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New Dominion Bookshop

404 East Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434)295-2552

Nearest Parking

Water Street Garage

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Events at this Venue

Please note, the program schedule is constantly being updated. Check back often for additions, changes and cancellations.

Trying to Get it Right: Fiction About Marriage

Wed. March 26th, 2008 6:00 PM

Jenny Gardiner (Sleeping with Ward Cleaver), James Collins (Beginner's Greek ), and Joshua Henkin (Matrimony) offer fictional perspectives of twenty-first century marriages.


Moderator: Jeanne Siler

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Tales of the Sea

Thu. March 27th, 2008 4:00 PM

Jay Worrall (Any Approaching Enemy: A Novel of the Napoleonic Wars), George Robert Minkoff ("In the Land of Whispers" trilogy), and Neal Bascomb (Red Mutiny: Eleven Fatal Days of the Battleship Potemkin) on stories of the sea.


Moderator: Jesse Dukes

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Guy Lines: A Poetry Reading

Thu. March 27th, 2008 6:00 PM

Insights into men's lives and relationships with Kyle Dargan (Bouquet of Hungers), James Hoch (Miscreants), and Jon Pineda (The Translator's Diary).


Moderator: Jennifer Chang

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Crazy About Paris: A Poetry Reading

Thu. March 27th, 2008 8:00 PM

With Stuart Dischell (Backwards Days), Barbara Hamby (Babel), and David Kirby (The House on Boulevard St.: New and Selected Poems).


Moderator: Carolyn Cades

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Fiction at Work--Novels of the Working Life

Fri. March 28th, 2008 10:00 AM

Mark Ethridge (Grievances), Saira Rao (Chambermaid), and Malcolm McPherson (Hocus Potus).


Moderator: Nancy O'Brien

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Short Stories

Fri. March 28th, 2008 12:00 PM

Cary Holladay (The Quick-Change Artist), Nin Andrews (Midlife Crisis with Dick and Jane), and Gerald Duff (Fire Ants).


Moderator: Mitzi Ware

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Families Coming Together: Fiction and Memoir

Fri. March 28th, 2008 2:00 PM


 With novelists Carleen Brice (Orange Mint and Honey), Emilie Richards (Touching Stars)and memoirist Kim Reid (No Place Safe).


Moderator: Grace Zisk

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Going Places: A Poetry Reading

Fri. March 28th, 2008 4:00 PM

Move across reflective landscapes with Margaret Gibson (One Body), Sharon Leiter (The Dream of Leaving), David Rigsbee (Cloud Journal), and Ron Smith (Moon Road).


Moderator: Jeff Coughter

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Circling Home: Poetry and Prose

Sat. March 29th, 2008 10:00 AM

John Lane (Circling Home) and Nin Andrews (Sleeping with Houdini) explore ways in which freedom and settledness circle through their recent work. Long-time friends, they'll share their histories with Charlottesville.


Moderator: Charlotte Matthews

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Echoes of the Great War

Sat. March 29th, 2008 4:00 PM

With novelists Nicholas Griffin (Dizzy City), Thomas Mullen (The Last Town on Earth) and Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs mystery series).


Moderator: Bella Stander

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Family Lines: A Poetry Reading and Discussion

Sun. March 30th, 2008 1:30 PM

Charlotte Matthews (Green Stars), Kevin Boyle (A Home for Wayward Girls), Nickole Brown (Sister), and Dan Albergotti (The Boatloads) read from their work and discuss the influence of family in their poems.


Moderator: Glenn Kessler

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