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Copyright © 1997, Virginia Festival of the Book, BITS
(Please note that Festival events may be subject to change or last-minute cancellation. Unless otherwise noted, events are open to the public and free; most venues are wheelchair accessible. Validation for two hours' free parking in the Downtown area in all city parking structures is available at the Central Library, 201 E. Main St.)
(sponsors shown in parentheses)
locations in italics
Stories for Children: A slide presentation and
discussion with Elizabeth Sutton, author of A Pony for Keeps.
Venable Elementary School
Ghosts in the Curriculum. L.B. Taylor speaks to
students about Revolutionary and Civil War ghosts.
Walker Upper Elementary School
Awakening the Storyteller Within. Heidi Hartwiger will work with students
in a day-long workshop, to discover family stories.
Buford Middle School
Stories for Children: A slide presentation and
discussion with Elizabeth Sutton, author of A Pony for Keeps.
Venable Elementary School
Tickets available for the John Grisham signing at Williams Corner Bookstore.
Ticket availability is limited. Signing will take place throughout Thursday
afternoon.
Williams Corner bookstore
Publish It Yourself: Reality Check. The risks and
returns of self- publishing. Mayapriya Long.
(Bookwrights of Charlottesville/ The Senior Center)
The Senior Center (1180 Pepsi Place)
"School Days" Intergenerational Workshop. Six members of TJAHCC
work together with 5th and 6th graders from Walker Elementary School to
produce a book.
Thomas Jefferson Adult Health Care Center
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
FESTIVAL OPENING
Central Library
The Southern Voice in Writing. Sharyn McCrumb,
John Gregory Brown, and Mary E. Lyons. (Book signing to follow at New Dominion
Book Shop (3:30 p.m.)).
Central Library - McIntire Room
Voices from the Past: Writing Historical Fiction. Jeanne Larsen, George
Garrett, and Alexandra Ripley. (Book signing to follow at New Dominion Book
Shop (2:30 p.m.)).
City Council Chambers
Brenda Burrough Gresham tells stories from the African tradition.
Charlottesville High School - Black Box Theater
Ghosts in the Curriculum. L.B. Taylor speaks to students about Revolutionary
and Civil War ghosts.
Walker Upper Elementary School
Grannies to the Rescue: A women's history month celebration of older women
heroines in children's literature. Beverly Van Hook and Deborah Prum.
(VA Writers Club/ Northside Library)
Northside Library
Third Grade Poetry Writing Workshop with John Reummler.
Greenbrier Elementary School
Dreams Workshop. Based on material from her books,
Phyllis Koch-Sheras will discuss dreams and how they affect our relationships.
(Book signing to follow.)
(Mental Health Association of Charlottesville/Albemarle)
Quest Bookshop
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
Mystery Writing. A conversation with Barbara Parker,
Criminal Justice and Willetta Heising, Detecting Women. (Book
signing to follow at Barnes & Noble (4:30 p.m)).
City Council Chambers
Against the Grain: Writing about controversies in health and fitness. Glenn
Gaesser and John Alton. (Book signing to follow at Quest Bookshop (4:00
p.m.)).
(Three Emperor's Studio/ The Senior Center)
Central Library - McIntire Room
They Closed Their Schools. Journalist Robert Smith discusses
the Civil Rights era, the Prince Edward County school closings, the R. R.
Moton Museum, and the re-issue of his book. (Book signing to follow.)
(The R. R. Moton Museum)
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
The Art of the Book: Piedmont Virginia Community College students' artistic
interpretations of books. Presenter, Pam Black.
Piedmont Virginia Community College: Betty Sue Jessup Library
Poet Sharon Olds reads from The Wellspring.
(Book signing to follow.)
(UVa. Humanities In Medicine Program)
University of Virginia Bookstore - Mezzanine Level
Joseph Blotner discusses his new biography, Robert Penn Warren.
(Book signing to follow.)
Barnes & Noble
The Apple Mountain Poets: Maintaining a Writer's
Community Beyond Academia. Dan Bieker, Susan Hull, Susan Imhof, Judy Longley,
and Kristen Rembold.
(PVCC)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Virginia Architectural History. A slide presentation and discussion with
K. Edward Lay, John and Margaret Peters, and John Wells.
(The Book Broker)
City Council Chambers
The Making of African-American Culture. Tom Morgan and Sandra Adell discuss
The Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture.
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
The On-Purpose Person: Kevin W. McCarthy
Darden Business School - Camp Library
From Rare Books to Electronic Texts. A presentation of representative books
from Alderman's Gordon Collection featuring 16th century French works. Presenters,
Karen S. James and Mary B. McKinley.
(UVa. French Dept./ Alderman Special Collections)
Alderman Library - Taylor Room
How to Get the Biggest BANG Out of Children's Books. Chat with Etta Legner
about finding ways to maximize the benfits of storytime with pre-schoolers
and kindergarteners.
The Book Bag
Myth, Magic & Mystery: One hundred years of American children's book
illustrations. A slide presentation and discussion with Trinkett Clark and
H. Nichols B. Clark of the Chrysler Museum. (Book signing to follow.)
(Carousel Books)
Northside Library
Diversity in Children's Literature. Greer Dawson, Jeannette Caines, Deloris
Campbell, and Barbara Elias.
