The Virginia Festival of the Book is an annual program produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) in cooperation with community organizations. Consistent with our mission to promote literacy and reading through an annual celebration of books, festival programs are open to the public, and most are free of charge. Almost every aspect of VABook! is organized and generated by volunteer committees (listed below) who generously contribute their time and energy to this annual celebration of books and reading.

If you'd like to become a VaBook! volunteer, just fill out our online form.

Steering Committee

• Paul Collinge, Heartwood Books
• Tom Dowd, UVA Continuing Ed
• Bill Frank, Longwood College
• Bob Friedman, Hampton Roads Publishing
• Jane Goodman, Public Relations
• Donna Carper, Barnes & Noble Booksellers
• John Halliday, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
• Proal Heartwell, Village School
• Deborah Hocutt
• Mary Jane King, Piedmont VA Community College
• Evette Lamka, Volunteer Coordinator
• Shirin Spencer, Lib. Virginia/Center for the Book
• Paxson MacDonald, Marketing Management
• Joseph Jenry Morsman
• Jean Murray, Albemarle Public Schools
• Calvin P. Otto, Steering Committee Chair
• William Paquette, Tidewater VA Community College
• K.K. Pearson, Volunteer Committee
• Leah Puryear, UVa Upward Bound Program
• Wayne Terwilliger, UVa Bookstore
• PhyllisTheroux, Author
  
  

Program Committee

• Karl Ackerman, Author
• Louisa Barrett, New Dominion Bookshop
• Kathi Ann Brown, Author
• John Casey, Author
• Avery Chenoweth, Author
• Paul Collinge, Heartwood Books
• Sharon Davie, Women’s Center
• Toby Emert
• Vesta Lee Gordon, Book Broker
• Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Author and Journalist
• Janis Jaquith, Author and Essayist
• Jeb Livingood, Meridian magazine
• Kevin McFadden, VABook!
• Katherine McNamara, Editor, Archipelago
• William Paquette, Tidewater Virginia Community College
• Nathan Roberts, Meridian Magazine
• Steven Rubin
• Razel Solow, Educator
• Bella Stander, Journalist
• Wayne Terwilliger, UVa Bookstore
• Phyllis Theroux , Author
• Tamyra Turner, Piedmont Virginia Community College
• Henry Wiencek, Author
• Boyd Zenner, University Press of Virginia
  
  

Youth and Family Committee

• Jennifer Bryerton, Albemarle Kids Productions
• Tim Carrier, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
• Ayana Conway, Weed and Seed Program
• Susan Coleman, VFH
• Nancy Cook, Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
• Nancy Damon, VABook!
• Beverly Fahey, St. Anne’s Belfield
• Doris Vander Meulen, Covenant School
• Proal Heartwell, Village School
• Cathy Fox, WHTJ Public TV
• Jolee Nail Horn, Free Union School
• Peter Jones, WTJU—Tell Us a Tale
• Carolyn Lawlor, Free Union Country School
• Joan Kindig, UVa Curry School of Education
• Kevin McFadden, VABook!
• Priscilla Ord, Children’s Literature
• Melissa Reid, Just Kid’n
• Judy Rood, Charlottesville City Schools
• Doug Selden, Albemarle County Schools
• Jean Wilhelm, Piedmont Council of the Arts
• Pat Marcus, WVPT
• Rock Branch, Music Resource Center
  
  

Publisher's Days Committee

• Bob Friedman, Hampton Roads Publishing
• Robin Lind, Hope Springs Press
• Mayapriya Long, Bookwrights
• Kevin McFadden, VABook!
• David Seaman, UVA eText Center
• Matt West, University Internship Program
• Calvin Otto
  
  

Volunteer Committee

• Franz Canon, VFH
• John Campagnino, Coordinator Rotunda
• Catherine Campagnino, Coordinator Rotunda
• Nancy Damon, VABook!
• Tish Ritchie Eppink, Coordinator UVa Bookstore
• Peg Kern, Coordinator Village School
• Evette Lamka, Chair Program Committee
• Maggie Maranto, Coordinator McIntire
• Kim Martin, Coordinator Culbreth
• Wiley Martin, Coordinator Culbreth
• Kevin McFadden, VABook!
• K.K. Pearson, Hospitality
• Bob Reynolds, Signs
• Sigrid Sweitzer, Coordinator City Council Chambers
  
  

Advisory Committee

• Michelle Allaire, Barnes & Noble Booksellers
• Beverly Bagan
• Peggy Baggett, VCA, Lewis House
• Josef Beery, Josef Beery Graphic Design
• Terry Belanger, Book Arts Press
• Lu Bolen
• David Bowerman, County Board of Supervisors
• Nancy Brockman, Piedmont Arts Council
• Donna Carper, Barnes & Noble Booksellers
• Bob Chapel, UVA Dept of Drama
• Lindy Cockman, Wachovia Bank
• John Conover
• Maurice Cox, City Council
• AgnesCross White, The Tribune
• Virginia Daugherty
• Alison Dickie, Albermarle magazine
• Arletta Dimberg, Charlottesville City Schools
• Chris Eure, Eure Communications
• Mary Flinn, New Virginia Review
• Bill Frank, Prof. Emeritus, Longwood College
• George Garrett, UVa English Department
• Michael Green, M. Revak, and Co.
• Del Harvey, Housing and Redevelopment
• Sheryl Hayes, VFH Development
• Linda Holtslander, Loudoun Public Library
• DeborahHoneycutt, Charlottesville Downtown Foundation
• Angell Husted, Volunteer
• Penny Kaiserlian, University Press of Virginia
• Jonathan Kates, UVa Bookstore
• Joan Kindig, UVa Curry School of Education
• Mary Jane King, Piedmont Virginia Community College
• Charles Lewis, York Place
• Beverly Jane Loo, UVa Divison of Continuing Education
• Michael Mallory, Ron Brown Scholar Program
• Lawrence McConnell, The Daily Progress
• Nancy O’Brien
• Gary O’Connell, Charlottesville City Manager
• Priscilla Ord, Children’s Literature
• John Peale
• Lydia Peale
• K.K. Pearson
• Mike Plunkett, University of Virginia Libraries
• Leah Puryear, UVa Upward Bound Program
• Meredith Richards, City Council
• Lisa Russ-Spaar, UVa Creative Writing Program
• Bob Sack, Darden School
• George Sampson, Director, Development of the Arts
• Sally Thomas, County Board of Supervisors
• Susan Thomas, Albemarle Planning and Community Development
• Peter Thompson, Senior Center, Inc.
• Robert C.Vaughan, VFH President
• Robert W. Tucker, Jr., Albemarle County Executive
• Anda Webb, UVa Office of the Provost
• Roger Williams, McCallum & Kudravetz
• Margaret Wright, Sprint
  
  

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