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Program - VABook! 2005
Thursday, March 17
7: 30 a.m.
Business Breakfast: Malcolm Gladwell
Meet the bestselling author of The Tipping Point as he discusses his
latest book, Blink. SOLD OUT. Omni Hotel Ballroom
235 W. Main Street
11:45 a.m.
Festival Luncheon: Alexander McCall Smith
Enjoy lunch with Alexander McCall Smith. Pre-lunch entertainment by Flashbacks
Jazz Ensemble at Senior Center, Inc. SOLD OUT. (Wachovia Foundation) Omni
Hotel Ballroom
235 W. Main Street
Noon
The Mapmakers' Art: Power, Politics, Geography, and Visual Display
Cartographical adventures with antiquarian map dealer Joel Kovarsky. City
Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man
James Heffernan and Betsy Tucker give a staged reading of Yasmina Reza’s play, which details the interaction of two strangers on a train: a famous, aging novelist and one of his most devoted fans.
Gravity Lounge
103 S. First Street
UVa M.F.A. Graduates Poetry Reading
With Erika Meitner (Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore), Dana Roeser (Beautiful Motion), and Sharmila Voorakkara (Fire Wheel).
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Corruption and Scandal: Nonfiction Panel
With authors Kenneth Ackerman (Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York), Seth Mnookin (Hard Times: The Scandals at the New York Times and Their Meanings for American Media), and Milton C. Regan (Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer).
The Student Bookstore
1515 University Avenue
2 p.m.
Legacies and Language of the Holy Land
With authors Helena Cobban (When the Rain Returns: Toward Justice and Reconciliation in Palestine and Israel), Daniel Lefkowitz (Words and Stones: The Politics of Language and Identity in Israel), and Eric Cline (Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Water Works: Swimming in Fiction
Novels set by shores with authors Cary Holladay (Mercury), John Bensko (Sea Dogs), and Jeanne McDonald (Water Dreams).
McIntire Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
Meet Streetlight: The Editors Reading
Enjoy a reading by the editors of Streetlight, Charlottesville's literary journal. With poetry by Susan Williamson and Sharon Leiter; fiction by Rod Schecter and Jessica Myers.
Gravity Lounge
103 South 1st Street
Monticello and Moncley: French Language Program
Join Lionel Estavoyer for a talk en français comparing the gardens and architecture of Monticello and the French chateau Moncley.
The Jefferson Library, 1325 Kenwood Farm
Rt. 53 (1/2 mile past Monticello)
4 p.m.
Undertold Stories of World War II
Explore the backstories of WWII with William H. Bartsch (December 8, 1941) and Patrick O’Donnell (Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs).
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
Passionate Travels: Innovative Tour Guides
Follow the passions of Mark T. Adams (Chasing Birds Across Texas), Larry Portzline (Bookstore Tourism) and Debbie Nunley and Karen Jane Elliott (A Taste of Virginia History).
Downtown Visitors Center
100 5th Street, NE
A Certain Slant of Light: Poetry Reading
Explore the painterly imagery of Cathryn Hankla (Last Exposures) and Dabney Stuart (Family Preserve). (Poetry Society of Virginia)
New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
The Book Club Cookbook
What America’s book clubs are reading and eating with authors Judy Gelman and Vicki Krupp (The Book Club Cook Book), who collected stories and recipes from book clubs and bestselling authors.
UVa Bookstore
UVa Central Grounds
Tea with Alexander McCall Smith
A specially organized afternoon tea for McCall Smith fans. (SOLD OUT)
UVa Newcomb Hall South Meeting Room
UVa Central Grounds
What Do Men Want?
Stories of men on the move with Clint McCown (The Weatherman), Brewster Milton Robertson (A Posturing of Fools), Eliezer Sobel (Minyan), and Julian Mazor (Friend of Mankind).
Barnes & Noble
1035A Emmet Street, Barracks Road Shopping Center
Animal Tales
Enjoy works by animal lovers William Trevillian (Goat Bell, Still & Sweets: Stories) and Jeanne Keating (Paw Prints, Amorous Accident).
