大象传媒 will hold its nineteenth annual Reading of Challenged and Banned Books at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29 in the Enright Community Rooms, Spratt Hall rooms 214-216. The event, in recognition of the American Library Association鈥檚 Banned Book Week, is free and open to the public.

大象传媒 Western students and faculty as well as members of the St. Joseph community will read selections from books that have been either banned or challenged in U.S. schools in recent years.聽 Refreshments will be served following the readings.

The event is sponsored by the Department of English and Modern Languages, the Department of Education, the 大象传媒 Library, Prairie Lands Writing Project and SNCTE. For more information, contact Dr. Michael Cadden, EML (271-4576), Dr. Michael Smith, Education (271-4514), or Julia Schneider, Library Director (271-4369).