Wednesday September 25
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Austin Central Public Library
Free

Austin Turns the Page on Book Bans

Journalist and Author Mike Hixenbaugh will join PEN America at the Austin Library Foundation on September 25th to discuss book bans and the movement to censor literature affecting public schools and libraries nationwide. Mike will be joined by educator and local advocate, Frank Strong, co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, and Texas librarian and co-founder of #Freadom Fighters, Becky Calzada. The panel will be moderated by PEN America’s Director of the Freedom to Read Program, Kasey Meehan.

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