Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland has announced it will celebrate the myriad books that have been banned and censored over the years during September's Banned Books Week. Full details are below.
Frederick, Md. – Freedom of speech is always under attack and Flying Dog Brewery is always ready for the fight. This September, as part of the efforts behind Banned Books Week, the brewery’s focus is on the banning of books. For the next week, Flying Dog will celebrate the countless books that have been censored, removed, or restricted from bookshelves for the past century by launching a takeover of Little Free Libraries across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia.
Marked with signage reminiscent of a burning page, the Little Free Libraries taken over by Flying Dog are packed with titles that have been banned and challenged. In each book is a Flying Dog bookmark that proudly states, ‘I’m with the banned.’ These community-based ‘take a book/leave a book’ bookstalls selected by the brewery are located in Frederick and Baltimore in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Alexandria and Arlington in Virginia. The 5 libraries in each location range from residential boxes to locations within retailers, museums, and bars.