(MACAA/ Ujamaa Mart)
Village School
Margaret Thatcher and Executive Leadership. Dr.
Alberto Coll.
Miller Center for Public Affairs
BENEFIT RECEPTION
(Tickets Required. $35 per ticket. Call 804-924- 3296 for information.)
Bayly Art Museum
Spring Into Books. Children and parents take part in an evening of book
related activities with John McCutcheon.
Burnley-Moran Elementary School
What Authors Do! A workshop with area writers for parents and children.
Red Hill Elementary School
All Aboard the Reading Train. A family program
of stories and
songs about trains.
(JMRL)
Scottsville Branch Library
Fifth Grade Celebration of Poetry and Prose with
Aransas the Storyteller.
Cale Elementary School
Bedtime Stories. Put on your pjs, bring your teddy bear, and join us at
the Clark Library.
Clark Elementary School
An Evening of Storytelling and Dramatics with Larry Goldstein and the Tandem
School.
(Venable Elementary/ Gordon Avenue Library)
Venable School Auditorium
Voices of Adult Learners
(Regional Literacy Coordinating Committee)
Village School
Poetry Reading with Donald Justice and Charles
Wright
(Book signing to follow.)
(UVa. Creative Writing Dept.)
Culbreth Theater
Thomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings: A Lawyer Makes Her Case. A discussion
of the evidence of an affair between Jefferson and Hemings based on Annette
Gordon-Reed's research in Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings,
with Roger Wilkins and Lucia C. Stanton. (Book signing to follow.)
(University Press of Virginia)
The Dome Room at the Rotunda
Civil War Historians: Stephen Oates, The Approaching Fury and
James Robertson, Stonewall Jackson. (Book signing to follow.)
(UVa. Bookstore)
University of Virginia Bookstore: Mezzanine Level
Does Revival Bring Freedom? A conversation with Robert Hewitt on his new
book Seeds of Faith, tracing the history of a community of
faith from 1765 to the present. (Book signing to follow.)
The Book Bag
Dead White Authors: Dinah Pehrson, Doug Schneider, Liz Porter, and Dan Murphy in performance as Gertrude
Stein, Tennessee Williams, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Live Arts (Live Arts tickets: $7/$9)
Jazz Speaks! The John D'earth Sextet, featuring
vocalist Dawn Thompson, with authors Gregory Orr, Phyllis Knight, Lisa Russ
Spaar, Stephen Margulies, Stevie Jay (Savitt) and others.
Miller's Restaurant (Miller's cover charge: $4)
Secrets of a Mystery Writer: Beverly Van Hook
Cale Elementary School
Eye of the Storm: Lost Civil War drawings of Robert
K. Sneden. A slide presentation with William Rasmussen.
(The Book Broker/ Virginia Historical Society)
City Council Chambers
Gunfight at the Online Corral: Licensing electronic
rights to books and articles. Patricia McNees and attorney Charles Ossola,
moderator Henry Wiencek.
(American Society of Journalists & Authors)
Central Library - McIntire Room
What is the Virginia Center for the Book, and the Center for the Book at
the Library of Congress? A discussion of programs and exhibit. Beverly Bagan
and Michael Thompson.
(VA Center for the Book)
New Dominion Book Shop
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: To find out more, visit their table
and display until 6 p.m.
(Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic)
Barnes & Noble
Fact and Fiction in the Civil War: Donald McCaig,
Stephen Cushman, and Stephen Oates.
City Council Chambers
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
Myth, Magic & Mystery: One hundred years of American children's book
illustrations. A slide presentation and discussion with Trinkett Clark and
H. Nichols B. Clark of the Chrysler Museum. (Book signing to follow.)
(Carousel Books)
Northside Library
Brenda Burrough Gresham: Sharing African Folk Tales
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Monuments and Eulogies: American Voices from the Civil Rights Movement.
A dramatic performance adapted from Phyllis Theroux's work-in-progress,
The Book of Eulogies. Dramatis personae including: John E.
Baker (Martin Luther King), Clifford Bennett (Frederick Douglass), Robert
Cane (Robert Kennedy), Arthur C. Greene, Jr. (William Styron), Brenda Brown-Grooms
(Fannie Lee Chaney), Allen Freeman (script author, co-director), Frances
Furlong (co- director), and the author, Phyllis Theroux.
Western Albemarle High School - Auditorium
The Cold War: New Insights from Russian Documents.
John Lewis Gaddis.
The Miller Center for Public Affairs
FESTIVAL LUNCHEON with John Grisham
Tickets Required. $30 per ticket. Call 804-924- 3296 for information.
Omni Charlottesville Hotel - Ballroom
Brenda Burrough Gresham: Sharing African Folk Tales
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Practicing What We Preach About Writing. Dick Harrington,
Jewell-Ann Parton, Judy Jordan, and Frank Lovelock.
(PVCC)
Piedmont Virginia Community College - Window Lounge
The Silver Pen:
Starting a profitable writing business from a lifetime of experience. Alan
Canton.
(Bookwrights of Charlottesville)
City Council Chambers
Where Banners Flew: An Aerial View of Virginia History.
A slide presentation and discussion with Mitchell Bowman and David Doody.
(Stella Corporation)
Central Library - McIntire Room
African-American Literature and the Silver Screen: Ishmail Conway discusses
the role of African American literature adapted for theater and screen.