C'ville Coffee
1301 Harris Street
5:30 p.m.
The Washington Report
With David Broder (Democracy Derailed: Initiative, Campaigns, and the Power of Money), a regular commentator on NBC's "Meet the Press" and PBS's "Washington Week in Review." His twice-weekly column for the Washington Post is syndicated to more than 300 papers across the globe.
UVa Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
6 p.m.
Historical Fiction: Reading and Discussion
With authors Edward Cline (Sparrowhawk) and David Anthony Durham (Pride
of Carthage: A Novel of Hannibal). New Dominion Bookshop
404 E. Main Street
An Evening with Alexander McCall Smith
Join the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and
the new Sunday Philosophy Club series. UVa Newcomb
Hall Ballroom
UVa Central Grounds
Earth Rhythms: A Poetry Reading
Goddesses, earth cycles, and incantations with Lisa Russ Spaar (Blue Venus)
and Stephen Cushman (Cussing Lesson), with special poetry performance
by Annie Finch (Calendars) and Tim Seibles (Hammerlock). The
Prism
214 Rugby Road
Inspirational Life Lessons
Integrating ideas from ancient and present-day life with Vanessa Ochs (Sarah
Laughed) and Penelope Niven, (Swimming Lessons: Life Lessons from the
Pool). (FOCUS Women's Resource Center) FOCUS Women’s
Resource Center
1508 Grady Avenue
Book of Angels: A Spiritual Exploration
Encounters with angels, featuring author Sophy Burnham (A Book of Angels,
The Path of Prayer). Quest Bookshop
619 W. Main Street
How Faith Shapes Social Justice
With Charles Marsh (The Beloved Community: How Faith Shapes Social Justice,
From the Civil Rights Movement to Today) and community organizer Rydell Payne.
(The Thomas Jefferson Area Coalition for the Homeless) Meade
Hall, Christ Episcopal Church
100 W. Jefferson Street
6:30 p.m.
Voices of Adult Learners
Writers from literacy and adult education programs throughout central Virginia
will share their published stories about family, life changes, and work. The Regional
Literacy Coordinating Committee has collected over 1,000 published stories with
this year's contest. (RLCC) Burnley-Moran Elementary School
1300 Long Street
7 p.m.
Sacred Adoption Stories
Authors Kevin Quirk (Hello, Aibek!), Ruth Lyn Meese (Children
of Intercountry Adoptions in School), Christina Goldstone (Come to the
Window), and Sally Howard (Finding Me in a Paper Bag) explore how
adoption uniquely touches our lives. (Memoirs for Life) McIntire
Room, Central Library
201 E. Market Street
An Evening with Laura Pedersen
The Healing Arts Program presents Laura Pedersen (Last Call) reading
from her work about two colorful characters whose families face terminal cancer
and learn to embrace life. (UVa Cancer Center) UVa Cancer
Center
4th Floor Clinic, Hospital West, UVa Hospital
The Perfect Mile: Book Discussion
Author Neal Bascomb (The Perfect Mile) describes the struggles of
three runners who sought to break the four-minute record. Ragged
Mountain Running Shop
3 Elliewood Avenue
The Great Outdoors: Hunting and Fishing
Join Authors M. W. Smith (Fishing the Shenandoah Valley) and Bob Gooch
(Virginia Hunting Guide, Lake Fishing in Virginia) for a lively
discussion on where to catch fish, hunt game, and find overall adventure. (UVa
Press) Blue Ridge Mountain Sports
1125 Emmett Street
8 p.m.
On the Cusp: Contemporary Jewish Writers
Melvin Jules Bukiet (Strange Fire, Nothing Makes You Free), Tova Mirvis
(The Outside World), and Aryeh Lev Stollman (The Dialogues of Time
and Entropy) discuss their works of modern Jewish literature. Congregation
Beth Israel
301 E. Jefferson Street
Bring-Your-Book-Club Night
With authors book clubs read and love: Elinor Lipman (The Pursuit of Alice
Thrift), Sharyn McCrumb (St. Dale), and Tom Perrotta (Little
Children). UVa Culbreth Theatre
UVa Grounds
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