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/