Dispossession and Discovery: Aboriginal Novelist Tara June Winch Monday, October 26th 4:30 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event Australian-born Wiradjuri author, Tara June Winch, brings to life the culture, language, and traditions of Aboriginal people in her novel, The Yield. A granddaughter returns home to find her family’s land is at risk of being stolen […]
On Lighthouses and the Act of Belonging Thursday, October 15th 7 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event 2013 Latin American Voices prize winner Jazmina Barrera returns with her latest book, On Lighthouses, a critical and imaginative study of lighthouses around the world and their meaning to us as individuals. Part memoir and part literary history,
There, There:A Conversation with Tommy Orange Wednesday, October 7th 7:30 p.m. via Crowdcast About the Event As all of the unique characters in Tommy Orange’s novel, There, There hurtle toward the Big Oakland Powwow, their journeys explore their Indian identites. The New York Times calls it “A new kind of American epic… one that reflects
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A Message from our Director & Manager Dear Friends, As 2019 comes to a close, so does our 21st year of Fall for the Book. We’ve been so fortunate over the last two decades to grow from a small, two-day festival with twenty writers, to a major staple of Northern Virginia’s literary community. This year,
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