INDIANAPOLIS – The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library is the first library in Indiana ever to be awarded a grant from the Freedom to Read Foundation’s Judith F. Krug Memorial Fund grant in support of Banned Books Week, which will take place Sept. 22-28.
Only seven organizations nationwide were awarded this funding. The library is the first institution devoted to an individual to receive the grant.
Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to access information and draws attention to the harms of censorship.
For this year’s Banned Books Week events, the Vonnegut Library will host an invitational juried art show and sale; hold a local writer captive in a “prison” of books; stage a First Amendment Film Festival; and present a talk on “Corrupting Our Kids: The Attack on YA Literature.”
Events and library admission are free to the public. Visit vonnegutlibrary.org for more information, or call 317-652-1954.