Primeval Times by Russell U. Richards
Elizabeth McCullough of CvilleWords talks with artist, author, and filmmaker Russell Richards about how chronic illness and a recent accident have affected his approach to life and art. Richards is currently at work on a short horror film, Sins of the Fly, which will feature a pink [...]
Former City Councilor Kevin Lynch joins Coy Barefoot on the September 23rd edition of WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about his opposition to the currently adopted 50 Year Community Water Supply Plan. Lynch is also a member of Citizens for a Sustainable Water Plan. The Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority announced this week that [...]
Author Martin Clark was at New Dominion Bookshop on July 23, 2008 to discuss his new book, The Legal Limit, a novel the L. A. Times calls, “fun you can think about.”
Clark, a circuit court judge in Patrick County, Virginia, talked about his dual careers as writer and judge, read a selection from The [...]
Local cartoonist Jen Sorensen was the inaugural guest in the WriterHouse Summer Reading Series on Wednesday, June 11, 2008. Sorensen gave a talk illustrated with slides from her newest collection of Slowpoke comic strips, Slowpoke: One Nation, Oh My God! Afterward, she answered questions from the audience and signed copies of [...]
Old friends and new fans were on hand at the New Dominion Bookshop on Thursday, April 15, 2008, to hear Tara Yellen read from her debut novel, After Hours at the Almost Home.
Yellen is a graduate of the University of Virginia MFA program and currently lives in Washington, DC. After her reading, Yellen took [...]
S. Paul Klein developed his talent for creating images out of words in a career as a radio performer and a filmmaker. Now he has entered the literary world with a new novel, Accidents of Time and Place.
Hector Collin, the hero of the novel, is a veteran of the Korean War and a [...]
On Friday, April 11, 2008, poet Kevin McFadden spoke to a capacity audience at the New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville. McFadden read from his book, Hardscrabble, a Poetry Series Selection of the Virginia Quarterly Review.
McFadden’s poetry delights in wordplay and in finding new meanings in well worn words. Join him as he reads [...]
Mystery writer Andy Straka on writing DNA-based work at New Dominion Bookshop [...]
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, author Susan Gregg Gilmore spoke at the New Dominion Bookshop about her writing career and read from her debut novel, Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen. She then answered questions from the audience about the novel and her writing process. Gilmore concluded her presentation by answering the [...]