The Charlottesville Reading Series presented in-person readings of poetry and prose in a monthly event for community members in Charlottesville from 2014 to 2024. We have archived our mission statement below.

Mission:

We recruited emerging and established writers from diverse backgrounds, both locally and nationally.

• We believe there is power in hearing words read out loud by their writers.
• We championed unknown and emerging writers alongside established and well-published ones.
• We aimed to surprise and delight our audiences with a mixture of readers who carry within them fresh insights and breath-taking literature.

We strove to build lasting relationships between our writers and audience members by encouraging discussion at the beginning and end of each event, as well as during intermission.