A photo of the book display shelf at the MacRae Library in Truro featuring book titles including "The Hate U Give" and "The Awakening"
It’s Freedom to Read Week - a time for Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. We celebrate our right to explore diverse, bold, and even controversial ideas. Stop by the MacRae Library book display to check out some classic controversial reads #FTRW2026
Freedom to Read Week, February 22-28, is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, a guarantee under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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📚✨ It’s Freedom to Read Week! Celebrate your right to explore every story - visit your library this week!
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Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. Let's celebrate our right to explore diverse, bold, and even controversial ideas. #FTRW2026
Join the pop-up Banned Books Book Club!
No registration required! Meetings will be on Wednesday, February 25th, from 2pm to 3pm, at Webster Library, in LB-207, or Friday, February 27th at 2pm to 3pm, at Vanier Library, in VL-307.
Find more information here: buff.ly/HzThi9X
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Unsilencing the Literary Landscape
Join us for a keynote and panel discussion with three writers and academics at the forefront of the issues of censorship and suppression.
⏰Feb. 25, 11:00am–1:30pm
📍4TH SPACE, Zoom
👉Register now! buff.ly/XawK5Gs
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 Film Screening
Join ABQLA and Concordia University Library for a screening of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, followed by a Q&A panel with library and information professionals.
⏰Feb. 24, 6:30pm–8:30pm
📍J.A. DèSeve DeSève Cinema (LB-125)
👉Register now! buff.ly/GFVMnCc
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From February 22nd to 28th, the Library will take part in Freedom to Read Week, a Canadian event that celebrates intellectual freedom.
You can look forward to a host of information and engaging activities and events.
Learn more: buff.ly/wCYSXA1
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Story Studio and CAIABB present Words Without Walls writing contest. What happens when a story is silenced? Who decides what we get to read? We invite writers age 12 to 18 across Canada to share their voices in defense of intellectual freedom. Whether it's fiction, poetry, or a personal essay, tell us why the freedom to read matters to you. Free to enter, one entry per person. Submissions open February 1 to February 28th, 2026. Length 500 to 1500 words. Winners and runners up will be published in an anthology. Learn more at storystudio.ca.
Words Without Walls writing contest. Open to youth (ages 12 to 18) across Canada. Deadline 1159 p.m. pst on February 28th, 2026. Length: 500 to 1500 words. What happens when a story is silenced? Who decides what we get to read? Whether it's fiction, poetry, or a personal essay, tell us why freedom to read matters to you. Submit and learn more at storystudio.ca. Read freely, write boldly.
Story Studio and Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans are teaming up to launch a national youth writing contest on the theme of freedom to read! Please share!
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