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Fall Foreword

The Fall Foreword is a fall prequel to the Virginia Festival of the Book. During this time, the Festival announces major speakers and puts tickets on sale for the ticketed events. The Festival  invites the community to buy books, attend readings in local bookstores and make suggestions for Festival programs. Local organizations are invited to consider hosting a program, and businesses are invited to become Festival sponsors.

Fall Foreword Bookstore Events

The Happy Cook, Barracks Road Shopping Center 

Monday, September 13, 7 PM
Chef Luther Fedora of Horse & Hound Gastropub will give a cooking demonstration. Samples of his food will be available for eating!

New Dominion Bookshop

Thursday, September 16    12:15PM
Author and NASA engineer Paul Wieland will discuss his book Crossing the Threshold: Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth, a look at the benefits to be gained from extracting energy and resources from outer space.

Thursday, September 16    5:30PM
Author Michael Knight discusses The Typist, a novel that chronicles the trials of an American Soldier in Japan in the days following the end of World War II.

Thursday, September 23    5:30PM
Elizabeth McColl will read from and sign copies of Opening Arteries, her novel discussing her experience with suffering a head injury and surviving with grit.

Barnes & Noble

Saturday, September 25 2:00 PM

Raymond Woolfe, author of Secretariat will sign his book.

Tuesday, September 28 6:00  PM

Jason Wright will discuss  his newest novel The Seventeen Second Miracle .

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