Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.

Sharing stories important to us means sharing a part of ourselves. Books reach across boundaries and build connections between readers. Censorship, on the other hand, creates barriers.

The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted for removal or restriction in libraries and schools. The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 156 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2020. By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship.

Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2020 on YouTube - https://youtu.be/8DbrJiaYFbM

Celebrate the right to read. The Goffstown Public Library supports your Constitutional right to access the information you want and hopes you will exercise that right by reading a challenged book. Visit the Library to interact with this week's banned book displays, check out a book, or participate in one of the special activities on the calendar.

Banned Books Week is an annual week-long event celebrating the freedom to read, highlighting the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community – librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types – in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.

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All knitters & crocheters are welcome, all ages, all levels of experience!

No registration required.

This is the Friends monthly meeting.

The Friends of the Goffstown Public Library is an association interested in the Goffstown Public Library, which supports the Library Bill of Rights, and offers the opportunity to focus public attention on and stimulate the use of the library. Visit www.goffstownfriends.com for more information.

The Friends usually meet on the second Wednesday of every month, please check the Library calendar for up-to-date scheduling.

The Friends of the Library will be hosting their book sale on the lawn of the Library. RAIN or SHINE.

2-3pm is the $10 bag sale - bring your own reusable shopping bag.

• Books are: sorted & categorized, all new donations, not picked over, and never scanned.
• The Friends will also be collecting donations from the public through Monday, September 27. Just drop off books (in bags or boxes, please) at the Goffstown Public Library during business hours only. We cannot accept damaged or text books, Reader's Digest condensed books, encyclopedias or magazines, or titles that are dusty or moldy. September 27 will be the last day donations are accepted until we resume collecting on October 25.
• Volunteers for this event are always needed, please let us know if you can lend a hand at the email or phone # below.

All knitters & crocheters are welcome, all ages, all levels of experience!

No registration required.

This is the Friends monthly meeting.

The Friends of the Goffstown Public Library is an association interested in the Goffstown Public Library, which supports the Library Bill of Rights, and offers the opportunity to focus public attention on and stimulate the use of the library. Visit www.goffstownfriends.com for more information.

The Friends usually meet on the second Wednesday of every month, please check the Library calendar for up-to-date scheduling.

All knitters & crocheters are welcome, all ages, all levels of experience!

No registration required.

This is the Friends monthly meeting.

The Friends of the Goffstown Public Library is an association interested in the Goffstown Public Library, which supports the Library Bill of Rights, and offers the opportunity to focus public attention on and stimulate the use of the library. Visit www.goffstownfriends.com for more information.

The Friends usually meet on the second Wednesday of every month, please check the Library calendar for up-to-date scheduling.

All knitters & crocheters are welcome, all ages, all levels of experience!

No registration required.