Events
Join us for Storytime, held every Saturday at 11 AM! All ages welcome.
Join us for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a reading with poets Sharon Perkins Ackerman and William Prindle.
Join us for this special, ongoing reading series featuring students in the UVA MFA Creative Writing Program.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for an evening with Tochi Eze, in conversation with Bruce Holsinger.
Join us for a reading with Lea Marshall, who will read from her debut poetry collection, The Slow Hammer of Roots.
Join us for a book talk with Henry Wiencek, who will speak about his new book, Stan and Gus.
Join us for an evening with Chet’la Sebree, in conversation with Kiki Petrosino.
Join us for a reading with poets Bobby Elliott and Valencia Robin.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for an evening with Monica Ong, in conversation with Sumita Chakraborty.
Join us for a reading with authors Camille DeAngelis and McCormick Templeman.
Join us for a book talk with photographer Michael O. Snyder, who will speak about his new book, Alleghania.
Join us for an evening with Lydi Conklin, in conversation with Henry Hoke.
Join us for a reading with Brendan Slocumb, who will read from his new novel, The Dark Maestro.
Join us for a book talk with Charlotte Taylor Fryar, who will speak about her new book, Potomac Fever.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for an afternoon with Susan Bauer-Wu, who will speak about her book Leaves Falling Gently.
Join us for a reading with poets Kaitlyn Airy and Kyle Marbut.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Shop local and support your community bookstore on National Independent Bookstore Day!
Join us for a bilingual reading in English and French with poet Alexander Dickow.
Join us for an afternoon with Gabriel Fried, in conversation with Lisa Russ Spaar.
Join us for a reading with Tony Keith Jr., author of Knucklehead.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Poets Luisa A. Igloria, Jennifer Chang, and Leona Sevick will read from and discuss their recent work.
Greg Wrenn will speak about his new memoir.
Paula Marie Seniors will speak about her new book.
The 2025 Carol Troxell Reader, Evan Friss, will speak about his new book.
UVA Creative Writing Program alumni will read from their new and forthcoming books.
David Wright Faladé and Rebecca Kauffman will discuss their recent novels.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a reading with poets Brian Teare and Aditi Machado.
Join us for a book talk with Kelsey Johnson, author of Into the Unknown.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a reading and conversation with poet Bianca Rae Messinger, author of pleasureis amiracle.
Join us for a reading with authors Kristen-Paige Madonia and Rebecca Kauffman.
Join us for an evening with H. G. Dierdorff, in conversation with Erika Howsare.
Join us for an afternoon with Paula Whyman, in conversation with Adam Nemett.
Join us for a book talk with Leigh Ann Henion, author of Night Magic.
Join Flux Spoken Word and Poetry for an open mic at New Dominion Bookshop.
Join us for a book talk with Maya Boutaghou, author of White Tongue, Brown Skin.
Join us for a reading with poet Miller Oberman, author of Impossible Things.
Join us for an evening with Sofia Samatar, in conversation with Emily Ogden.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a book talk with Justene Hill Edwards, author of Savings and Trust.
Join us for a reading and conversation with poet Jeddie Sophronius, author of Love & Sambal.
Join us for a book talk with Stanley Stepanic, author of A Vamp There Was.
Join us for an evening with Eleni Stecopoulos, in conversation with Brian Teare.
Join us as we celebrate the release of James Cole’s new poetry collection, The Somatoliths.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Alex Kingsley’s debut novel, Empress of Dust.
Join us for an open mic reading featuring undergraduate writers from the APPW and APLP at UVA.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a reading with Luisa A. Igloria, who will read from her new poetry collection, Caulbearer.
Join us for an evening with novelist Alli Dyer and musician Guion Pratt.
Join us for a book talk with Elizabeth Winkler, author of Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies.
Join us for an evening with Marianne Chan, in conversation with Sylvia Chong.
Join us for a book talk with Evan Friss, author of The Bookshop.
Join us for an evening with Jody Hobbs Hesler, in conversation with Louise Marburg.
Join us for an evening with poet CAConrad, who will read from Listen to the Golden Boomerang Return.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Jane Alison’s new novel, Villa E.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for an evening with Natalie Naudus, in conversation with Alix E. Harrow.
Join us for the July Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring Andy Fogle, Annie Woodford, and Nahlij Corbin.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Meg Mason’s novel Sorrow and Bliss.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for an evening with Crystal Hana Kim, in conversation with Rebecca Taylor.
Join us for a reading with poets Lauren K. Alleyne and Leona Sevick.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Kevin Hart’s new memoir, Dark-Land.
Join us for the June Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring Tope Folarin and Mara Adamitz Scrupe.
Join us for a book talk with Dr. Sharon Malone, who will speak about her new book, Grown Woman Talk.
Join us for an evening with Joanna Pearson, in conversation with Polly Stewart.
Join us for an evening with Nell Greenfieldboyce, in conversation with Kelly Weinersmith.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Bruce Holsinger’s novel The Displacements.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for a book talk with John K. Brown, who will speak about his new book, Spanning the Gilded Age.
Join us for a book talk with Allison Pugh, who will speak about her new book, The Last Human Job.
Join us for a book talk with Tabitha Stanmore, who will speak about her new book, Cunning Folk.
Join us for the May Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring B. Brian Foster.
Join us for an evening with Julia Ridley Smith, in conversation with Jody Hobbs Hesler.
Join us for an evening with Sofia Samatar, in conversation with Alix E. Harrow.
Join us for a reading with Mike Albo, author of Another Dimension of Us.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Tara M. Stringfellow’s novel Memphis.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Christopher Tilghman’s new novel, On the Tobacco Coast.
Shop local and support your community bookstore on National Independent Bookstore Day!
Join us for this special, ongoing reading series featuring students in the UVA MFA Creative Writing Program.
Join us for an afternoon with Rita Mae Brown, who will read from her new Mrs. Murphy Mystery, Feline Fatale.
Join us for the April Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring Raisa Tolchinsky and Kevin Moffett.
Join us for a book talk with Greg Wrenn, author of Mothership.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Geraldine Brooks’s novel Horse.
Join us for a book talk with Andrew W. Kahrl, author of The Black Tax.
Join us for a reading with Tony Keith Jr., author of How the Boogeyman Became a Poet.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an open mic for emerging musicians and writers.
Join us for the Poetry Critique Circle event, a part of Festival Friday!
The sixth annual Carol Troxell Reader, Dwight Garner, will speak about his new memoir.
Jeff Man, Anya Liftig, and Danielle Chapman will speak about their recent memoirs.
Poets Maurice Manning and Terry Kennedy will read from their latest collections.
Poets Remica Bingham-Risher, Lightsey Darst, and Irène Mathieu will read from their latest books.
Join us for an afternoon with John Brackett, in conversation with Nick Rubin.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Lauren Groff’s novel Matrix.
Join us at 7 PM on the first Friday of the month for Friday Night Writes, an evening of emerging writers performing their music, poetry, and short stories.
Join us for an evening with Kyle Edward Williams, in conversation with Lindsey Hall.
Join us for an evening with Clifford Garstang, in conversation with Jay Kauffmann.
Join us as we celebrate the release of Amber McBride’s poetry collection Thick with Trouble.
Join us for the February Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring author GennaRose Nethercott and poet Ben Sloan.
Join us for an afternoon with Andrew Stauffer, in conversation with Jerome McGann.
The Monthly Saturday Book Club will meet to discuss Hernan Diaz’s novel Trust.
Join us for a reading with poets Fernando Operé, Fernando Riva, and Fernando Valverde.
Join us for a reading with poets Irène P. Mathieu and K. Avvirin Berlin.