Virginia Festival of the Book

03/05/2025

‼️ ICYMI, our social posts have moved over to Virginia Humanities! If you want to stay up-to-date on the 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book, be sure to follow Virginia Humanities on all social channels. You can also sign up for our newsletter at VaBook.org/subscribe.

📆 The full festival schedule is available now at https://www.vabook.org/schedule, featuring 100+ authors and 65+ FREE literary events for readers of all ages. We can’t wait to see you all in from March 20 to 23! 🎉 📚

12/04/2024

Mark your calendars for the 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book, and join us at Virginia Humanities for the latest Festival news.

11/13/2024

ICYMI, we’ve moved to Virginia Humanities! Join us over there to stay up-to-date on everything Virginia Festival of the Book. Plus, learn more about all the other exciting work Virginia Humanities is doing 💡💭

11/01/2024

WE’RE MOVING! 🚚 📦 But don’t worry: We aren’t going far...

Starting today, November 1, you can find us (and our posts) on Virginia Humanities’ feed. We’ll still be sharing all the same content you love, just in a different place.

This account will officially become an archive on November 30, so don’t drag your feet! You won’t want to miss what we’ve got in store.

See you over at Virginia Humanities! 👋

10/28/2024

Several Virginia Festival of the Book authors reunited Saturday at the first annual Crozet Book Fest!

Hosted by Bluebird & Co. at Mudhouse Coffee Roasters, Festival Director Kalela Williams (Tangleroot) joined Jeffrey Dale Lofton (Red Clay Suzie), Kathleen Grissom (Crow Mary), and Jody Hobbs Hesler (Without You Here) for a conversation on "Building Empathy".

The panel was moderated by Kirsten Gelsdorf, Director of Global Humanitarian Policy at UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. She previously led "Read for Action," a humanitarian book club with the United Nations.

09/27/2024

Tomorrow, September 28, join New Dominion Bookshop from 7-8pm for a reading by Luisa A. Igloria from her new poetry collection, "Caulbearer."

Luisa A. Igloria will be in conversation with David Bearinger, who served as the director of our grants program for 38 years!.

This in-person event will be free and open to the public. New Dominion recommends arriving early for the best seating.



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Join us for a reading with Luisa A. Igloria, who will read from her new poetry collection, Caulbearer. Luisa A. Igloria will be in conversation with David Bearinger for the event. This in-person event will be free and open to the public. We recommend arriving early for the best seating.

09/23/2024

Congratulations to the 2025 Library of Virginia Literary Awards winners, particularly Virginia Festival of the Book alums Kim and Adriana Trigiani!

08/29/2024

We had so much fun representing Virginia at The Library of Congress' National Book Festival!
📚 We hosted Virginia's Great Reads author, Mojgan Ghazirad at the booth for a book signing of The House on Sun Street, which sold out at Politics and Prose Bookstore by the end of the day. 📚
🎉 We met readers and writers from across the country, and shared lots of leftover goodies from the 2024 Festival. 🎉
🍬 And, our team handed out over 2,500 pieces of saltwater taffy from Virginia Beach. What a sweet weekend! 🍬