Events Calendar
Friday
September 2
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CTBirmingham Reads: A City-Wide Read Kickoff Event
Birmingham Civil Rights InstituteThursday
September 8
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ETPEN America Author’s Evening with Mansi Choksi
New York CityMonday
September 12
4:00 pm – 7:00 pm ETWords on Fire: Writing, Freedom, and the Future
New-York Historical SocietyWednesday – Sunday
September 14 – September 18
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm ETSPEECH ITSELF: Jenny Holzer Installation at Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller CenterThursday
September 15
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CTBirmingham 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 MTBand 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 ETRestricted Access: The American History of Book Banning
New York Public Library: Celeste Bartos ForumWednesday
September 21
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm CTResisting Censorship in Austin – a Community Reading of Banned Books
Spider House BallroomAustin, TX
Wednesday
September 21
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm CTBanned Books and Body Autonomy in Birmingham
Burdock Book CollectiveWednesday
September 21
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm CT[Virtual] Defending LGBTQ Literature in Oklahoma
Digital EventThursday
September 22
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm MTFree 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 ETChoosing Community: Toward a Civic and Informed South Florida
Sanctuary of the ArtsSaturday
September 24
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ETLet’s Get Organized: Fighting Book Bans Together
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial LibrarySaturday
September 24
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm ETCelebrating Black Gay Literature Amidst a Wave of Book Bans
Source BooksellersWednesday
September 28
8:00 am – 10:00 am ETCombating 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