Discussion based on literature available at the Nat Turner Library.
(Carter G. Woodson Institute)
Helms Theater at the Culbreth
Researching The Porcelain God: Julie Horan discusses how to
write a book on toilets.
Charlottesville High School
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
The Art of the Main Lesson Book. A discussion and
display of illuminated texts created by students. Kevin O'Brien and Leni
Covington.
(Crossroads Waldorf School)
Starnes Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Focus on the 19th Century: Reading and conversation with Jamie Fuller, Diary
of Emily Dickinson: A Novel.
New Dominion Book Shop
A Quartet of Virginia Poets: Readings by R.T. Smith,
Nancy Schoenberger, Reetika Vazirani, and Gregory Orr.
(UVa. Creative Writing Dept.)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Placing Our Voices: A walk through the UVa. Women's Book Project. Tour and
discussion with Judy Leemann.
(UVa. Women's Book Project)
Meet at the Rotunda
An Army of Angels. Pamela Marcantel discusses her new book,
a historical novel about the life of Joan of Arc.
Quest Bookshop
Soul Sword: The
Way and Mind of a Warrior. A discussion and demonstration combining Zen
and Bushido martial arts. Vernon Turner and Robert Friedman.
(Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc.)
City Council Chambers
Dr. Seuss readings and dramatics.
The Virginia Discovery Museum
How I Got My Book Published: Fiction and Non- Fiction.
Mark Lindensmith, Steve Watkins, and George Garrett, moderated by Greg Bevan.
(Charlottesville Writing Center)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Focus on the 19th Century: Reading and conversation with Lorene Carey, Price
of a Child, a historical novel about a woman who rode the Underground
Railroad to freedom.
New Dominion Book Shop
Creating a World with Fact and Fiction. How to
integrate historical figures and events into fiction writing. Doris Gwaltney
and Robert Friedman.
(Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc.)
City Council Chambers
A Time-Out To Talk. An hour of informal discussion
with the Charlottesville Chapter of the Virginia Writers' Club.
(C'Ville Chapter of VA Writers Club)
EsCafe
Family Literacy Night Celebration at Woodbrook Elementary: Bookfair, performance
by "Poetry Alive," reading activity stations, and more. . .
Woodbrook Elementary School
In Their Own Words. An evening of original poetry,
prose and drama written by area high school students.
The Dome Room at the Rotunda
Jefferson: The Skeptical Patient. John Holmes speaks on his new book exploring
the health, health habits, and views on medicine of Thomas Jefferson, as
well as describing the medicinal herbs grown at Monticello.
Charlottesville High School
Celebrate Reading at Crozet Elementary School with an evening "Read-In."
Crozet Elementary School
Poets in Tandem. Nura Yingling, Sharon Deal, Charlotte
Matthews and Tandem Friends School students.
Tandem Friends School
An Evening of Non-Fiction Readings with Jonathan
Coleman, Gregory Jaynes, Daryl Dance, and Gay Talese. (Book signing to follow.)
Culbreth Theater
Dead White Authors: Dinah Pehrson and Doug Schneider in performance as Gertrude
Stein, Tennessee Williams, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Live Arts (Live Arts tickets: $7/$9)
Monuments and Eulogies: American Voices from the Civil Rights Movement.
A dramatic performance adapted from Phyllis Theroux's work-in-progress,
The Book of Eulogies. Dramatis personae including: John E.
Baker (Martin Luther King), Clifford Bennett (Frederick Douglass), Robert
Cane (Robert Kennedy), Arthur C. Greene, Jr. (William Styron), Brenda Brown-Grooms
(Fannie Lee Chaney), Allen Freeman (script author, co-director), Frances
Furlong (co- director), and the author, Phyllis Theroux.
Western Albemarle High School - Auditorium
Off the Page: Live Performance Poetry and Music.
Browning Porter and Lisa Newman-Williams will read with musical accompaniment
by Jeff Romano and Claire Newman-Williams.
(Live Arts/ Charlottesville Writing Center)
Live Arts
Publishers and the Internet
Preston Conference Room at the Omni Hotel
Booksale! The Opening of the Friends of the Jefferson-Madison
Regional Library Booksale.
Gordon Avenue Branch Library
Saturday Morning Cartoons. Stefan Kanfer discusses
his book Cartoons in America, from Betty Boop to Toy Story
and shows rare Chuck Jones animation clips. Introduced by Coy Barefoot.
(Book signing to follow.)
Vinegar Hill Theater
Like a Marriage. Jonathan Coleman and Owen Laster, an author and his agent
discuss the highs and lows of their 14-year alliance. Andrew Wyndham, moderator.
Village School
Why Do We Need More Books On Thomas Jefferson? Monticello staff members
discuss and answer questions about their current research and forthcoming
books on African-American families, women, and domestic life at Monticello.
Susan R. Stein, Douglas L. Wilson, and Lucia Stanton.
(International Center for Jefferson Studies)
Kenwood (just beyond Monticello).
Steps for a Successful Bookstore
Preston Conference Room at the Omni
The "Biological" and the "Human:" Creating a connective
vocabulary. Ellen Gwynn and Katherine Troyer.
Papercraft Printing & Design Company
The Changing Face of War: Writing about War. David Maurer, Robert O'Connell,
and Donovan Webster.
