FAHRENHEIT 451 PUBLIC READING

Saturday, October 11, 2025
10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Join us for a few chapters or the whole book!

Download our printed program

Sponsored by the Friends of the Haverford Township Free Library

Free and open to the public

Refreshments and Raffle Tickets for sale

Living Room, ground floor, Haverford Township Free Library

1601 Darby Road

Havertown, PA 19083

Celebrate libraries, literature, and free expression!

Join us Saturday, October 11 from 10:30 am to 5:00 pm as 30+ Haverford Township residents and other nearby neighbors – educators, government officials, published authors, booksellers, and other book lovers — bring Ray Bradbury’s classic science fiction novel to life in a marathon public reading.

Admission to this event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and raffle tickets – for gift cards, signed books, and other fun prizes – will be available for purchase (you need not be present to win).

For more information, email info@friendsofthehtfl.org.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PUBLICITY & RAFFLE PRIZE PARTNERS

Barnes & Noble
1991 Sproul Rd.
Broomall, PA
https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/store/1913 

Bryn Mawr Film Institute
824 W. Lancaster Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA
https://brynmawrfilm.org/

Cathy’s Half-Price Books
Manoa Shopping Center
1305 West Chester Pk. (Rt. 3)
Havertown, PA
https://cathysbooks.com/ 

Moore Books
28 W. Eagle Rd.
Havertown, PA
https://www.moorebookshop.com/ 

Plant Roots & The Bookery Coffeehouse
19 Brookline Blvd.
Havertown, PA
https://www.plantrootsandthebookery.com/ 

Char and Stave Coffee Roasters
21 Rittenhouse Place
Ardmore, PA
https://www.charandstave.com/ 

Haverford Area YMCA
891 N. Eagle Rd.
Havertown, PA
https://www.philaymca.org/locations/haverford-area-ymca  

Ernest Hilbert
https://www.ernesthilbert.com/ 

Matt Phelan
https://www.mattphelan.com/ 

Melissa Trempe
https://www.melissatrempe.com/ 


This event is held by arrangement with Don Congdon Associates, Inc., the agents for Ray Bradbury’s estate. The Friends of the HTFL agree we have no rights to the work Fahrenheit 451 other than the non-exclusive right to present one full, unabridged public reading on Saturday, October 11, 2025. We have no right to broadcast or record the performance or reading. All rights to the work are retained by Ray Bradbury Literary Works LLC.