Events
Join us for Storytime, held every Saturday at 11 AM! All ages welcome.
Join us as we celebrate Tony Gentry’s book The Coal Tower. A signing will follow.
The Page to Screen Book Club will meet for a special screening of Love, Simon.
Join us for a reading with author Karen A. Chase, who will be reading from her new historical fiction novel, Carrying Independence.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Sonia Purnell’s book A Woman of No Importance.
Join us every Thursday evening at 8 pm for this special, ongoing reading series featuring one poet and one prose writer each week from the UVA Creative Writing MFA student body.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for a special Storytime with local librarian Sarah FitzHenry, who will share stories from beloved dinosaur books.
In this interactive brown-bag lunch & learn, memoirist Sharon Harrigan will talk about “Writing About Family—How To and (Especially) How Not To.”
Join us for an evening with Rachel Monroe, who will be reading from her true crime nonfiction book, Savage Appetites.
Join us for a talk with Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival violinist Tim Summers.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring A.D. Carson and Joanna Pearson.
Join us as we celebrate the release of J. Dirk Nies’s book, Floriescence. A signing will follow.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Lindsay Lerman’s debut novel, I’m From Nowhere. A signing will follow.
Join us for a concert with the Clarinet Ensemble of the Municipal Band of Charlottesville.
Join us for a reading with Julia Henshaw, who will be reading from her new collection of essays, Real Good Stories.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Angie Thomas’s young adult novel The Hate U Give.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of John Lynch.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us as we celebrate the release of R. Barber Anderson’s novel The Sunken Forest. A signing will follow.
Join us for a book talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alan Taylor, who will be speaking about his new book, Thomas Jefferson’s Education.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Elizabeth Acevedo’s young adult novel The Poet X.
Join us for the release of Caroline Brae’s new poetry collection, When Grey Turns Blue. A signing will follow.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Ayse Kulin’s novel Last Train to Istanbul.
Join us for a special Storytime with local librarian Sarah FitzHenry, who will share stories from Mo Willems’s Pigeon books.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of Terry M. Coffey.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Michael Ondaatje’s novel Warlight.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring Adam Roux, Lisa Dordal, and Juliana Daugherty.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Robin Traywick Williams’s book The Key to the Quarter Pole. A signing will follow.
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Martin Clark, who will read from his new novel, The Substitution Order.
Join us for a brown bag lunch discussion of Jane Austen and the many ways in which her stories have been adapted in popular culture.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for a reading with writers Cary Holladay (Brides in the Sky) and Bruce Holsinger (The Gifted School).
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Trevor Noah’s memoir Born a Crime.
Join us for a reading with Megan Griswold, author of The Book of Help: A Memoir in Remedies.
Join us for a special Storytime with local librarian Sarah FitzHenry, who will share a story from the Narwhal and Jelly series.
Join us for a reading with poets Irène Mathieu (Grand Marronage) and Annie Kim (Into the Cyclorama).
The Page to Screen Book Club will meet for a special screening of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Jerry Ratcliffe and Chris Graham’s book, Team of Destiny.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Tommy Orange’s novel There There.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring novelist Helon Habila and artist Orion Faruque.
Join us for an evening with poet Gregory Orr, who will be reading from his new collection, The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write.
Join us for a book talk with Robert O’Connell, author of Revolutionary: George Washington at War.
Join us for a book talk with author and activist Andy Parker, who will be speaking about his book, For Alison.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of Nina Thompson.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss A. J. Finn’s thriller The Woman in the Window.
Join us for a reading and book talk with Shennette Garrett-Scott, author of Banking on Freedom: Black Women in U.S. Finance Before the New Deal.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Andrea Beatriz Arango’s young adult novel, Westwood Monster Patrol. A signing will follow.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Priya Mahadevan’s new children’s book, Trudeau’s Magic Box. A signing will follow.
Join us for a reading with Casey Cep, author of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee.
Please join us for the awards ceremony of the Village School Jambalaya "Silhouettes on the Sidewalk" short story contest.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Delia Owens’s novel Where the Crawdads Sing.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring Jason Gray and Bahlmann Abbot.
Join us for a reading with novelist Christopher Tilghman, who will read from his new novel, Thomas and Beal in the Midi.
Join us for a reading with poet Lauren Camp (Turquoise Door) and novelist Clifford Garstang (The Shaman of Turtle Valley).
Join us as we celebrate the release of Phil Williams’s book Turkey and America: East & West - Where the Twain Meet. A signing will follow.
Join us for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Sonja Yoerg, who will read from her new novel, True Places.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Helen Simonson’s novel Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.
Join us for an evening of poetry and photography, featuring Claire Millikin and Alice Bailey.
Join us for a celebration of Lynn Martin’s posthumous collection of poems, Shiver.
Join us for a reading with short story writer Michael Croley (Any Other Place) and biographer Charles J. Shields (The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel: John Williams & Stoner).
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of Nina Thompson.