(The Senior Center/ The Retired Officers Association)
Central Library - McIntire Room
American Indian Wordcrafters: Introduction and Discussion.
(Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers)
City Council Chambers
Where's Spot? At Shenanigans!
Shenanigans - North Wing of Barracks Road Shopping Center
Kid's Book Swap: Trade "up" your outgrown books, and meet other
kids who love to read. (From 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.) (Featherstone & Brown,
Inc./ Oakley & Farrell Gently Used Books)
Virginia Discovery Museum: kids under 10
York Place: kids 10 and older
Learning Geography With A Favorite Story: Explore Antarctica with Mr.
Popper's Penguins, and more.
Montessori Community School
Focus on the 19th Century: Reading and general
discussion with Tom Buell, Warrior Generals and Ernest Furgurson,
Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War. (Book signing to follow.)
New Dominion Book Shop
Nikki Giovanni: Book signing at Ujamaa Mart.
Ujamaa Mart
Les Voyages de Babar: Storytime and Songs in French.
(L'Alliance Francaise)
Central Library - Children's Department
NEW BOOK FAIR OPENS: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Publishers Displays. Book Signings Throughout the Day. Free Admission.
Omni Charlottesville Hotel - Atrium & Lobby
Fine Illustrated Books with Gary Chassman of Verve Editions.
(Piedmont Council of the Arts)
Starnes Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Getting Into Publishing. Mary Kathryn Hassett, Boyd Zenner, Tysie Whitman,
and Ida McCall.
University Press of Virginia
Voices of Adult Learners Part II
(Literacy Volunteers of America)
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Aransas the Storyteller Shares Stories from Around the World.
Greene County Library
Learning Geography & History Through Literature.
Montessori Community School
Vietnam: Writing about the Conflict. William Prochnau,
Terry Turner, Cliff Haury, and Tom Tiede.
(The Book Cellar)
Central Library - McIntire Room
The Complex Face of Poverty. Leon Dash, Michael Hudson, Winx Lawrence and
Ted Edlich. (Leon Dash book signing at Ujamaa Mart (3:00 p.m.)).
(MACAA)
City Council Chambers
The Art of the Non-Fiction Book Proposal. Insights from editors Edwin Barber
and Scott Moyers, and writers Jennifer Ackerman and Tom Ricks.
Village School
From North Point to Counterpoint: A conversation
about the role of the literary publisher. Jack Shoemaker and Joseph Barbato.
Preston Conference Room at the Omni
Voices from The Oxford Book of the American South. Mary Lee
Settle, George Garrett, Edward Ayers, and Brad Mittendorf.
University of Virginia Bookstore - Mezzanine Level
Triptych: Voices for the Voiceless. A dramatic
enactment by Brenda Brown-Grooms of Sally Hemings, Martha Jefferson Randolph,
and Elizabeth Hemings of Monticello.
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Wood Notes Wild: Notations of Bird Music: Rosamond Casey
gives a gallery talk and exhibit of her hand- bound, artistic adaptation
of this 19th century text transcribing the music of birds by Simeon Cheney.
Starnes Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Who Killed Lucy Pollard? Suzanne Lebsock discusses
writing history as a mystery.
(Library of Virginia)
Village School
The Truth About First Novels. Nan Talese, Jane Rosenman, Virginia Barber,
Robert Schultz, moderated by Karl Ackerman.
City Council Chambers
Teaching A Curriculum of Love with Morgan Simone Daleo. A program
for parents and teachers. (Book signing to follow.)
(Grace Publishing)
Central Library - McIntire Room
On the Road Again: Book salespeople reveal how
books really are sold to book shops. Charlie Young, Eileen Boyd, and Earl
Bruce.
Preston Conference Room at the Omni Hotel
Leaving Pipe Shop:
Deborah McDowell reads from and discusses her new work. Introduced by Nikki
Giovanni.
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Gay Talese in conversation with George Garrett.
The Dome Room at the Rotunda
Letterpress Workshop Demonstration. Explore the art and technology of letterpress
printing with Josef Beery in an open house (From 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.).
McGuffey ABC South Basement at McGuffey Art Center
Preserving America's Historic Structures: Log, stone, and blacksmithing
with Charles McRaven. (Book signing to follow.)
New Dominion Book Shop
Winners and Losers in the Age of Bestsellers: The
View from New York. Edwin Barber, Nan Talese, Virginia Barber, Owen Laster,
moderated by Karl Ackerman.
City Council Chambers
Bringing Children's Writing Alive Through Performance. A workshop with the
playwright and drama specialist Patricia Whitton.
(Piedmont Council of the Arts)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Looking Backward: History and Tragedy. A panel
discussion led by Professor John Lyons, Arthur Kirsch, Jon D. Mikalson and
Donald Shaw.
Lower West Room at the Rotunda
The Military Thriller: Larry Bond reads from Enemy Within.
(Book signing to follow.)
Barnes & Noble
The Changing Book Business: Independents and Chain Stores. Trish Lawrence
(Borders Books), Sarah Pishko (Prince Books), moderated by Karen Dowd.
Preston Conference Room at the Omni Hotel
John Sullivan Interviews Brian Lamb of C-SPAN.
