In celebration of Banned Books Week, we invite you to a thought-provoking discussion of George Orwell's enduring classic, 1984. Orwell's novel offers a chilling exploration of a dystopian future where independent thought is suppressed, truth is manipulated, and surveillance is absolute.

Join the SJSU King Library and the San José Public Library — in partnership with the SJSU Pride Center, SJSU College of the Humanities & the Arts, SJSU Department of Humanities, SJSU Center for Steinbeck Studies, SJSU School of Information, Santa Clara City Library, California State Senator Dave Cortese, SJSU Department of English & Comparative Literature, SJSU Department of African American Studies, SJSU Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, and the SJSU Artistic Excellence Programming Grants — as we celebrate Banned Books Week with a week's worth of events highlighting our right to read freely.