Freedom to Read Week Events in Edmonton

Today is the first day of Freedom to Read Week! See the event listing below to find out about the events taking place this week in Edmonton:

Sunday February 24

• The Edmonton Public Library (EPL) and the University of Alberta Libraries are hosting a talk with Chris Hedges, who will speak about his newest book Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
• The EPL Woodcroft Branch is having a Banned Books Café.

Monday February 25

• Members of FLIF will hosting a Freedom to Read booth at the Jasper Place High School Global Café during their Living Library event. For more information, see Vue Weekly or the Facebook event page.

Tuesday February 26

• FLIF will again be promoting the Freedom to Read at the Jasper Place High School Global Café Living Library event.
• The EPL Stanley A. Milner Library is having a Freedom to Listen event.

Wednesday February 27

• Cabaret will be shown at the Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre as part of a Freedom to View event.

Thursday February 28

• Wiebo’s War will be shown at the EPL Idylwylde Branch as part of a Freedom to View event.
• The EPL Capilano Branch is hosting a Freedom to Create event.

To find out more about the EPL events, see the EPL Freedom to Read webpage.

Thanks to the FLIF Global Café Radical Bookshelf team for putting together FLIF’s Freedom to Read event this year! Watch this blog for more information about the Jasper Place High School Global Café Living Library event.

Update: The Jasper Place High School Global Café event was erroneously first posted on this blog as a closed event. We are happy to report that it is actually open to the public!