Authors to be Honored in First Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards
Ceremony announcing inaugural winners of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature takes place Saturday.
Authors whose works focus on racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights and gender equity will be honored Saturday in the first Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Ceremony.
The ceremony hosted by The Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, will celebrate the inaugural winners of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Bravery in Literature — authors who have championed intellectual freedom and the fight against censorship. The event will take place Saturday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Fisher Center.
Legendary author Judy Blume will receive a lifetime achievement award and will join the celebration by livestream.
Speakers for the evening include Emily Drabinski, President of the American Library Association, and Matt Nosanchuk, the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, wh…
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