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In-person Arts & Culture

Book Clubs of EPL - On Book Banning

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
7:00pm to 8:00pm

Edmonton Public Library (Riverbend)

books book clubs

Free

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Organized by: Edmonton Public Library

Jan.
8

Love reading? Love to talk about books you've read? Come join us for lively discussions on all types of fiction and non-fiction. We'll feature different titles and authors each month. Join us to share your impressions, thoughts and interpretations of a book we have all read.

"On Book Banning" by Ira Wells

SYNOPSIS:
From the destruction of libraries in ancient Rome to today’s state-sponsored efforts to suppress LGBTQ+ literature, book bans arise from the impulse toward social control. In a survey of legal cases, literary controversies, and philosophical arguments, Ira Wells illustrates the historical opposition to the freedom to read and argues that today’s conservatives and progressives alike are warping our children’s relationship with literature and teaching them that the solution to opposing viewpoints is outright expurgation. At a moment in which our democratic institutions are buckling under the stress of polarization, On Book Banning is both rallying cry and guide to resistance for those who will always insist upon reading for themselves.

Edmonton Public Library (Riverbend)

460 Riverbend Square
Edmonton, AB, T6R 2X2