Banned Book Read-Out 2011

Monday, September 26
Start Time: 7:00 PM

At the Hamilton Public Library's Community Room, 13 Broad Street.  Celebrate your freedom to read!  Join us for a reading & discussion of banned books with members of the local communities, Colgate, and the MidYork Library System.  Sponsored by the Hamilton Public Library and the Colgate Bookstore. Refreshments will be provided.

For information on how you can participate in the national Virtual Read-Out, please click this link.

Celebrating the freedom to read, Banned Book Week is observed during the last week of September each year.   Since 1982 the American Library Association has promoted Banned Book Week to remind Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.

Among this year's participants are:
 * Chris Rossi, event emcee
 * Bev Choltco-Devlin, MidYork Library System, giving an introduction and over-view on banned books, and reading from The Skull of Truth by Bruce Coville.
 * Heather Elia, Colgate Bookstore, reading from The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
 * Joanne Geyer, Education Unlimited, reading from Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.
 * Rebecca Hewitt, Hamilton Public Library Board member, sharing illustrations from Eve's Diary by Mark Twain

 * David Hollis, community member, reading from Lush by Natasha Friend.

 * David & Clara Lantz, Colgate faculty & staff, reading from Salome by Oscar Wilde.
 * Margaret Miller, Hamilton Mayor, Lifelong Learners, and Fortnightly Club, reading from The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
 * Xavia Andromeda Publius, Colgate student, reading from A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
 * Kathy Sabino, Hamilton Central School teacher, reading from And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
 * Isadora Schaller, Hamilton Central School student, reading from Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.