{"id":25401,"date":"2025-11-26T14:49:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=25401"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:55:59","slug":"afternoon-book-discussion-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Book Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month’s selection is: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.\u00a0 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future when “firemen” burn books forbidden by a totalitarian “brave new world” regime. The hero, according to Mr. Bradbury, is “a book burner who suddenly discovers that books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out silently when put to the torch.” Today, when libraries and schools in this country and all over the world are still “burning” certain books, Fahrenheit 451remains a brilliantly readable and suspenseful work of even greater impact and timeliness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This month’s selection is: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.\u00a0 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26421,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[54],"class_list":["post-25401","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-book-discussion","cat_book-discussion","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"\nAfternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This month’s selection is: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.\u00a0 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future …\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Harwinton Public Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T20:55:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fahrenheit.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"183\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"275\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2\",\"name\":\"Afternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/fahrenheit.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-26T19:49:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-02T20:55:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/fahrenheit.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/fahrenheit.jpg\",\"width\":183,\"height\":275,\"caption\":\"Book cover for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Events\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?post_type=tribe_events\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Afternoon Book Discussion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Harwinton Public Library\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Harwinton Public Library\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/logo-harwinton-library.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/logo-harwinton-library.jpg\",\"width\":265,\"height\":87,\"caption\":\"Harwinton Public Library\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Afternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Afternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library","og_description":"This month’s selection is: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.\u00a0 Fahrenheit 451 is a novel set in the (perhaps near) future …","og_url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2","og_site_name":"Harwinton Public Library","article_modified_time":"2026-03-02T20:55:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":183,"height":275,"url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fahrenheit.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2","url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2","name":"Afternoon Book Discussion - Harwinton Public Library","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fahrenheit.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-26T19:49:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-02T20:55:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fahrenheit.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fahrenheit.jpg","width":183,"height":275,"caption":"Book cover for Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?tribe_events=afternoon-book-discussion-2#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Events","item":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?post_type=tribe_events"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Afternoon Book Discussion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/","name":"Harwinton Public Library","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#organization","name":"Harwinton Public Library","url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-harwinton-library.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/logo-harwinton-library.jpg","width":265,"height":87,"caption":"Harwinton Public Library"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26422,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/25401\/revisions\/26422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25401"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harwintonlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftribe_events_cat&post=25401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}