Sunday, March 28

11:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

African American Literary Tradition Brunch

A paid lunch during the book festival, sponsored by The Charlottesville Chapter of The Links, Inc. The program includes special performances of music, spoken-word, and --of course-- delicous brunch food. Tickets $25. Contact: tturner@pvcc.edu or call (434) 961-5372.

Omni Hotel
235 W. Main Street

1:30 p.m.

Honoring Staige Blackford

Readings in honor of the former longtime editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review by authors who knew him: Michael Knight (Goodbye, Nobody), George Garrett (Southern Excursions), and Chris Tilghman (The Way People Run, Roads of the Heart). Hosted by current VQR Editor Ted Genoways

UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds Parking Garage

Master & Commander: The Far Side

A lively discussion of the author Patrick O'Brian, his vaunted roman fleuve--the Aubrey-Maturin novels--and Hollywood's rendition of the 19th-century naval epic based on those novels, with Dean King, his biographer.

New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street

From Page to Stage (NOTE VENUE CHANGE)

How the diaries of Anne Frank and Lewis and Clark were adapted for the theater. Join John Watkins (director), Boomie Pederson (actress/director) and Mariflo Stephens (playwright) with actors for live scenes.

Live Arts Theater
E. Water Street

Landscaping--Wet and Dry

Catriona Erler (Pool Scaping: Gardening and Landscaping Around Your Swimming Pool and Spa) will discuss landscaping in all terrains.

Fry's Spring Beach Club
2512 Jefferson Park Avenue

Rummaging In the Backyard: Writing Local History

Ross Netherton (The Preservation of History in Fairfax County, Virginia), Charles Mauro (The Battle of Chantilly [Ox Hill]), and Paula Elsey (Stone Ground: A History of Union Mills) discuss how to use local resources to write a vivid local Virginia history. Moderated by Donald J. Senese, Ph.D. (Fairfax Co. History Comm.)

McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

3 p.m.

An Afternoon with Stephen McCauley

Join author Stephen McCauley, author of True Enough and The Object of My Affection, for a reading from his work. (UVa LGBT Resource Center)

UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds Parking Garage

Riverbanks to Mountain Tops: Writings by Rural Virginians

Writers from rural Virginia will read original poems and stories that offer a picture of life as it is and used to be in the James River bend region. (Scottsville Council for the Arts)

McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street

Extending the Table: Recipe Stories from Around the World

Come even if you're on a diet! Blue Ridge English as a Second Language Council (BRESL) shares recipes and stories about food and cooking from its forthcoming cookbook: From My Family's Kitchen.

Feast, Main St. Market
416 W. Main Street

Jambalaya: A Literary Feast

Young writers read selections published during the last year in Jambalaya, a magazine by, for, and about middle school girls.

Village School
215 East High Street

Organic Gardening, A-Z

Tanya Denckla (The Gardener's A-Z Guide To Growing Organic Food) will discuss the gamut of organic gardening.

Fry's Spring Beach Club
2512 Jefferson Park Avenue

8 p.m.

Brady Earnhart and Girlyman: A Performance

Poet Brady Earnhart will read from his work and Girlyman, a harmony-driven folk-pop trio, will perform. Admission $12.

Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street

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