The Vancouver Island Regional Library will be celebrating Canadians’ freedom to read next week.
Nanaimo-area libraries will be holding a number of events next week in honour of Freedom to Read Week, which runs from Feb. 22-26.
According to Natasha Bartlett, Vancouver Island Regional Library’s communication officer, Nanaimo branches will be putting out displays of challenged books by local authors.
“Vancouver Island Regional Libraries, like a lot of libraries across the nation celebrate Freedom to Read Week ... to bring awareness to the fact that Canadians should have a right to decide for themselves what they choose to read,” Bartlett said.
There will be a screening of The Interview, which was banned from movie theatres last year, at the Nanaimo North Library on Feb. 26.
For a full list of Freedom to Read Week events at local library branches, please visit www.virl.bc.ca.
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