
What does it take to be an informed citizen?
How do you read, hear, or view the news? How do you learn about local, regional, or state government policies and actions? Where do you find sports scores? Arts listings? …

25th Anniversary Print by Kristin Keimu Adolfson now available to order!
Purchase a limited-edition print to support Book Arts at the Virginia Center for the Book…

Raise a glass with us as we celebrate 25 years of Book Arts!
We hope you joined us as we kicked off a year-long celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Book Arts at the Virginia Center for the Book. In case you missed the festivities or would like to see the replay, the video is archived on our Facebook video channel.

Giving Opportunity: Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence
The Virginia Center for the Book—a program of Virginia Humanities—has announced the Frank Riccio Fund to support programming around an annual visiting book artist: the Frank Riccio Artist-in-Residence. The fund …

Engaging students with diverse books while schools are closed
While public schools across Virginia remain closed in response to COVID-19, the Virginia Center for the Book is working to ensure that students have access to diverse books…

Book Arts Member Profile: Amy Arnold
We are constantly amazed by the work and other creative endeavors accomplished by our Book Arts members. To better share that work with a broader audience, we will profile members …

See you in 2030–UVa Climate Fiction Class Concludes with Handmade Journals in Time Capsule
Where will you be in 2030? UVa English professor Mary Kuhn hopes to be reuniting with some of her students from the Spring 2019 “Climate Fiction” course they shared. Wouldn’t …

Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. Residency Recap
Between March 9-26, 2019, Detroit artist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. completed his work in the inaugural Frank Riccio Artist Residency…

The VABC Years: A Photo Essay
Our book arts program made some big decisions in 2018… not the least of which was to change our name as we changed our address. Farewell, VABC… and hello Virginia …

2018 Annual Member’s Project: Bird Talk
Note: The Virginia Center for the Book’s 2018 Annual Members Project Bird Talk has “flown the coop” (published November 14, 2018) Limited editions of the book are available for purchase, …

#VaReads Writer of the Week: Cathryn Hankla
This week’s #VaReads spotlight is on Cathryn Hankla, author of Galaxies and twelve other books. She is a professor and chair of English and creative writing at Hollins University and served as …

#VaReads Writer of the Week: Mollie Cox Bryan
Get to know this Agatha Award-nominated author of cozy mysteries…