VABook! Festival Mission:

The Virginia Festival of the Book is an annual festival, open to the public, that promotes literacy and celebrates the book.

VABook! Festival Goals:

• To organize public programs about books, writing, emerging technologies and related subjects for readers of all ages;
• To encourage programs in schools about books, writing and reading;
• To provide a forum for discussion of the professional aspects of writing, publishing and printing;
• To encourage use of the resources provided by libraries;
• To foster reading and the discussion of books;
• To promote literacy and life-long education through reading;
• To develop partnerships to advance the mission of the festival.

VABook! Festival Vision:

The Virginia Festival of the Book, produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, is an annual celebration of books, reading, writing, the printed word and its emerging technologies. Reading, writing, and the printed word are tools for accessing knowledge, instruments for communication, and means for reflection and recreation -- essential to the health of our nation, the strength of its communities, and the happiness of its citizens. Through reading and writing we tell our stories, share our lives, and contemplate our future. We undertake this annual celebration, which is free and open to the public, to engage Charlottesville/Albemarle, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the nation, in a festival to promote literacy and celebrate the book.