How You Can Observe

Freedom to Read Week.

Reprinted with the permission of the Canadian Library Association.

• Encourage your municipal council or provincial government to proclaim Freedom to Read Week or to declare your community a Freedom to Read Zone.
• Organize a publc event wth readings, displays, or dramatizatons of banned materials.
• Prepare a press release supporting your event to send to local and regional media.
• Encourage other librarans, booksellers, teachers, writers, parents, politicians, and communty leaders to be part of your Freedom to Read Week observance. Ask them to share information about instances of book banning, book challenges, and other threats to intellectual freedom that have occurred in your area.

Ths year's Freedom to Read Week kit, produced by the BPC, includes clip art, the Freedom to Read Week poster, the Freedom to Read declaration, and the challenged books list, as well as material on Canada Customs, freedom of expression and the Internet, and controversial Canadian children's literature.

In addition, the BPC recently released When the Censor Comes, a guide for teachers, librarians, booksellers and others who disseminate the printed word. Researched and written by Sandra Bernstein for the Freedom of Expresson Committee, the booklet walks the reader through definitions of censorship, how to spot (and thwart) a would-be censor, and the procedures used by Canada Customs at our border. It also gives examples of policies that should be put in place in schools and libraries. Copies are available from the BPC for the cost of shipping. To order single copies, send a self-addressed, stamped 6 x 9 envelope. Copies of the Freedom to Read Week kit may be ordered for $12.84 each (includes postage, handling and GST). The BPC is located at 35 Spadina Rd., Toronto, Ont. M5R 2S9; (416) 975-9366; FAX: (416) 975-1839.

Reprinted with the permission of the Canadian Library Association.

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ISSN 1201-9364

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