EventBlock Night continues this week at the Center
Block Night continues Wednesday, May 24, 5:30 PM at the Center. Anyone interested in the art and/or craft of book/printmaking is welcome to attend.
EventJo Piazza & Christine Pride
Join the Bluebird & Co. and the Virginia Center for the Book as we celebrate the release of Jo Piazza & Christine Pride’s new novel You Were Always Mine. The …
EventLetterpress Core Skills: 2023 Summer Session
This summer our multi-session, signature typesetting, and press usage class will feature the printing of broadsides, cards, and ephemera. Explore the art and craft of typesetting and letterpress printing in the Center’s Pressroom which features Vandercook cylinder letterpresses and the largest publicly accessible collection of movable type in the mid-Atlantic region.
News2023 Annual Members Project Rivanna Reconnaissance
As a result of profound climate change, newly revealed archaeological and paleontological finds are surfacing along the banks of the Rivanna River. We are creating a scientific field journal cataloging these incidences in a fictional case study. Lost treasures unearthed, lost landscapes exposed, lost life forms revealed or revived, lost memories recovered – we are moved by these unexpected finds. Our fictional field journal will contain many examples of these newly uncovered discoveries.
EventThe House Is On Fire
Rachel Beanland, award-winning Richmond novelist will have a conversation about her soon-to-be-published new novel, The House is On Fire, with Roanoke author Heath Hardage Lee (The League of Wives). The …
EventA Reading and Conversation with Danielle Dutton
Perfect Binding publishing, politics, prose a reading & conversation with Danielle Dutton Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 6 PM Virginia Center for the Book
EventPerfect Binding: publishing, politics, & creative practice
Perfect Binding: publishing, politics, & creative practice A POETRY READING & CONVERSATIONSponsored by UVA Arts Council Friday // November 11th // 6 PM Virginia Center for the Book @ the Jefferson School Nicole Cecilia Delgado of La …
NewsSaints Alive! A Collection of Gratitude by Members of the Virginia Center for the Book
Saints Alive! is a collection of storied art to acknowledge whoever or whatever helped its contributing visual artists cope during the pandemic. Blending the sacred and the secular—inspired by European and Near Eastern iconographic symbols, Mexican ex-votos, and Peruvian retablos—this collection brings together the work of Virginia Center for the Book member artists.
NewsKalela Williams Named New Director of Virginia’s Center for the Book
Virginia Humanities announced today that Kalela Williams is serving as the new Director of the Virginia Center for the Book. The Virginia Center for the Book, an affiliate of the …
EventBidding is NOW OPEN for our 2022 Edition of the Raucous Auction
Virginia Center for the Book’s Raucous Auction: We’ll gather on Thursday, October 27, 2022, at 6:00-7:15 in Virginia Humanities’ Lemon Lounge (946 Grady Avenue, Suite 100/Charlottesville). Items are available for online bidding RIGHT …
NewsGreat Reads 2022
Each year, as students enjoy their summer school breaks, the National Book Festival’s Great Reads List for kids shares stories representing each state’s literary heritage. The Great Reads list includes …
NewsRoute 1 Reads
As summer travel gets underway, Route 1 Reads has some suggestions to kickstart your summer reading! Route 1 Reads is a road trip-inspired reading list from state Centers for the Book along …