(Friends of the Library)
University of Virginia Bookstore - Mezzanine Level
The Play's the Thing: Local Playwrights Discuss Techniques.
(Offstage Theater)
Miller's Restaurant
Leon Dash: Book signing at Ujamaa Mart.
Ujamaa Mart
Get Published Now: The Nuts and Bolts of Freelancing.
Coy Barefoot, Hawes Spencer, Donovan Webster, and Judith Mandell.
(C'Ville Bound)
City Council Chambers
How I Got My Book Published: Poetry. Reetika Vazirani, Jane Mead, and Greg
Williamson, moderated by Browning Porter.
(Charlottesville Writing Center)
Central Library - McIntire Room
The Art and Opportunity of Technical Writing with Don Anglin
Central Library - Board Room
Wielding the Red Pencil: How to Edit a Novel. Jane Rosenman, Christina Bartolomeo
and Sydney Blair.
Village School
The Changing Subjects of Fiction: A discussion with Louis Auchincloss.
(UVa. Library)
Alderman Library - McGregor Room
Lois Lowry: The hows and whys of writing for the young. Reading and discussion
for families. (Book signing to follow.)
(VA Center for the Book)
Lane Auditorium - Albemarle County Office Building
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems. (Book signing to follow.)
First Baptist Church on West Main
On Reviewing Books: Brian Lamb (C-SPAN), Nina King
(Washington Post Book World), and Staige Blackford (Virginia Quarterly Review).
(Friends of the Library)
University of Virginia Bookstore - Mezzanine Level
Music, Inspiration and Literature
(Thoughtlines, Inc.)
Central Library - McIntire Room
An Evening of Fiction Readings with Madison Smartt
Bell, Anita Shreve, and Lois Lowry. (Book signing to follow.)
Culbreth Theater
Dead White Authors: Dinah Pehrson and Doug Schneider in performance as Gertrude
Stein, Tennessee Williams, Emily Dickinson, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Live Arts (Live Arts tickets: $7/$9)
Poets on the Mall
Mudhouse Coffee Shop
Booksale! Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional
Library Booksale Continues.
Gordon Avenue Branch Library
Mr. Jefferson's Neighborhood: For the benefit of
participants and guests in Charlottesville for the Festival, local writer
Coy Barefoot will offer a free walking history tour of the downtown area.
Meet at the Albemarle County Courthouse at Court Square
Swords to Plowshares: Lawyers v. Writers. John
Casey, Matthew Jones, and Mark Lindensmith.
City Council Chambers
How to Research African American History. Dr. Tommy
Bogger and Charles W. White, moderated by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr,.
(The Book Broker)
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Writing the Historical Novel. Max Byrd discusses Andrew Jackson in Jackson:
A Novel. (Book signing to follow.)
Barnes & Noble
Close Encounters of the Bird Kind: Exploring the
Avian Obsession. Jennifer Ackerman, Janet Lembke, and Allen Hale. (Book
signing to follow.)
(The Nature Conservancy)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Protecting Your Rights as a Freelancer. Alec Dubro
and Sheldon Parker, with Claire Kaplan.
(National Writers' Union)
Village School
Meet Some Local Writers: P.M.H. Atwater, Edgar
A. Imhoff, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, and Sharon Leiter.
(C'ville Chapter of the VA Writers Club)
New Dominion Book Shop
Dreams and Visions Journal Workshop. Construct and create your own journal
with Morgan Simone Daleo and Frank Riccio. (Class size limited: call 804-977-1025
to pre-register.)
The Virginia Discovery Museum
Publishing the Photography Book. Mary Motley Kalgeris,
Sam Abell and Frank Thomasson. (Book signing to follow.)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Miniature Book Making Workshop. Learn to make three different bindings for
miniature paperbound books with Josef Beery. Materials provided. (Space
limited: call 804-293-8142 to pre- register.)
McGuffey ABC Second Floor Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Assembly and last-minute costume creation for the Children's Storybook Parade.
(The Virginia Discovery Museum)
Omni Hotel Charlottesville - Atrium
Creating & Redefining Community Through Writing.
Phyllis Leffler, Maurice Cox, Drake Patten, Carol Ely, and Ashlin Smith.
(Albemarle County Historical Society/ The Senior Center)
Village School
Words that wound - and even kill - are they still free speech? Jane Kirtley,
Robert O'Neil, Brock Meeks, and Everette Dennis.
(Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Speech/ The Daily
Progress).
The Dome Room at the Rotunda
Bridges, Airplanes, and Locomotives: Creativity and failure in engineering
history. Elmer L. Gaden, John K. Brown and William D. Middleton.
City Council Chambers
Push Nadanda to Soar: Vivian Owens discusses issues of
adolescence and race.
(Eschar Publications)
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Fiction Reading with Edward Falco and Robert Schultz. (Book signing to follow).
Barnes & Noble
Children's Storybook Character Parade. Performance by James Scott, the LOUD
Poetry Guy. Come dressed as your favorite book character. (Book signing
to follow.)
(Virginia Discovery Museum/ Charlottesville City Schools)
Assemble in costume at the Omni, parade up the Mall to the Amphitheater
for festive activities.
Crossing the Line: A Conversation with Jonathan
Coleman. Maryanne Vollers and Coleman discuss his new book Long Way
to Go: Black and White in America.
