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American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

Barnes & Noble BookFair

Celebrating

Banned Books Week

Underwritten by Barnes & Noble

Sponsored by the Greater Lafayette Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

Supporting the West Lafayette Public Library

We are commemorating Banned Books Week (September 26−October 3, 2009) with a fundraiser to support the West Lafayette Public Library. Please help us celebrate freedom of speech and of the press. Join us at Lafayette Barnes & Noble from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM on Friday, October 2, 2009, and enjoy a cup of coffee, listen to readings from banned and challenged books, test your book knowledge with trivia, make a purchase or two and a percentage will be donated to the West Lafayette Public Library.

Just print the voucher and bring it to the store. Whether you purchase books, music, movies, a cup of coffee, or all of the above, with presentation of the voucher to your cashier(s), Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of your purchase to the West Lafayette Public Library.


Date:

Friday, October 2, 2009
9:00 am - 11:00 pm

Location:

Barnes & Noble
Next to Tippecanoe Mall
2323 Sagamore Parkway South
Lafayette, IN 47905

Click here for Voucher:

Event Flyer and Voucher (Adobe Acrobat Reader / PDF format)

Banned Books Read-Out:

Readings from childrens' books
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Selected adult readings
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Banned Books Trivia Contest:

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Save and print the Event Flyer and Voucher (Adobe Acrobat Reader / PDF format) and present the voucher to your cashier(s) and Barnes & Noble will donate a percentage of your purchase to the West Lafayette Public Library


The Greater Lafayette Chapter of the ACLU-IN will be there to host a banned book read-out from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM with readings from children's books from 3:00 until 5:00 PM and from adult selections from 5:00 until 9:00 PM. Please join us to read from books, buy books, and/or participate in a trivia contest to test your knowledge of books banned or challenged in the U.S.

If you would like to have specific items ordered or held for purchase during the book fair, please call Anne or Dana at Barnes & Noble in advance of the event: 765-449-4330.

Please look for the Library's Wish List table if you would like to make a direct donation.

For more information about Banned Book Week please visit the website of the American Library Association: Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

For a not-comprehensive list of banned books, go to http://www.adlerbooks.com/banned.html.

The ACLU of Indiana and its Greater Lafayette Chapter are nonpartisan: we do not endorse political candidates or political parties.