Banned Bookathon
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Sedgwick Reading Room (18 Main Street, Lenox, MA 01240, Lenox MA)
Join us as we celebrate Banned Books Week, October 5 – 11, 2025.
This year’s theme is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
With the escalation in attempts to ban books in libraries, schools, and bookstores around the country, George Orwell’s cautionary tale 1984 serves a prescient warning about the dangers of censorship. This year’s theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.
On Wednesday, October 8, Lenox Library invites you to read for your rights during our all-day Banned Bookathon. Sign up for a 15-minute timeslot(s) to read from your favorite banned book.
Need inspiration? Check out this list of the top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2010-2019 or one of our banned books displays.
We hope you’ll join us in standing up for – and celebrating – our right to read!