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What Banned Books Week is all about

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Check out my guest appearance with the amazing author Ally Aldridge! On her blog, I discuss Banned Books Week (which is going to be September 22-28 this year) and the importance of creative and intellectual freedom for writers, librarians, and humanity. We have a few months to go, but there’s no harm in thinking about it early! Thank you, Ally, for this opportunity!

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6 responses to “What Banned Books Week is all about”

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    allyaldridge

    It was a pleasure Andrew. Your writing is amazing. I felt very lucky to get to feature you on my blog. 💜

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    Bossylibrarian

    Banned Books Week is so important! It really illustrates how essential it is to resist censorship! Thanks for the post!

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      Andrew McDowell

      Very true. You’re welcome.

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    JamieAdStories

    It is good that you draw awareness to this.

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