Banned Books Weeks Ends… Wouldn’t it be nice if it really did?

Banned Books Week ends tomorrow, Oct. 3. Wouldn't it be nice if we never had to celebrate it again? Read a banned book (or two) this weekend. Celebrate the freedom to read ideas and stories that challenge your world view and help you see things differently. And celebrate the desire to tell stories even if … Continue reading Banned Books Weeks Ends… Wouldn’t it be nice if it really did?

Banned Books Week: Stories Make Friends

Thanks to Village Books in Fairhaven, Washington, and Books Inc for this inspiration: "The shortest distance between two people is a story."   Read a banned book today, and celebrate our connections.

Read a banned book today

It's Banned Books Week. As an avid reader of all kinds of books, I find it tremendously disturbing that any one person or group would seek to control what I choose to read.  As an author, I would consider it a high compliment if my work sparked an attempt to ban it. That means its … Continue reading Read a banned book today