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Because we pretty much live in an Orwellian society anyway, the D.C. Public Library is hosting a ten-day series of events exploring how Big Brother is constantly watching us and everything we do all the time. Yes, you. Right now. No, you can’t do anything about.

The series of events, entitled Orwellian America? Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age, will feature events, lectures, and screenings in venues across the city. To kick things off, the DCPL will live-stream an 11-hour marathon reading of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984 in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library’s Great Hall.

According to a release, “special guest readers and members of the public will be on had to read aloud the entire text of the book,” which will be live-streamed on YouTube. Anyone can sign up for a reading slot, which will start at 10 a.m. and wrap up by 9 p.m., by applying here.

Other events for DCPL’s Orwellian America? series includes a lecture entitled “Government Transparency vs. National Security” at the Newseum on January 31, a screening of The Internet’s Own Boy at Black Cat on January 18, and a session on accessing government information online. You can see the full lineup of events here.