The 2025 Virginia Festival of the Book takes place March 20th through March 23rd. For the past three decades, the Festival has brought together writers and readers from across the nation to celebrate reading, literature, and the Center's mission. As we continue in this tradition, our focus remains on accessibility and diversity, and we are committed to showcasing voices through a range of events for all, with many free and open to the public.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: JFK and Vietnam with Marc J. Selverstone
10:00 am: Leaders and Eras with Aran Shetterly, David and Shelly Wilkins, and Raymond Arsenault
10:00 am: Everyday Wonder with Lisa Fishman, Charlotte Matthews, Hayden Saunier, and Lesley Wheeler
11:00 am: Untangling the Publishing Process with Kalela Williams
12:00 pm: Cozy Crime with Ellery Adams, Valerie Burns, and Michael Falco
12:00 pm: Ties That Bind with David Wright Falade
12:00 pm: Metals of Trauma and Perseverance with Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn and Rachel M. Hanson
02:00 pm: UVA MFA Reading with Hannah Dierdorff, Kyle Marbut, and Matthew Morris
02:00 pm: Teenage Wasteland wih Esinam Bediako, Rosa Kwon Easton, Sadie Hoagland, and P.H. Low
02:00 pm: Restless Ambition with Jessica Anthony and Lisa Ko
02:00 pm: History, Mystery, Murder with Colleen Cambridge, John Copenhaver, and Katharine Schellman
02:00 pm: American Gothic with Daniel Kraus, ICT. Nguyen, and Erica Wright
04:00 pm: Champagne, Cake, and Storytelling with Louis Bayard and Emma Donoghue
04:00 pm: Y2K to Today with Isabel Banta, Scott Guild, and Christine Ma
04:00 pm: Poetry Panel with Sarah V. Schweig, Jen Jabaily-Blackburn, and Corrie Williamson
04:00 pm: Bibliographical Society
04:00 pm: Disenfranchised America with Andrew Kahrl and Crystal Sanders
04:00 pm: A Changing Climate Ellen Prager and Dave Jones and Cynthia Reeves
05:00 pm: Searching for Jimmie Strother Gregg D. Kimball with Justin Golden
05:00 pm: SELC Reed Award
06:00 pm: The 2025 Carol Troxell Reader with Evan Friss
06:00 pm: Emergent Voices with Andie Davis, Karen Outen, and Katherine Packert Burke
06:00 pm: Facing the Fracture with Tania Israel
06:00 pm: Queer Poetics with jan Beatty, Sarah Gordon Keith, and Jason Schneiderman
08:00 pm: Festival Meet and Greet