Poetry and ecology converge in Roanoke on April 25th! 🌍🍃✍️ Join the National Book Foundation at the historic Grandin Theatre for a conversation between authors Arthur Sze and Brian Teare. loom.ly/gN9UkHY to learn more and register for this free event.

Join the @NationalBook for an evening with National Book Award Winner Arthur Sze in conversation with Brian Teare on how poetry can help save our planet.

Visit loom.ly/Kt6N54Y to learn more and register! 🍃📚

This weekend, discover a Book Arts craft that's suitable for endpapers, wrapping paper, book covers, and more...

3/3 Paper Marbling w/ Sandie Brayman
3/4 Paper Marbling: Non-Instructed Workshop for Experienced Marblers

More Book Arts classes online at VaBookCenter.org

Our 2024 schedule is now live! More than 100 authors will be joining us for more than 60 lively discussions spread over five days. We've still got a few surprises coming, so stay tuned in the weeks ahead for more announcements. loom.ly/9sj7pFo

2024 marks the 30th annual Virginia Festival of the Book and we're celebrating with a big, bookish, birthday bash that we're calling 'Wordy Thirty.' The party happens Sat., March 23 at the Bradbury and Vault in Charlottesville. Join us! loom.ly/RvNUhJo

Today, we’re thrilled to announce more than 100 authors who will be joining us at our 30th annual festival! But we’re not quite done. A few more authors will be announced in the coming weeks. And stay tuned next week for the schedule of events. loom.ly/5xNe5PM

Happy holidays from our team at the Virginia Center for the Book! We hope you and your loved ones have a happy and healthy end to the year. We’re excited to share all the things we have in store for the new year ✨

“C&P in Winter” by Frank Riccio, 2012 ⛄️ ❄️

The Library of Virginia, in partnership with William & Mary Libraries, is accepting nominations for a new award honoring excellence in the field of children’s literature with a focus on Virginia.

Visit loom.ly/KK75g4c to learn more about the Children's Literary Award🏆

❄️ Happy December, book arts enthusiasts! ❄️

There are still a couple spots open in our Holiday Card Workshop next Saturday, December 9. Join us for an introduction to letterpress, making holiday greeting cards from our movable type.

Register online: loom.ly/86iVxeM

We're so excited to share the 2024 Festival of the Book artwork! 📚🎨This lovely poster was created by Kristy Heilenday.

We'll be announcing more details about the 30th Virginia Festival of the Book in the next several weeks. Sign up for our newsletter for announcements!

Thank you to Ed Ayers and everyone who joined his 'American Visions' book talk last night! 📚

See the event recording here: loom.ly/7pne7wc

📌 Check out Bunk for scholarly stories, podcasts, and primary material about American history.

It's not too late to get (free!) tickets to this evening's Book Talk with Edward Ayers. Register at the link below, then join us at 6PM at the Jefferson School to hear Ed speak about 'American Visions'.

This event will be live-streamed on our Facebook. loom.ly/ooDEjvM

Check out these photos from our last Bookbinding for Kids workshop. Young artists learned how to print on a BookBeetle Press before handbinding their creation into an artists' book of beasts. 🎨 There are still a few open spots in next Saturday's workshop! loom.ly/SLmYHis

Thank you to our 2023 Book Bash donors! We're so grateful for the local businesses and organizations that donated prizes to last week's raffle and live auction. And thank you to these sponsors, who will be supporting the 30th Virginia Festival of the Book this coming year.

Not one, not two, but THREE opportunities to explore bookmaking in the coming weeks! Join us for a bookbinding or letterpress class before the holidays ❄️📚❄️ Learn more and register: loom.ly/gr6yXe0

🎟️ Don't forget to reserve your tickets to Ed Ayers' Book Talk! Ayers will share from his new book, 'American Visions', on November 16th 🎟️

NDBookshop is selling books at the event.
Get tickets: loom.ly/1WBPwf4

We're delighted to announce that Henry Hoke and Rachel Beanland will be joining the 30th Virginia Festival of the Book! Thank you, Rachel and Henry, for reading at the Book Bash last week and contributing to the auction. And thanks to Bizou, The Fall Line, and Historic Richmond!

It's not too late (but it's almost too late) to get your advance tickets to the 2023 Book Bash/Reads & Reveals! Ticket prices go up tomorrow, so get yours now. loom.ly/IalrH48

Here's a Halloween retrospective of the many costumes Kevin McFadden has donned for the Raucous Auction aka Book Bash aka Reads & Reveals. We'll miss his unique style, but we've got a whole new kind of Book Bash planned for you this year. Get your tix: loom.ly/IalrH48

Seasonal readings! Had your fill of calmly bobbing for apples? Bored with haunted hayrides? In this blog post, the Virginia Center for the Book's Assistant Director Aran Donovan shares book recommendations for the height of spooky season. loom.ly/m-HTiUo