Support The Festival

These 5 days of mostly free literary events are open to the public as we honor book culture and promote reading and literacy.

Ticketed Events

Festival Luncheon - ($50)
with Michael Malone

Thursday March 18th - 11:45 am

Author of Four Corners of the Sky: A Novel and seven other novels, collections of short stories and two non-fiction works, winner of an Edgar, an O.Henry and an Emmy for his work as head writer in the 1990's for the daytime drama One Life to Live... Buy Tickets>

Media Sponsor: WVPT Virginia's Public Television

Crime Wave Luncheon - ($50)
with Julia Spencer-Fleming

Saturday, March 20 12:00 - 1:30 PM

Agatha award nominee and author of seven mysteries, including the most recent One Was a Soldier... Buy Tickets >

Media Sponsor: WVPT Virginia's Public Television

Business Breakfast - ($30 or $350/table)
with Michael Gelb

Wednesday March 17 7:30 am

Author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci, will speak on "Thinking Creatively In Tough Times."   A pioneer on creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership, he is a Batten Fellow at the U.Va. Darden School this spring... Buy Tickets >

Sponsored by the Batten Institute and Northwestern Mutual Financial Network.

Authors Reception - ($35)

Saturday March 20 - 6:00 pm

This is your chance to rub elbows with some of your favorite authors. Held at the historic Paramount Theater on the downtown mall, this promises to be a treat for authors and readers alike!  Buy Tickets >

American Accents - ($10)

Saturday March 20 - 8:00 pm

Lee Smith (Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger), E. Ethelbert Miller (The Fifth Inning), Elizabeth Strout (Olive Kitteridge), and Colum McCann (Let the Great World Spin).
$10 general admission. Buy Tickets >