The San Diego Public Library will kick off its annual Banned Books Week Monday with a read-a-thon in the Neil Morgan Auditorium at Central Library.
The event, which begins at 12:30 p.m., will include a proclamation of Freedom to Read Day in San Diego by Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert and remarks by community representatives, according to the library. Participants will read excerpts from books that have been challenged and banned, including children's picture books, classic novels and award-winning literature.
Banned Books Week continues with a full week of programming centered around banned and challenged books. Book challenges in 2022 nearly doubled from the year before, and almost 50% of those challenges targeted materials in public libraries, according to the American Library Association.
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