book club I/O Book Club Vol. 3 Responses to the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison from readers on both sides of the bars.
book club I/O Book Club Volume 2 The current volume, which includes responses from 14 readers, is a testament to how much this project has grown since it began.
Poetry Poem & Pen Pal Request This poem was written by Thomas Neeley, a participant in our book club. Thomas is looking for a pen pal, so check out his info below to write to him!
book club First-ever I/O Book Club Journal Released! We wanted to provide the experience of a book club–the exchange of perspectives and dialogue–to those inside who otherwise might not have access to such an activity.
event Banned Books Week, Sept. 22-28 “In the era of prison profiteers like JPay, we’re potentially seeing the dawn of a new era of prison censorship."
volunteers Order Fulfillment Volunteer Training! Saturday, August 10 from 1-3pm, attend this trainining to learn how to fulfill requests for books!
fundraiser Hollow Book-Making Workshop! Transform your old hardcovers into sneaky storage--because the best secrets are hidden in plain sight.
fundraiser Book Drive + Benefit Concert w/ Ben Phan & the Jarvis Jenkins Band! April 27 @7-11pm - Special solo show w/ guitarist Ben Phan followed by UpCountry Brewery favorite Jarvis Jenkins! $5-10 suggested, no one turned away!
Guest Post: Letting Go, Setting Free When you've amassed a personal library of hundreds of books over a lifetime, the tough process of passing those loved volumes on starts with the question: where should they end
fight the power Big House Books Wins Lawsuit! As reported in in May, Big House Books based in Mississippi sued MS DOC for banning donated/free books from coming into MS prisons. We found out this week that
Fought the Power—And Won! We're delighted to announce that APB is once again able to send free/donated books to Alexander CI (AXCI) in Taylorsville! We challenged a nonsense policy and WON. As reported
prison policy Big Ups to Big House Books! Fight the Power! The reason they are no longer allowing donated books has nothing to do with contraband or security; it is because they don't feel like doing their jobs, which is to sort and distribute prisoner mail.
Asheville Anarchist Rad Fair! On April 1 we tabled at the Asheville Anarchist Rad Fair, an outdoor gathering of local projects run by anarchists/anti-authoritarians that do a wide variety of excellent work in
Help us get these books into people's hands! We're doing a great job filling requests: so good, in fact, that we're running low on funds! AVL Prison Books is 100% volunteer run. We only have one real expense:
New Jim Crow on its way into NC prisons! Thanks to our community partner Faith 4 Justice & Malaprops Books! We are delighted to be partnering with Faith4Justice Asheville to get copies of the ground-breaking book The New Jim
Packaging Party Monthly Packaging Party! Feb. 22 Thursday, February 22 @ 6-9pm Firestorm Books & Coffee (610 Haywood Rd) Asheville Prison Books and Tranzmission Prison Project will gather to pack up tons of books to send out to
