Banned Book Club

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

The New Britain Public Library (Main Library and Jefferson Branch) will be closed Monday, January 19th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. 

Closing Early on January 15th

The Library will be closing at 5pm on Thursday, January 15th 

Program Type:

Book Club, Community Conversation

Age Group:

Adults
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Event Details

Join us for this monthly book club where we discuss books that have been banned or have been requested to be removed from public libraries or school libraries. 

January: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

February: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story (2021) edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman, and Jake Silverstein

March: The Sun and Her Flowers (2017) by Rupi Kaur

April:  Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (2006) by Alison Bechdel

May: The House on Mango Street (1983) by Sandra Cisneros

June: Heavy: An American Memoir (2018) by Kiese Laymon