Central Library - McIntire Room
The Art of Travel Writing. Ellen Dudley, Eric Seaborg,
John Thompson, and Elizabeth Scarlett.
City Council Chambers
An Hour with Rita Dove: Poetry and Conversation.
Central Library - McIntire Room
CLOSING RECEPTION
Central Library - McIntire Room
Early Virginia Private Libraries. A display of
some of eighteenth-century Virginia's private libraries, including William
Byrd II, Landon Carter, Thomas Jefferson, and Jean Miller Skipworth, which
illuminates the lives of the collectors, as well as the collections themselves.
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
Throughout March
Monday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Gallery Neo exhibits art-works featuring letters, words, and texts.
Gallery Neo
Throughout March
Reliquaries and Mankisi: An exhibit by Gilda Edwards exploring family relationships
and tradition.
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Throughout March 1997
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
The Most of the Special Collections: UVa. Library Special Collection Exhibit
featuring the largest and the smallest and everything in between.
Alderman Library - McGregor Room
Throughout March 1997
Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Virginia Festival of the Book Poster Contest Display
Central Library
Throughout March
Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday & Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Images of the Book: Alexandria Searls photography exhibit of the Books and
Bibles of Thomas Jefferson.
McGuffey Art Center
7 March - 31 March
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Raw Vision, Raw Word: Book Art as Process and Power. The Bayly Art Museum
features and exhibit of works exploring the interplay between vision and
word. Including artists Howard Finister, Marisol, Italo Scanga, Dean Dass,
David Freed, and Gunther Brus; and writers, William Burroughs, Frank O'Hara,
Larry Lewis, Fanny Howe, and George Trakl.
Bayly Art Museum
15 March - 18 May 1997
Tuesday - Saturday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show.
An exhibit recognizing achievement in the design, production and manufacture
of books, jackets, and journals by members of the university press community.
McGuffey ABC at McGuffey Art Center
17 March - 28 March
Tuesday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Tell About the South - Part I: The world premiere screening
of the first film in Ross Spears' three- part documentary series on living
Southern writers. (Admission fee will be charged).
Vinegar Hill Theatre
Wednesday, 19 March 1997
8 p.m.
Poetry in Southwest Virginia. A two-day program of readings and discussions
concerning poetry in the Appalachain Region, featuring readings and conversation
several local poets, editors and publishers. (Call 540-326-3682 for more
information).
Bluefield College
Friday and Saturday, 20-21 March 1997
Through the Eyes of the Artist. An exhibit for older readers interested
in exploring tragedy, satire, irony, and war as depicted in childrens picture
books.
Central Library - Children's Department
20 March - 23 March 1997
Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic: To find out more, visit their table
and display at Barnes & Noble until 6 p.m.
(Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic)
Barnes & Noble
Friday, 21 March 1997
10 a.m.- 6 p..m.
Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library Booksale
Gordon Avenue Library
Saturday, 22 March - Tuesday, 1 April 1997
9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Mr. Jefferson's Neighborhood: For the benefit of participants and guests
in Charlottesville for the Festival, local writer Coy Barefoot will offer
a free walking history tour of the downtown area.
Meet at the Charlottesville County Courthouse
Sunday, 23 March 1997
10:30 a.m.
Conference on Antebellum Culture and the Banjo. Music and symposia sponsored
by the Carter G. Woodson Institute. Evening performances at the Prism Coffeehouse.
Call 804-973-2084 for more information.
Location tba
Friday and Saturday, 21-22 March 1997
9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Central Virginia Antiquarian Book Fair. Call 804- 263-8323 for more information.
The Senior Center (1180 Pepsi Place)
28 - 29 March
Friday, 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
($3 admission)
(Signings will take place throughout the Fair. Please note that this is
a partial listing of authors who will be signing.)
Jeanne Ann Vanderhoef: Gibbons in the Family
Tree. Brunswick Publishing Corp.
Phil Berardelli: Safe Young Drivers: A Guide for Parents and Teens.
EPM Publications, Inc.
Joe David: Teacher of the Year. Books for All Times, Inc.
Bob Gooch: The Bird Hunter's Book; Bass Fishing Simplified; Hunting,
Boar, Hogs, and Javelins.
Atlantic Publishing Company
Doris Gwaltney: Shakespeare's Sister. Hampton Roads Publishing
Co., Inc.
Mark Lindensmith: Short - Term Losses. SMU Press
Vernon Kitabu Turner: Soul Sword. Hampton Roads Publishing
Co., Inc.
Kenneth Wimmel: The Alluring Target: In Search of the Secrets of Central
Asia. Trackless Sands Press
Peggy Vogtsberger: The Dulanys of Welbourne: A Family in Mosby's Confederacy.
Rockbridge Publishing Co.
(these programs are also incorporated in the Program of Events list above)
Stories for Children: A slide presentation and
discussion with Elizabeth Sutton, author of A Pony for Keeps.
Venable Elementary School
Ghosts in the Curriculum. L.B. Taylor speaks to
students about Revolutionary and Civil War ghosts.
Walker Upper Elementary School
Awakening the Storyteller Within. Heidi Hartwiger will work with students
in a day-long workshop, to discover family stories.
Buford Middle School
Stories for Children: A slide presentation and
discussion with Elizabeth Sutton, author of A Pony for Keeps.
