- Audiences
- Interests
- Keywords
Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 Read-A-Thon
- Aug 22, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 23, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 24, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 25, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 26, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 27, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 28, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 29, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 30, 2020 - All Day
- Aug 31, 2020 - All Day
- Sep 1, 2020 - All Day
- Sep 2, 2020 - All Day
- Sep 3, 2020 - All Day
- Sep 4, 2020 - All Day
- Sep 5, 2020 - All Day
On Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020, the University of Iowa Libraries will partner with national organizations to present the first annual Ray Bradbury Read-A-Thon. During this four-hour online event, a diverse group of celebrities and Bradbury experts, including Peter Balestrieri, curator of science fiction and popular culture collections at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives, will present a virtual reading of Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451 streamed over YouTube beginning at 3:30 p.m. CDT.
Celebrity readers include Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, General Charles Bolden, Jr. (NASA), Ann Druyan (writer/producer/director), William Shatner (actor), Neil Gaiman (author), Marlon James (author), Marjorie Liu (author), P. Djèlí Clark (author), Brenda Greene (author), Alley Mills Bean (actress), James Reynolds (actor), Tananarive Due (author), Steven Barnes (author), and Rachel Bloom (actress). For details, please visit https://blog.lib.uiowa.edu/news/2020/08/21/first-annual-ray-bradbury-read-a-thon/
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact in advance at