Got a favorite book? Well, odds are good there’s someone out there in the United States who’d liked to see it censored. And that’s where Banned Books Week comes in—an annual celebration of literacy in which the spotlight is shone on the problem of censorship in U.S. libraries and bookstores. To quote the Banned Books Week website:

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information.

That value is stressed even more in this year’s theme, “Banned Books Silences Stories,” which the Banned Books Week Coalition describes as “a call to action to speak up for the right to read” and “a reminder that everyone needs to speak out against the tide of censorship.”

Banned Books Week 2018 is happening right now, September 23 to September 29, so visit the BBW website for more information, including a list of the Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2017 that they’re celebrating this year.