Virginia Library Association Conference 2009

October 29-30 Williamsburg Marriott
Second General Speaker: Leonard Marcus (Writer of and about Children's Literature)
http://www.vla.org/demo/Conference/Index.html

6th Annual Book 'Em Literacy Event

Saturday, October 17, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Kate Collins Middle School
1625 Ivey Street Waynesboro, VA
http://www.bookemfoundation.org/Waynesboro/index.html

Shenandoah Valley Reading Council Fall Event

Fall Mini-Conference 2009
October 22
John Wayland Elementary, 801 N. Main St., Bridgewater
Register by October 15, 2009.

Virginia State Reading Assocation Annual Conference

Catch the wave to literacy!

March 11 -13, 2010 Virginia Beach, VA

Central Virginia BIG READ Kick-off Ceremony

Saturday January 31, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Free Speech Wall Charlottesville Historic Downtown Mall
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All are invited to the Central Virginia kick-off ceremony for THE BIG READ, featuring Their Eyes Were Watching God. Proclamations will be read declaring February and March to be THE BIG READ months in the Central Virginia area. http://jmrl.org/bigread.htm

Big Read for Little Readers

Roy Makes A Car written by Virginia author Mary E. Lyons and based on a folktale uncovered by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930's.

Virginia Festival of the Book

Join us March 18-22, 2009 for the 15th Annual Virginia Festival of the Book! These five days of mostly free literary events are open to the public as we honor book culture and promote reading and literacy. http://www.vabook.org/index.html/

Author Events @ Politics & Prose

Politics & Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse
5015 Connecticut Avenue NWWashington, DC 20008
1-800-722-0790
Children's & Young Adult Author Events
http://www.politics-prose.com/calendar.htm