Come celebrate our First Amendment rights with a Banned Book Reading on Thursday, September 30 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Librarians from the St. Louis Public Library will read excerpts of their favorite banned or challenged books, illustrating the importance of having access to all types of information and promoting intellectual freedom. Please feel free to bring your own favorite censored or challenged text to share. 

Readers include:

• Jennifer Conroy (Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein)

• Julie Earhart (Fahrenheit 451 by Raymond Bradbury)

• Sheneatha Frison (To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee)

• Jennifer Halla-Sindelar (Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)

• Michelle Hatfield (The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman)

• Adele Heagney (Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin)

• Cynthia Jones (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou)

• Katie LaBarbera (The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano)

• Brian Novak (Uncle Bobby's Wedding by Sarah Brannen)

• Michael Schaefer (Howl by Allen Ginsburg)

• Joan Smith (Sold by Patricia McCormick)