website:
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. 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.
We celebrate the right to read. Thank you for your support of independent bookselling.
Alice