Join us as we celebrate National Independent Bookstore Day! Featuring activities for children and adults, guest booksellers, exclusive items, our annual party, and more.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Ahmed al-Rahim’s book The Creation of Philosophical Tradition. A signing will follow.
Join us and Shakespeare on the Lawn for a special performance of Much Ado About Nothing.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Ian Johnson’s book The Bounce and The Echo. A signing will follow.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Nina LaCour’s young adult novel We Are Okay.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring Valencia Robin and Debra Nystrom.
Join us for the release of Stephen Nachmanovitch’s book The Art of Is. A signing will follow.
Join us for an evening with Francis Percival, who will share insights from his book Reinventing the Wheel, which explores organic and natural cheesemaking.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Ken Woodley’s book, The Road to Healing. A signing will follow.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Honorable Men, a posthumous collection of short stories by beloved UVA professor Sydney Blair.
Join us for a reading and Q&A with music critic and bestselling author Rob Sheffield.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Andy Weir’s science fiction novel Artemis.
Join us for the release of the third book in K. E. Lanning’s Melt Trilogy, Listen to the Birds. A signing will follow.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of Marion Roberts.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Jane Alison's new book, Meander, Spiral, Explode.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Chloe Benjamin's The Immortalists.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Jane S. Foy’s book, The A to Z Guide for Primary Caregivers of Dementia Patients. A signing will follow.
Belgian authors Kristien Hemmerechts and Annelies Verbeke discuss their latest novels.
Mitchell S. Jackson, José Olivarez, and Sarah Smarsh will share and discuss their deeply personal works of nonfiction and poetry.
Poets Francesca Bell, Lindsay Bernal, and Remica Bingham-Risher will read from their new collections.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Karen Bender, and Chaya Bhuvaneswar will discuss their powerful collections of short stories.
Authors Cathryn Hankla and Marion Winik will read from their nonfiction books about journeys of leaving and wandering.
Maggie Anderson, Kevin Prufer, and Melissa Stein will read from their latest collections of poetry.
André Alexis (Days by Moonlight) and Alyson Hagy (Scribe) will discuss their lyrical novels.
Abigail DeWitt and Ed Pavlic will discuss their far-reaching fiction, featuring characters faced with global and personal turbulence.
Joelle Biele, Kyle Dargan, and DaMaris Hill will read from their latest collections of poetry.
Pam Dawling and co-authors Claudia Kousoulas and Ellen Letourneau will discuss their personal approaches to preserving, cultivating, and enjoying land responsibly in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Rebecca Morgan Frank, January Gill O’Neil, and Leona Sevick will read from their new collections of poetry.
Jarrett Krosoczka will give a solo reading as the second annual Carol Troxell Reader, sharing his personal story and artwork from his acclaimed new graphic memoir.
Steve Cushman, Molly Minturn, and Kristen Staby Rembold will read from their new collections of poetry.
Please join us for a reading in French and English with poet Alexander Dickow, who will read from his new book, Appetites.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Sarah Smarsh’s memoir Heartland.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of Susan Patrick.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Yaa Gyasi’s novel Homegoing.
Join Claire Millikin and Blake Calhoun as they discuss their new book, Substance of Fire: Gender and Race in the College Classroom.
Join us for an afternoon with Virginia writers J. Thomas Brown, JoAnn Meaker, and John Maxwell, who will be reading from their historical novels about strong women in history.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring poet Richard Lucyshyn and author Martine Kalaw.
Join us for an afternoon with Evelyn Edson, who will be speaking about her translation of Cristoforo Buondelmonti’s manuscript Description of the Aegean and Other Islands.
Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk – with John Grisham at the Paramount
Join us as we celebrate the release of Erin Clabough’s book Second Nature. A signing will follow.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Esi Edugyan’s novel Washington Black.
Join us for an afternoon with Carolyn Frazier, who will be speaking about her new book, Stanhope, Chronologically.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of young writers performing their short stories, poetry, and music.
Join us for First Fridays as we celebrate the art of The Fiber and Stitch Art Collective.
Join us as we celebrate Michelle Damiani’s book The Road Taken: How to Dream, Plan, and Live Your Family Adventure Abroad.
The New Dominion Book Club will meet to discuss Madeline Miller’s novel The Song of Achilles.
Join us for an evening with bestselling author Leslie Jamison, who will be reading from her memoir, The Recovering.
The UVA Club of Charlottesville Book Club will meet to discuss Don Winslow’s novel The Power of the Dog.
Join us for a reading with DeSales Harrison, who will be reading from his debut novel, The Waters & the Wild.
Join us for the next installment of the Charlottesville Reading Series, featuring essayist Helen Chandler and musician Sam Bush.
Celebrate the holidays with New Dominion! Join us for a special evening of giveaways, hors d'oeuvres, and good cheer.
Join us for an afternoon with Scott Walker, who will read from his debut novel, Caminos.
Join us for a special Storytime with local author Dougie Morris, who will be reading from her children’s books, Toby and Sophie and Wilhelmina Under the Stairs.