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| Ray Bradbury (AP Photo/Steve Castillo} |
In 2002, Ray Bradbury's book Fahrenheit 451 was chosen for the 1st Read Together Palm Beach County program called "One Book, One Community", held in March and April, 2002.
Formerly called Palm Beach Community College in 2002, we joined in the selection process along with the county libraries. We also held several group 'talk' sessions in our library which involved many of our students, faculty, and staff.
Quote from The Palm Beach Post:
‘He wrote "Fahrenheit 451" at the UCLA library, on typewriters that rented for 10 cents a half hour. He said he carried a sack full of dimes to the library and completed the book in nine days, at a cost of $9.80.'
For more background on Ray Bradbury, see the link below.
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The purpose of Read Together Palm Beach County is to involve 10,000 - 20,000 adults in our county to read the same book at the same time. The reading campaign helps adults who can read, but might not pick up a book as often, to get involved in the habit of reading again. It also encourages community dialogue and engagement as library friends, neighbors, students, faculty and staff, discuss key themes in the chosen book.
To read more about this program see the link under the
'Read Together Palm Beach County' logo.