Venable Elementary School
"School Days" Intergenerational Workshop.
Six members o f TJAHCC work together with 5th and 6th graders from Walker
Elementary School to produce a book.
Thomas Jefferson Adult Health Care Center
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
FESTIVAL OPENING
Central Library
Brenda Burrough Gresham tells stories from the
African tradition.
Charlottesville High School - Black Box Theater
Ghosts in the Curriculum. L.B. Taylor speaks to students about Revolutionary
and Civil War ghosts.
Walker Upper Elementary School
Grannies to the Rescue: A women's history month celebration of older women
heroines in children's literature. Beverly Van Hook and Deborah Prum.
(Virginia Writers Club/ Northside Library)
Northside Library
Third Grade Poetry Writing Workshop with John Reummler.
Greenbrier Elementary School
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
How to Get the Biggest BANG Out of Children's Books.
Chat with Etta Legner about finding ways to maximize the benfits of storytime
with pre-schoolers and kindergarteners.
The Book Bag
Myth, Magic & Mystery: One hundred years of American children's book
illustrations. A slide presentation and discussion with Trinkett Clark and
H. Nichols B. Clark of the Chrysler Museum. (Book signing to follow.)
(Carousel Books)
Northside Library
Diversity in Children's Literature. Greer Dawson, Jeannette Caines, Deloris
Campbell, and Barbara Elias.
(MACAA/ Ujamaa Mart)
Village School
Spring Into Books. Children and parents take part
in an evening of book related activities with John McCutcheon.
Burnley-Moran Elementary School
What Authors Do! A workshop with area writers for parents and children.
Red Hill Elementary School
All Aboard the Reading Train. A family program
of stories and songs about trains.
(JMRL)
Scottsville Branch Library
Fifth Grade Celebration of Poetry and Prose with
Aransas the Storyteller.
Cale Elementary School
Bedtime Stories. Put on your pjs, bring your teddy bear, and join us at
the Clark Library.
Clark Elementary School
An Evening of Storytelling and Dramatics with Larry Goldstein and the Tandem
School.
(Venable Elementary/ Gordon Avenue Library)
Venable School Auditorium
Secrets of a Mystery Writer: Beverly Van Hook
Cale Elementary School
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
Myth, Magic & Mystery: One hundred years of American children's book
illustrations. A slide presentation and discussion with Trinkett Clark and
H. Nichols B. Clark of the Chrysler Museum. (Book signing to follow.)
(Carousel Books)
Northside Library
Brenda Burrough Gresham: Sharing African Folk Tales
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Monuments and Eulogies: American Voices from the Civil Rights Movement.
A dramatic performance adapted from Phyllis Theroux's work-in-progress,
The Book of Eulogies. Dramatis personae including: John E.
Baker (Martin Luther King), Clifford Bennett (Frederick Douglass), Robert
Cane (Robert Kennedy), Arthur C. Greene, Jr. (William Styron), Brenda Brown-Grooms
(Fannie Lee Chaney), Allen Freeman (script author, co-director), Frances
Furlong (co-director), and the author, Phyllis Theroux.
Western Albemarle High School - Auditorium
Brenda Burrough Gresham: Sharing African Folk Tales
Jackson-Via Elementary School
Researching The Porcelain God: Julie
Horan discusses how to write a book on toilets.
Charlottesville High School
Reading to Pre-Schoolers
Cedars Nursing Home
The Art of the Main Lesson Book. A discussion and
display of illuminated texts created by students. Kevin O'Brien and Leni
Covington.
(Crossroads Waldorf School)
Starnes Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Dr. Seuss readings and dramatics.
The Virginia Discovery Museum
Family Literacy Night Celebration at Woodbrook
Elementary: Bookfair, performance by "Poetry Alive," reading activity
stations, and more. . .
Woodbrook Elementary School
In Their Own Words. An evening of original poetry,
prose and drama written by area high school students.
The Dome Room at the Rotunda
Jefferson: The Skeptical Patient. John Holmes speaks on his new book exploring
the health, health habits, and views on medicine of Thomas Jefferson, as
well as describing the medicinal herbs grown at Monticello.
Charlottesville High School
Celebrate Reading at Crozet Elementary School with an evening "Read-In."
Crozet Elementary School
Poets in Tandem. Nura Yingling, Sharon Deal, Charlotte
Matthews and Tandem Friends School students.
Tandem Friends School
Monuments and Eulogies: American Voices from the
Civil Rights Movement. A dramatic performance adapted from Phyllis Theroux's
work-in-progress, The Book of Eulogies. Dramatis personae including:
John E. Baker (Martin Luther King), Clifford Bennett (Frederick Douglass),
Robert Cane (Robert Kennedy), Arthur C. Greene, Jr. (William Styron), Brenda
Brown-Grooms (Fannie Lee Chaney), Allen Freeman (script author, co-director),
Frances Furlong (co-director), and the author, Phyllis Theroux.
Western Albemarle High School - Auditorium
Booksale! The Opening of the Friends of the Jefferson-Madison
Regional Library Booksale.
Gordon Avenue Branch Library
Saturday Morning Cartoons. Stefan Kanfer discusses
his book Cartoons in America, from Betty Boop to Toy Story
and shows rare Chuck Jones animation clips. Introduced by Coy Barefoot.
