Thanks to everyone who came out & made our first #BannedBooksWeek of events extra special and memorable—and meaningful!

We have an exciting event announcement coming on Wednesday. Please get on our email list if you aren’t already on it: bigfootbooksnc.com/signup

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Get your friends together for Trivia Night: Banned Books Edition TONIGHT at 7pm!

Hope to see you then!!

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025

A photo of an orange cat dressed in a grey shirt that sits next to the book 1984. A poster of an eye and the text "Big Brother Is Watching You" is on the wall behind the cat.

A photo of an orange cat in a short brown wig, yellow shirt, and denim overalls to emulate the cover of the book "Bitter" by Akwaeke Emezi. A paintbrush sits in front of the cat and the book sits to the right of the cat.

A photo of an orange cat dressed in a brown braided wig, brown shirt and jacket with a mockingjay pin and quiver of arrows. The cat sits next to the book "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins and a tiny bow.

#CensorshipIsSo1984... Today we are featuring past #Caturday photos of banned or challenged books for the final day of #BannedBooksWeek2025 aka #FreedomToReadDay. 1/2

Learn more about these books & other challenged titles through Marshall University's database here: www.marshall.edu/library/bann...

TONIGHT at 7PM! Join us for a community conversation on #censorship — rumor has it there will be some free pizza (and, of course, great coffee/espresso/tea!).

Plus, more #BannedBooksWeek events coming up: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/banne...

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wrapping up Sunday 10/12 with Banned Books Storytime (for kids!) at 2pm and a Community Closing Conversation at 7pm.

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

A Historical Analysis of Book Challenges and Banning in Louisiana | Zetty | Codex: the Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL A Historical Analysis of Book Challenges and Banning in Louisiana

Let's talk history.

Book bans in #Louisiana aren’t new. Learn the patterns in this recent Codex article—because knowing #history is how we fight the next wave of #censorship.

#bannedbooksweek2025 @ncacensorship.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social

TONIGHT at 7pm! 'Zine making & blackout poetry — materials will be provided for free.

Thanks to our friends at MACA for their support on this!

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #ZineMaking #Zines #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Wyoming library director fired amid uproar over books with LGBTQ+ themes wins $700,000 settlement Terri Lesley was fired amid an uproar over books ​with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters.

This is great news! #bannedbooksweek2025

If you want to support #FreeSpeech, scan the barcode below to donate a banned book.
#BornBehindBars is on #BannedWagon this year!
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Olyvia reads a passage from George Orwell’s “1984.”

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #Orwell

Here at #AmphoraePublishing, we read #BannedBooks.
Do you?
What's your favorite?

#BannedBooksWeek2025 #ReadersUnite #ReadBannedBooks #SayNoToCensorship

📚 This week marks #BannedBooksWeek2025, and it's crucial now more than ever to support inclusive learning.

Explore resources — from book reviews to guides — compiled by @LearningForJustice to help you resist censorship and advocate for #educationjustice 🔗: https://bit.ly/3JJ4Td3

The display in the Children's department. In front of two arched windows, seven children's books are on display. Yellow caution tape, gathered high on the wall above them, spreads out and leads to the displayed books. Between two of the strips of tape in a sign that reads "Banned Books Week, Oct. 5-11, 2025"

A black bookshelf framed by yellow caution tape. On top is a sign in a black frame that reads "Banned Books". Eight graphic novels are displayed on the three shelves below, showing some of the top adult graphic novel titles that have been banned or challenged. Above each book is a Tag with a QR code leading to more information about why the book was restricted.

The wooden bookshelf in front of the Information Desk. In between displayed books on the top shelf is a sign in a curved frame that reads "Banned Books". Twelve books are displayed on the three shelves, showing some of the top adult fiction and non-fiction titles that have been banned or challenged over the years. Above each book is a Tag with a QR code leading to more information about why the book was restricted.

A wide shot of the fourth floor gallery, a white room with door on either side. Displayed on the walls are framed posters of the top ten books that were banned or challenge in 2024. Running the entire circumference of the room beneath the posters is yellow caution tape.

With multiple displays around the building, from the Children's Room to the 4th Floor Gallery, tour a sample of the kind of books that get banned and challenged across the US.
FMI on the 1st and 4th Floor displays: sites.google.com/view/bannedb...
#bannedbooksweek #bannedbooksweek2025 #libsky

Want to go on a BLIND DATE WITH A BANNED BOOK? We have 20 banned/challenged books available for $6 each (includes a free tea & a bookmark)! Come pick one up this week.

#BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #BlindDateWithABannedBook #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

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Our #libraries are under attack. This #BannedBooksWeek2025 we’re sharing daily actions to #ProtectLibraries & #SaveOurDemocracy.

Today's focus: RESOURCES—FAQs, toolkits & orgs to help you fight back. www.la-cac.org/resources

@librarianjones.com @uabookbans.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

Happy Banned Books Week, Folks! 📚
What banned book are you purchasing or reading this week?

#bannedbooksweek2025 #booksky

Censorship is so 1984.
Banned Books Week is October 5 - 11, 2025.
For more, check out bannedbooksweek.org
Censorship Is So 1984 artwork is ©American Library Association. Banned Books Week is ®American Library Association. #BannedBooksWeek #bannedbooksweek2025 #ireadbannedbooks

IT’S BANNED BOOK WEEK!! 🔥📖

Banned books week is taking place this year from October 5th-11th. This week highlights the value of free and open access to information! 🗂️

Join us this week at the library to celebrate the freedom to read! 📚❤️

#MarriottLibrary #BannedBookWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025

Banned Books Week 2025 It’s Banned Books Week again, and the censorship of books continues to be a clear and present danger.

Kicking off #BannedBooksWeek2025: www.hbook.com/story/banned...

Which book is MOST REQUESTED by incarcerated people in western North Carolina?

Learn more & DONATE books THIS WEEK through the Asheville Prison Books program: bigfootbooksnc.com/prisonbannedbooks

#BannedBooks #PrisonBannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #AVL #WNC

Poster for Banned Books Week 2025, with the words "Censorship is so 1984. Read for Your Rights."

Yesterday #BannedBooksWeek2025 kicked off. First established in 1982, it is a time meant to highlight "the value of free and open access to information," and to promote intellectual freedom. This year the theme is "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights." #💙📚 #Booksky

Back in June we asked a few of our staff members and beloved authors ‘Why do banned books belong in libraries?’ in the midst of ALA festivities. Here’s what they had to say!

#BooksBelong #ReadBannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek2025

Screenshot from film adaptation of "1984" starring John Hurt.

The theme for #BannedBooksWeek2025 (October 5-11) is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” 📖🔥

Speaking of reading George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," we've made an Orwellian companion article here with links to request this classic from our catalog: library.cmu.edu/about/news/2...

This is #BannedBooksWeek, and we’ve got events EVERY DAY this week starting on Wednesday 10/8 all the way through next Sunday 10/12!

Visit our website for all the details: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/events/banne...

#BannedBooksWeek2025 #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Books will go to Asheville Prison Books Program to distribute to incarcerated folks in the region, and a small commission from your purchases will also go to support us here at Bigfoot Books & Brews 🙏

#BannedBooksWeek #BannedBooksWeek2025 #PrisonBannedBooks #AVL #WNC #MarionNC #McDowellCountyNC

Censorship is no 1984. To help you celebrate your right to read, the ebook of BETWEEN THE STACKS is only $2.99 all week. 20% of proceeds go to EveryLibrary, an organization that fights book bans.

books2read.com/between-the-...

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