THE BIG READ KICKS OFF JAN. 31ST! The Big Read kickoff: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31; Coralville Winterfest, Coralville Marriott What better way to spend a cold winter day or night than curled up with a good book? The Big Read will kick off at Coralville’s Winterfest on January 31st. Come find out about the [...]

Join your friends and neighbors as we read Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” together in February 2010. The Iowa City Public Library is participating in The Big Read with many community organizations including Summer of the Arts and the Public Libraries of Johnson County. Towards the end of Fahrenheit 451, the main character Montag, [...]

In one of literature’s most haunting denunciations of censorship, Ray Bradbury uses the materials of science fiction to tell the story of a fireman forced to burn books. Join your friends and neighbors as we read Ray Bradbury’s classic novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” together in February 2010.