See also:
Youth & Family Programming
Publisher's Day
Motheread and Fatheread Day
How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci – A business breakfast with author Michael J. Gelb

A printed version of the Program appears in the Sunday, March 18 edition of the Charlottesville Daily Progress. It is available in local bookstores and at the information desk at the Omni Hotel during the festival. The information desk will be open 10 AM - 4 PM Thursday through Saturday and Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM.

If you wish to attend a program and need a sign language interpreter, please email vabook@virginia.edu or contact Lisa Berke at least two weeks before the Festival

Wednesday, March 21

2 pm

UVA Physics Building, room 205
Writers to Playwrights: Overview of African-American Writers who Have Become Playwrights
With Dr. Ismail Conway

4 pm – 5:30 pm

UVa Bookstore
The Red Scarf Girl: A reading and discussion
By Ji-Li Jiang, who writes about her experiences during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (East Asia Center).

Westminster Canterbury
Female Photographers
The life and work of Evelyn Cameron and Doris Ulmann by authors Donna Lucey and Philip Jacobs.


4 pm – 10:00 pm

UVa Drama Building, Room B-006.
The Blood River Epic
Dramatized stories by Jean Maria Arrigo of encounters in the Amazon. Directed by Kate Burke. Music by John Crigler.


6 pm – 7:30 pm

McIntire Room, Central Library
Plague Time
Author Paul Ewald will discuss stealth infections, cancers, heart disease and other ailments (Health Masters International).


6:30 p.m.

Kappa Sigma.
Tintin in Kosovo, or King Ottokar’s Sceptre
Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Belgium André Querton will discuss Tintin in light of international affairs (Alliance Française).


7 pm – 8:30 pm

Culbreth Theater
Turn, Turn, Turn Pages
Young adult author Norma Fox Mazer will read from her work. Pete Seeger and Paul Jacobs will tell family stories and sing. Joe McHugh will invite the audience to record family stories. Hosted by Peter Jones. Hosted by Peter Jones. Seating is limited to 595 (WMRA)

Barnes & Noble
Down on the Corner
Author Coy Barefoot presents The Corner: A History of Student Life at UVA (Howell Press).

Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
Traversing Ancient Mountains
"Habitual Hiker" and author Leonard M. Adkins will present an audio-visual program of his 2,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail.


8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

UVa Bookstore
Poetry Reading
With Charles Wright and Kate Daniels.


9 pm – 10:30 pm

Prism Coffeehouse
Zen Mountains Zen Streets
A jazz improvisation for poet and bass, with David Budbill and William Parker. ($8 advance / $10 at the door.)


Wednesday • Thursday • Friday
Saturday • Sunday