Center for the Book

The Center for the Book’s vision is that every Virginian will have access to books and reading and to the power that books and reading provide to shape and inform personal and civic life.

As an affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, the VFH Center for the Book works within a network of 50 state-center affiliates to promote books, reading, literacy, and the literary life of Virginia.

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The Hustler Who Inspired the Beats

A new book about Herbert Huncke says his unrepentant deviance caught the imagination of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs.
Josef Beery Video

Temples of Antiquity

VABC founder Josef Beery shares his thoughts why letterpress is capturing young imaginations in the digital age.
Kelly Cherry speaks at the 2012 Virginia Festival of the Book.

A Plea for Poetry

Virginia Poet Laureate Kelly Cherry's led the opening remarks at the March 2012 Virginia Festival of the Book.