(Book signing to follow.)
Vinegar Hill Theater
Where's Spot? At Shenanigans!
Shenanigans - North Wing of Barracks Road Shopping Center
Kid's Book Swap: Trade "up" your outgrown books, and meet other
kids who love to read. (From 10 a.m.-2 p.m.)
(Featherstone & Brown, Inc./ Oakley & Farrell Gently Used Books)
Virginia Discovery Museum: kids under 10
York Place: kids 10 and older
Learning Geography With A Favorite Story: Explore Antarctica with Mr.
Popper's Penguins, and more.
Montessori Community School
Nikki Giovanni: Book signing at Ujamaa Mart.
Ujamaa Mart
Les Voyages de Babar: Storytime and Songs in French (L'Alliance Francaise)
Central Library - Children's Department
Aransas the Storyteller Shares Stories from Around
the World
Greene County Library
Learning Geography & History Through Literature
Montessori Community School
Teaching A Curriculum of Love with
Morgan Simone Daleo. A program for parents and teachers. (Book signing to
follow.)
(Grace Publishing)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Letterpress Workshop Demonstration. Explore the
art and technology of letterpress printing with Josef Beery in an open house.
(From 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.)
McGuffey ABC South Basement at McGuffey Art Center
Bringing Children's Writing Alive Through Performance.
A workshop with the playwright and drama specialist Patricia Whitton.
(Piedmont Council of the Arts)
Central Library - McIntire Room
Lois Lowry: The hows and whys of writing for the
young. Reading and discussion for families. (Book signing to follow.)
(The Virginia Center for the Book)
Lane Auditorium - Albemarle County Office Building
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems. (Book signing to follow.)
First Baptist Church on West Main
Booksale! Friends of the Jefferson-Madison Regional
Library Booksale Continues.
Gordon Avenue Branch Library
Dreams and Visions Journal Workshop. Construct
and create your own journal with Morgan Simone Daleo and Frank Riccio. (Class
size limited: call 804-977-1025 to pre-register.)
(The Virginia Discovery Museum/ Grace Publishing)
The Virginia Discovery Museum
Miniature Book Making Workshop. Learn to make three
different bindings for miniature paperbound books with Josef Beery.
Materials provided. (Space limited: call 804-293-8142 to pre-register.)
McGuffey ABC Second Floor Classroom at McGuffey Art Center
Assembly and last-minute costume creation for the Children's Storybook Parade.
(The Virginia Discovery Museum/ Charlottesville City Schools)
Omni Charlottesville Hotel - Atrium
Push Nadanda to Soar:
Vivian Owens discusses issues of adolescence and race.
(Eschar Publications)
Second Street Gallery at McGuffey Art Center
Children's Storybook Character Parade. Performance by James Scott, the LOUD
Poetry Guy. Come dressed as your favorite book character. (Book signing
to follow.)
(Virginia Discovery Museum)
Assemble in costume at the Omni, parade up the mall to the Amphitheater
for festive activities
An Hour with Rita Dove: Poetry and Conversation.
Central Library - McIntire Room
CLOSING RECEPTION
Central Library - McIntire Room
Virginia Festival of the Book Poster Contest Display.
Central Library
Throughout March
M - Th: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
F & Sa: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Su: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Dr. Seuss Costume Class: Come and make a costume for the Children's Storybook
Parade! Call 804-977-1025 for more information.
Virginia Discovery Museum
March 8: 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Children's Booksale! Childrens, music, and professional books on sale.
Gordon Avenue Library
March 15 - 17
9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
The Art of the Main Lesson Book: An exhibit of illuminated texts created
by students at Crossroads Waldorf School.
Fashion Square Mall
March 17 - 23
Books! Books! Books! A weeklong celebration involving bookmaking, bookbinding,
book repair and care, along with daily school-wide silent reading and story
time.
Johnson Elementary School
March 17 - 21
Displays of Original Student Handmade Books and Creative Writing.
Charlottesville High School
March 17 - 21
Brownsville Elementary School Celebrates the Virginia Festival of the Book!
A week of book related student activities.
Brownsville Elementary School
March 17 - 21
Hollymead Festival of the Book. A weeklong celebration of literacy and books.
Hollymead Elementary School
March 17 - 21
Stone Robinson Celebrates the Festival of the Book. Classroom Activities
throughout the Week.
Stone Robinson Elementary School
March 17 -21
Celebrate Reading at Crozet Elementary: Weeklong activities with readers.
Crozet Elementary School
March 17 - 21
An Evening with Jeanette Caines
Agnor-Hurt Elementary School
March 18
7:00 p.m.
James Scott, the LOUD Poetry Guy, in Performance.
Stone Robinson Elementary School
March 18
7:00 p.m.
J.T. Henley Middle School Expo. Featuring a display of student books, book
projects, student readings and student skits.
J.T. Henley Middle School
March 19
6:00 p.m
A reading and lecture with Lou Kassem on the creative process in writing
A Haunting in Williamsburg.
Hollymead Elementary School
March 19
12:30 p.m.
Through the Eyes of the Artist. An exhibit for older readers interested
in exploring tragedy, satire, irony, and war as depicted in children's picture
books.
Central Library - Children's Department
March 20 - 23
M - Th: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
F & Sa: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Su: 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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