Library Related Celebrations and Events

Right To Read Day is a day for readers, advocates, and library lovers to take action to protect, defend, and celebrate the right to read.

Right to Read Day was launched in 2023 to encourage public action on behalf of libraries, which are facing an unprecedented deluge of censorship attempts.

Washington Reads Freely is an ongoing effort to celebrate the freedom to read. The effort encourages library patrons and the general public to share their stories of what reading freely means to them. The responses are being collected and shared on an ongoing basis. (Sharing anonymously is an option for participants.)