Banned Book Week!

The freedom to choose your own reading material is integral to freedom of speech and the spread of new ideas. Banned books week celebrates frequently challenged reading materials and encourages readers to broaden their horizons. The North Carolina Literary Map celebrates banned book week with a list of banned books written by North Carolina authors. These books are within the top 100 most frequently challenged books of the past decade.

BANNED BOOKS

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
• ttyl; ttfn; l8r g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
• Bridge To Terabithia and The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
• The Face on the Milk Carton and The Terrorist, by Caroline B. Cooney
• Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane

10th Annual Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming

The Eastern North Carolina Literary Homecoming celebrates North Carolina authors and literary culture. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn about NC authors. Featured writers this year include Anjail Rashida Ahmad, Wiley Cash, Paul Cuadros, Maria DeGuzmán, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Anna Jean Mayhew, Irania Macías Patterson, and Calvin Alexander Ramsey.

The event takes place on September 20-21 at East Carolina University, Joyner Library and Mendenhall Student Center. Learn more here.

BookMarks Fesitval

The North Carolina Literary Map will have booth at the BookMarks Festival in Winston Salem this Saturday! Come by and say hello! It’s a wonderful event for lovers of literature.

 

The festival features 35 authors, many of whom are North Carolina residents!

The NC Authors featured at BookMarks include:

Robert Inman 

T. Michael Martin  

Jill McCorkle   

Jason Mott 

Ann B. Ross   

Fred Bahnson

Kevin Maurer 

Kathryn Byer 

MeganShepherd 

Cindy Holby 

Virginia Kantra 

Elaine Orr 

Charlie Lovett 

Cheryl Harry 

Molly Grogan Rawls  

Learn more about the BookMarks Festival at their website!