Banned Books Week 2024 Ala. Banned books week is an annual event that highlights the value of free and open access to information. If you are at the conference, stop by the huge beach chair outside exhibit hall e today to have your voice and/or image recorded for this year’s banned books celebration.

Banned books week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in libraries, bookstores, and schools. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, banned books week draws.