Fall for the book 2015
It’s the 17th annual Fall for the Book event on George Mason’s campus and around Fairfax, Virginia.
And here are some events that might be of particular interest to our So to Speak readers.
Don’t miss out on the literary goodness!
Monday, September 28th
Memoirist, Elizabeth Nunez
12:00, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza
Spoken Word Poet, Mahogany L. Browne
4:30, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza
Mason Reads Community Conversation: Ernest J. Gaines
7:30, EagleBank Arena
Tuesday, September 29th
Well-Being Scholar, Beth Cabrera
4:30, Harris Theater
Novelist, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
7:00, Sherwood Library, Alexandria, VA
Novelist, Jami Attenberg
7:30, Research Building I, Room 163
Mystery Writer, Megan Abbott
7:30, Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
Wednesday, September 30th
Biographer and Novelist, Hilary Holladay
12:00, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza
Founder of Stop Street Harassment, Holly Kearl
1:30, Research Building 1, Room 163
English Professor, Keith Clark
2:15, Lord of Life Church, Fairfax, VA
Children’s Book Author, Kwame Alexander
2:30, Robert Frost Middle School, Fairfax, VA
YA Author, Jason Reynolds
4:30, Sterling Library, Sterling, VA
Literature for the Next Generation Reading
7:30, Research Building 1, Room 163
Thursday, October 1st
Historian, Angela Pulley Hudson
10:30am, Johnson Center Meeting Room C
Sports Journalist, Elisa Gaudet
12:00, Johnson Center Meeting Room C
Rebel Music Scholar, Hisham Aidi
1:30, Research Building 1, Room 163
Novelist, Angela Flournoy
3:00, Johnson Center Meeting Room C
Gender Scholar Leora Tanenbaum
3:00, Research Building 1, room 163
Featured Author: Novelist, Emily St. John Mandel
7:00, Johnson Center Cinema
Friday, October 2nd
Novelists, Nuruddin Farah and Elise Blackwell
12:00, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza
Civil Rights Panel Discussion
1:30, Sandy Spring Bank Tent, Johnson Center Plaza
Peace and Conflict Scholar, Mary King
3:00, Johnson Center Room 239
Novelists, Jacob Appel and T. Dasu
7:30, The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
Saturday, October 3rd
Short Story Writers, Richard Peabody and David Nicholson
1:00, Grand Tier III, Center for the Arts
Mason M.F.A Alumni, Huan Hsu, Karen Guzman, and Kristen Lopresti
1:30, Arts Plaza Tent, Outside Center for the Arts
SO TO SPEAK READING with Carolyn Parkhurst & Diane Seuss
4:00, Arts Plaza Tent, Outside Center for the Arts