Events Calendar
Friday
September 2
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT![Birmingham Reads](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Birmingham-Reads-Key-Artwork-2-300x158.png)
Birmingham Reads: A City-Wide Read Kickoff Event
Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteThursday
September 8
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![Mansi Choksi headshot and Newlyweds book cover](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Authors-Evening-Event-Graphic-Template-71-300x200.png)
PEN America Author’s Evening with Mansi Choksi
New York CityMonday
September 12
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Symposium-Event-Page-Graphic-Updated-September-12-300x200.png)
Words on Fire: Writing, Freedom, and the Future
New-York Historical SocietyWednesday – Sunday
September 14 – September 18
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/JHS_Image09132022-300x200.png)
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Photo: Filip Wolak
SPEECH ITSELF: Jenny Holzer Installation at Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller CenterThursday
September 15
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CT![Birmingham Reads](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Birmingham-Reads-Key-Artwork-2-300x158.png)
Birmingham Reads: Who Bears the Legacy of Slavery?
Hoover Public LibrarySaturday
September 17
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm ETSunday
September 18
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm MT![Band Against the Band; headshots of Arizona Senator Christine Marsh, Darrell Hill, EJ Montini, Taté Walker, Kyle Patton, and Lydia Zulema Martinez Vega](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MNE-Banned-Books-Week-2022-event-page-graphic-template-11-300x200.png)
Band Against the Ban in Arizona
Changing Hands BookstoreMonday
September 19
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ETTuesday
September 20
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PTTuesday
September 20
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm ETWednesday
September 21
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Flashpoints-Banned-Books-Week-2022-event-page-graphic-1-1-300x200.png)
Restricted Access: The American History of Book Banning
New York Public Library: Celeste Bartos ForumWednesday
September 21
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CTWednesday
September 21
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm CT![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MNE-Banned-Books-Week-2022-event-page-graphic-template-9-1-300x200.png)
Banned Books and Body Autonomy in Birmingham
Burdock Book CollectiveWednesday
September 21
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT![Defending LGBTQ Literature in Oklahoma](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MNE-Banned-Books-Week-2022-event-page-graphic-template-13-300x200.png)
[Virtual] Defending LGBTQ Literature in Oklahoma
Digital EventThursday
September 22
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm MT![FREE SPEECH & BANNED BOOKS: A CONVERSATION WITH AZAR NAFISI in Utah](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Banned-Books-Week-2022-Utah-2-300x200.png)
Free Speech & Banned Books: A Conversation with Azar Nafisi in Utah
Utah Museum of Fine ArtsThursday
September 22
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm PTThursday
September 22
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ETSaturday
September 24
11:30 am ET![Choosing Community - FL](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Quad-event-pages-300x200.png)
Choosing Community: Toward a Civic and Informed South Florida
Sanctuary of the ArtsSaturday
September 24
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lets-Get-Organized-Fighting-Book-Bans-Together-300x200.png)
Let’s Get Organized: Fighting Book Bans Together
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial LibrarySaturday
September 24
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET![Celebrating Black Gay Literature Amidst a Wave of Book Bans](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/MNE-Banned-Books-Week-2022-event-page-graphic-template-5-300x200.png)
Celebrating Black Gay Literature Amidst a Wave of Book Bans
Source BooksellersWednesday
September 28
8:00 am – 10:00 am ET![](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/CBCF-ALC-NPC-PANEL-300x200.png)
Combating Disinformation that Suppresses the Vote in Black Communities
The National Press Club (DC)Wednesday
September 28
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ETThursday
September 29
11:30 am ET![Disinfo, Midterms, and the Mind](https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Copy-of-Copy-of-PEN-Event-Page-Templates-300x200.png)