tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44606327286990011882011-07-07T23:20:49.125-07:00Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-88372793140101218972009-10-14T10:44:00.000-07:002009-10-14T10:51:21.109-07:00October 29-30 Williamsburg Marriott<br />Second General Speaker: Leonard Marcus (Writer of and about Children's Literature)<br /><a href="http://www.vla.org/demo/Conference/Index.html">http://www.vla.org/demo/Conference/Index.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-8837279314010121897?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-56245092347916934852009-10-14T10:21:00.000-07:002009-10-14T10:24:32.613-07:00Saturday, October 17, 2009<br />9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.<br />Kate Collins Middle School<br />1625 Ivey Street Waynesboro, VA<br /><a href="http://www.bookemfoundation.org/Waynesboro/index.html">http://www.bookemfoundation.org/Waynesboro/index.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-5624509234791693485?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-29425672278374661582009-10-14T10:14:00.000-07:002009-10-14T10:19:52.761-07:00Fall Mini-Conference 2009<br />October 22<br />John Wayland Elementary, 801 N. Main St., Bridgewater<br /><a href="http://www.svreading.org/">Register by October 15, 2009.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-2942567227837466158?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-58296953807075900112009-10-14T10:04:00.000-07:002009-10-14T10:11:55.921-07:00Catch the wave to literacy!<br /><div><div><div><a href="http://www.vsra.org/confregistration10.html">March 11 -13, 2010</a> <a href="http://www.vsra.org/confregistration10.html">Virginia Beach, VA</a></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-5829695380707590011?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-74642703165364827672009-01-05T12:20:00.000-08:002009-01-05T12:34:52.880-08:00Saturday January 31, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM<br />Free Speech Wall Charlottesville Historic Downtown Mall<br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=Charlottesville" ie="'UTF8&amp;om=">map it</a><br /><u><span style="color:#810081;"></span></u><br />All are invited to the Central Virginia kick-off ceremony for THE BIG READ, featuring <em>Their Eyes Were Watching God.</em> Proclamations will be read declaring February and March to be THE BIG READ months in the Central Virginia area. <a href="http://jmrl.org/bigread.htm">http://jmrl.org/bigread.htm</a><br /><div align="right"><u>Big Read for Little Readers</u></div><div align="right"><strong>Roy Makes A Car</strong> written by Virginia author <a href="http://www.lyonsdenbooks.com/">Mary E. Lyons</a> and based on a folktale uncovered by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930's. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-7464270316536482767?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-11926977923154100892009-01-05T11:22:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:23:12.115-08:00Join 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. <a href="http://www.vabook.org/index.html/">http://www.vabook.org/index.html/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-1192697792315410089?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-89275346461022506702008-09-19T12:50:00.000-07:002008-09-19T12:53:24.375-07:00Politics &amp; Prose Bookstore and Coffeehouse<br />5015 Connecticut Avenue NWWashington, DC 20008<br />1-800-722-0790<br />Children's &amp; Young Adult Author Events<br /><a href="http://www.politics-prose.com/calendar.htm">http://www.politics-prose.com/calendar.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-8927534646102250670?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-18115083229385069302008-09-17T06:17:00.000-07:002008-09-17T06:18:23.012-07:00September 19-21, 2008<br />Discover the excitement of well-told stories that come from the roots of our history or from the heart of our present. We invite you to be a part of “Spinning Stories–Spanning Time: A Weekend of Stories Old and New,” as some of the world’s best storytellers gather in Williamsburg and span the centuries from the 18th to the 21st.<br /><a href="http://www.history.org/visit/eventsAndExhibits/specialEvents/storytelling08.cfm?tickets=y#tickets">http://www.history.org/visit/eventsAndExhibits/specialEvents/storytelling08.cfm?tickets=y#tickets</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-1811508322938506930?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-43707040013749646212008-09-15T14:45:00.005-07:002008-09-15T15:04:07.600-07:00Robert B. Haas,National Geographic author and photographer, will be discussing his work on safaris in Africa, featured in his new children's book, African Critters.<br />War Memorial Auditorium in Memorial Hall, High Street/Route 42, James Madison University<br />Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 11 a.m.<br />A book signing will be held after the talk.<br />Free and open to the public.<br />For more information, please contact Dr. Joan Kindig at <a href="mailto:kindigjs@jmu.edu" target="_new">kindigjs@jmu.edu</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-4370704001374964621?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-46576664709891975542008-09-15T14:45:00.003-07:002008-09-15T14:52:28.592-07:00Saturday, October 18, 2008<br />9:30 AM to 4:30 PM<br />Dozens of authors Free Admission<br />Kate Collins Middle School 1625 Ivy Street Waynesboro, VA 22980<br /><a href="http://www.bookemfoundation.org/Pages/bookem/2008.html">http://www.bookemfoundation.org/Pages/bookem/2008.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-4657666470989197554?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-67195654540696591562008-09-15T14:45:00.002-07:002008-09-15T14:56:19.727-07:00Saturday, September 27, 200811:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.McIntire Park, Charlottesville* Rain or shine<br />A one-day, free event focusing on children, their families and literacy.<br /><a href="http://www.kidsbookfestival.org/">http://www.kidsbookfestival.org/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-6719565454069659156?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-54393882813114505902008-09-15T14:45:00.001-07:002008-09-15T14:48:19.715-07:00Organized by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, the festival will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.<br /><a href="http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/">http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-5439388281311450590?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4460632728699001188.post-1677628164442505082008-09-15T14:45:00.000-07:002008-09-15T14:58:06.727-07:00September 21 - 26, 2008 George Mason University in Fairfax, VA Makes literature fun by showcasing literary events in an active, engaging atmosphere that includes skits, dance, storytelling and more, and by introducing young people to living authors whose work they're reading in the classroom. <a href="http://www.fallforthebook.org/index.html">http://www.fallforthebook.org/index.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4460632728699001188-167762816444250508?l=readingvirginia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Reading Virginiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04172203387874938546noreply@blogger.com0