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VABook: A View from the Bench

April 15th, 2008 | By Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Authors, News, Speeches and Presentations, Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression, VABook, Virginia Festival of the Book | 1 Comment »

On March 28, 2008, the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit presented the Tenth Annual Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture Series, hosted by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression. The lecture was part of the Virginia Festival of the Book, and was moderated by Robert O’Neil.

J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, is the author of several works, including Serving Justice: A Supreme Court Clerk’s View and One Nation Indivisible: How Ethnic Separatism Threatens America. A former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, he serves as a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

 
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VABook 2008: Fiction Favorites

April 8th, 2008 | By Elizabeth McCullough in Authors, Speeches and Presentations, VABook, Virginia Festival of the Book | 1 Comment »

Fiction favorites Homer Hickam (Red Helmet), Adriana Trigiani (Big Stone Gap), and Jill A. Davis (Girl’s Poker Night) delighted a full house at the University of Virginia’s Culbreth Theatre on Thursday, March 27, 2008, as part of the 14th annual Virginia Festival of the Book.

What do these three authors have in common? Besides being very entertaining, they share one degree of separation with a famous American funny-man. You’ll have to listen to the audio to find out who!

 
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VABook 2008: Reading Group Choices

April 7th, 2008 | By Elizabeth McCullough in Authors, Speeches and Presentations, VABook, Virginia Festival of the Book | 3 Comments »

How can you tell whether a novel will be a good selection for your book club? In this podcast, three popular authors tell what makes for a good group read. Listen in as James Collins (Beginner’s Greek), Jill A. Davis (Girls’ Poker Night, Ask Again Later), and Therese Fowler (Souvenir) discuss Reading Group Choices with moderator Barbara Mead.

 
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Nancy Damon previews this week’s Virginia Festival of the Book

March 23rd, 2008 | By Coy Barefoot in Charlottesville--Right Now, VABook, Virginia Festival of the Book | No Comments »

Nancy Damon is the Executive Director of the Virginia Festival of the Book, which kicks off this week here in Charlottesville. Two special programs kick off the Festival on Tuesday night and hundreds of events run through Sunday, March 30. This year the program also will be guest blogged by several area bloggers.

 
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VABook: The Influence of Sandra Day O’Connor

March 24th, 2006 | By Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression in Authors, Speeches and Presentations, Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression, VABook, Virginia Festival of the Book | No Comments »

Legal news commentator and reporter Joan Biskupic, discusses her new biography, Sandra Day O’Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice. This event is part of the 2006 Virginia Festival of the Book, and is sponsored by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression.
 
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