The San Diego Public Library will celebrate artistic and political freedom on Friday when librarians and volunteers read aloud from books that are frequently challenged.
The fifth annual read-a-thon takes place from noon to 5 p.m. at the central library downtown. It’s part of national banned Banned Books Week, which is supported by the American Library Association and the Library of Congress.
Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 to draw attention to the dangers of censorship and encourage open access to information.
According to the library association, more than 11,300 books have been challenged since 1982. The award-winning novel “Looking for Alaska” by John Green was the most frequently challenged book in 2015.
