For as long as books have been published there has been disagreement over them: which are the best written, which are the most exciting and which, if any, should be kept from the public. In that spirit of discussion we celebrate Banned Book Week.

            We at APOSTROPHE BOOKS support your right to read whatever you like and we support the author's right to freedom of speech through the written word.

            Many books are petitioned for restriction or banning every year all across the country. This is especially true for children's books which are the most targeted though they are the best tools for teaching acceptance and critical thought to young minds. But it is writers themselves that often bear the burden most harshly. Amnesty International posts many cases of novelists, poets and journalists who find themselves and their readers persecuted for their provocative writing and unpopular tastes. These writers face the risk of imprisonment and physical harm or even execution. So, to show our solidarity with such groups as the ALA, the ABA,  the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the Library of Congress Center for the Book we will display many of the books that routinely make the Banned Book List. Everything from classics like Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird to modern bestsellers like the Harry Potter Series.

            We do this in the hopes of sparking discussion and inspiring others to read and write often, well and with great variation because no book should be banned, no voice should go unheard.