<![CDATA[Where better to relive the 2009 Festival of the Book than on BookTV? VABook! on BookTV: April 11-12 This weekend, C-SPAN2's BookTV will feature hours of programs and interviews with authors from the 2009 Virginia Festival of the Book. Tune in for the afternoon or evening, from midday to midnight, to catch dozens of the [...]
<![CDATA[Fresh hot WriterHouse news: 1. Register Now for Spring 2009 Classes Spring course descriptions are now available on our website! Classes in nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and creativity begin April 13. We are offering two new classes this session: Young Adult Fiction Workshop, and Special Problems in Narrative Writing. Printed brochures will be available next week [...]
<![CDATA[I caught sight of a familiar "face" on the Virginia Festival of the Book schedule: Yesterday's Children: Growing Up Assyrian in Persia, which I reviewed for C-Ville Weekly last year. Work with Me: Collaborative Memoir Writing Wed. March 18th, 2009 2:00 PM Collaborative writing partners tell stories of war, dislocation, and cultural alienation with Mike [...]
<![CDATA[ From the Southern Environmental Law Center: SELC Hosts Award-Winning Writer, Jan DeBlieu, at Virginia Festival of the Book Readings, Discussion on Writing as Form of Citizen Activism Charlottesville, VA -- February 16, 2009 -- The Southern Environmental Law Center, an environmental advocacy organization, is pleased to host award-winning southern writer Jan DeBlieu at the [...]
<![CDATA[News from WriterHouse: The Virginia Festival of the Book is coming March 18-22 -- it's almost here! While you're making your list of what to do, check out the panels and events some of our members and instructors will be participating in: WriterHouse instructor Judy Longley and fellow poets Susan Hull and Kristen Stay Rembold [...]
<![CDATA[More news from local biographer Charles J. Shields: On March 26, 2009, biographers will gather in New York City to create Biographers International Organization (BIO) that will seek to advance the professional interests of career-focused biographers through networking and advocacy, the creation of a virtual library, and providing legal advice. ]]>
The James River Writers Conference is coming up! Getting It Write Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008 at the Library of Virginia 800 East Broad Street, Richmond Featuring … David Baldacci Adriana Trigiani Diane Mott Davidson Claudia Emerson Kate Jacobs Kirk Ellis Shannon Ravenel Chuck Adams Colin Fox