The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
With Good Reason
When Jack Beck and Wendy Welch decided to move to the small mountain town of Big Stone Gap, they hadn’t planned on opening a used bookstore.
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Applying the humanities to contemporary human questions.
Exploring: Books & Literature
Virginia Festival of the Book
Virginia Festival of the Book
The Virginia Festival of the Book is a 5-day festival of mostly free literary events that are open to the public as we honor book culture and promote reading and literacy.
Continue Reading »Victorians Get the Google Treatment
With Good Reason
How many Victorian books would you have to read to know the Victorians? What if you could read all 1.7 million? Fred Gibbs co-created a project that uses digital tools to do just that.
Continue Reading »When Words Cry
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
The eyes of Afghanistan’s children are upon us. Josef Beery explores the Afghan Women’s Writers Project.
Continue Reading »Pigeon: Greg Antrim Kelly’s Gallery Show
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
March 1-29 Art on Ivy Gallery / Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2125 Ivy Road, Charlottesville (“The Art Box entrance”) 9:30 – 5:30 M-F, 10AM-4PM Sat, Closed Sunday Join us in welcoming “Pigeon,” an exhibition by Greg Antrim Kelly of pencil and ink drawings. Featuring selections of 20 original pieces that appeared in Kelly’s [...]
Continue Reading »Intensive Bookbinding Certification: Coptic Binding
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
Tuesday, March 27 to May 1 Six Tuesdays, 5:30-8:30pm Intensive Bookbinding Certification: Coptic Binding Virginia Arts of the Book Center 2125 Ivy Road (Ivy Road Shopping Center) Instructors: Kristin Adolfson and Lindsey Mears Tuition: $500 (Member and Nonmember price, UVa Education Benefit Eligible) VABC Members not using Education Benefit receive $50 discount ($450) Contact kmcfadden@virginia.edu [...]
Continue Reading »A March Tribute to Mike Seeger
Folklife Program
The Folklife Program and the Virginia Festival of the Book will host a special evening with some of Seeger’s friends and favorite musicians on March 21 at The Haven in downtown Charlottesville.
Continue Reading »Making Pictures Inspired by Texts: Different Texts = Different Strategies
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
A presentation by Jeff Pike, Tuesday February 21st at 6:30 at the VABC Illustrated with examples from recent work, Pike will discuss various methods used in making pictures inspired by texts. The texts will include a piece of short story fiction, a script for a play, and different types of poetry. The goal is not [...]
Continue Reading »What I Learned at the Grolier Club
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
VABC cofounder Josef Beery shares a recent visit to one of America’s oldest associations of bibliophiles, gives a brief lesson in typographic history, and rediscovers the beauty of the letter.
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