NewsWhat Tastes Like Home?
“What tastes like home?” That simple prompt at the 26th annual National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., got people talking and writing— sharing their own home-inspired foods. We asked attendees …
EventS.A. Cosby in Conversation
Join us for an engaging conversation and public Q&A at Randolph-Macon College (RMC) with New York Times bestselling author S.A. Cosby, acclaimed for his Southern crime fiction and co-author of a young …
Event2026 National Book Festival
Join us at the 2026 National Book Festival! Held in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the event is free and open to the public. A …
NewsAnnouncing Virginia’s 2026 Great Reads From Great Places Selections
We are thrilled to announce the two books that will represent the Commonwealth of Virginia at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2026! The Center for …
EventTangleroot: Shadow Play
Whether or not you caught an excerpt of this play during the 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book, you can watch the full show this spring! A Shadow Play adaptation …
EventReading and Author Talk with Jeffrey Dale Lofton in Staunton, VA
Join author Jeffrey Dale Lofton for a conversation with Nat Slater about his book Red Clay Suzie, the coming-of-age story of Philbet, gay and living with a disability, battling bullying, …
EventMeet S.L. Price at the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Tournament
Fresh from our 2026 Virginia Festival of the Book, Price will be on-site signing copies of his latest work, The American Game: History and Hope in the Country of Lacrosse.
EventJeffrey Blount – Book Signing and Discussion
Jeffrey Blount’s Mr. Jimmy From Around the Way is a compelling narrative of a man’s search for the meaning of goodness in his life and the world around him. By dynamic use …
EventStories That Bind Us: A Conversation With Beth Macy
Join Dopesick author Beth Macy for a powerful conversation about the forces shaping America’s rural and urban communities.
EventNational Book Festival
Join us at the 2025 National Book Festival! Held in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the event is free and open to the public. A …
NewsLoving by the Book
On July 25, 2025, Deborah Parker (2025 Library of Virginia and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts winner of their annual Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award) discussed her …
EventOur Next Book Arts Open Studio is Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
Join us on Wednesday, June 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at our Center’s Jefferson School location. Anyone interested in any aspect of book/printmaking is welcome to come. Book Arts membership is not required for our Open Studio Night.
