About the Festival
The Virginia Festival of the Book is a celebrated tradition that brings together writers and readers to promote books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. We hope you’ll join us for our 2025 Festival, happening March 20–23 in Charlottesville, Virginia!
Festival events are in-person, with many livestreamed to reach audiences where they are. We feature an exciting array of genres, appealing to a wide variety of readers. From bestselling household names, to debut novelists publishing with indie presses, the Festival brings together a diverse gathering of authors to meet thousands of readers.
In 2024, we celebrated our 30th anniversary with a “Wordy Thirty” anniversary party, including a salon reception with US Poet Laureate Ada Limón, alongside bestselling authors Roxane Gay, Adriana Trigiani, and Jeannette Walls. The Festival program included more than 140 events, including Preview Events in Central and Southwest Virginia.
Our 2023 program included more than 40 events, including Festival Preview Events in Central and Southwest Virginia. Our 30th anniversary will be bigger and better, featuring preview events across the Commonwealth, as well as our “Wordy Thirty” Anniversary Party on March 23, 2024 in Charlottesville. Sponsors have an opportunity to support the Festival through a broad, unspecified gift; or by sponsoring a particular Festival program or event, or a series of Festival Events (like our Crime Wave Series or our Business Books Track).
Stay tuned for the full Festival schedule in January 2025.
Looking Toward 2025
2025 is a big year for the Virginia Festival of the Book! In our 30th year, we will see:
- 12,000+ Participants
- 100+ Authors & Artists
- 75 in-person Festival events in Charlottesville, Virginia from March 20 to 23
Now’s the time to get involved! Here are some of the benefits you will receive as a sponsor of the 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book:
| Benefit | $2500- $4999 | $5,000- $9,000 | $10,000- $14,000 | $15,000- $29,000 | $30,000- $49,000 | $50,000+ |
| Name listed on the Contributors page of VaBook.org | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Name included in online Festival guide | 50,000 readers | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| Logo included on promotional materials for your sponsored program | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Opportunity to distribute logoed company giveaway items | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Tickets to headlining and feature events | • | • | • | • | ||
| Logo included in Festival e-newsletter | 7,400 recipients; Sent approximately 20 times per year | • | • | • | • | ||
| Opportunity to introduce author at sponsored event | • | • | • | • | ||
| Two tickets to Virginia Humanities’ 50th Anniversary celebration | • | • | • | |||
| Logo included on VaBook.org site-wide | • | • | • | |||
| Sponsor introduction and recognition at your featured event | • | • | • | |||
| Logo included on Festival bookmarks | Approx. 5,000 | • | • | ||||
| Logo included on all Festival slideshows | • | • | ||||
| Name included in Festival registration | • | |||||
| Name included on post-event webpages | • | |||||
| Sponsor profile (i.e. blog post) on VaBook.org and spotlight on social media (i.e. quote) | • |
We are eager to strategize a custom partnership that meets your needs.
For additional details about opportunities, contact Hannah Catherine Allport, Associate Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations, at hcallport@virginia.edu or 434-806-2553.
Audience Feedback from Past Festivals:
Thank you for making this happen virtually. Since I can’t drive and have disabilities, I never would have been able to attend the Virginia Festival of the Book otherwise.
Your festival is one of the best & I’m so happy to have discovered it.
First event I’ve attended, but now want to attend more!
