After more than a decade of readings, we have decided to retire the Charlottesville Reading Series. Over the years, we have hosted almost two hundred different poets, writers, and musicians. It’s been a fantastic run, and we are so honored to have been able to share these events with the community. Thank you for supporting…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, July 19, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the July Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring poet Andy Fogle, poet Annie Woodford, and musician Nahlij Corbin. Andy Fogle is the author of Mother Countries, Across from Now, and seven chapbooks of poetry, including Arc & Seam: Poems of…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, June 21, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the June Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring novelist Tope Folarin and poet Mara Adamitz Scrupe. (This event was originally scheduled for January 2024 and was rescheduled due to the weather.) Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington,…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, May 17, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the May Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring essayist B. Brian Foster. B. Brian Foster is a writer, storyteller, and sociologist from Shannon, Mississippi. He earned his PhD in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, April 19, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the April Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring poet Raisa Tolchinsky and fiction writer Kevin Moffett. Raisa Tolchinsky is the author of the poetry collection Glass Jaw (Persea Books, 2024), winner of the Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize (2023). She…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, February 16, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the February Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring author GennaRose Nethercott and poet Ben Sloan. GennaRose Nethercott is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack’s Dove, which was selected by Louise Glück as a winner…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, January 19, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the January Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring novelist Tope Folarin and poet Mara Adamitz Scrupe. Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer based in Washington, DC. He serves as director of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Lannan Visiting…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, November 17, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the November Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring poet Lisa Parker, writer Jacob Budenz, and poet Monica Prince. Lisa Parker is a native Virginian, a poet, a musician, and a photographer. Her first book, This Gone Place, won the 2010 ASA…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, October 20, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the October Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring writer Alex Kingsley, poet Courtney LeBlanc, and writer Vonetta Young. Alex Kingsley (they/them) is a writer, comedian, and game designer. They are a cofounder of new media company Strong Branch Productions, and…
Join us at 7:00 PM on Friday, September 15, at New Dominion Bookshop (404 E. Main St.) for the September Charlottesville Reading Series event, featuring poet Joumana Altallal and novelist Sara Read. Joumana Altallal is an Iraqi-Lebanese writer, researcher, and artist who was born in Baghdad, and grew up in Charlottesville. She received her MFA in Poetry…