Fall for the Book, George Mason University's annual festival of writing, kicks off September 19 and runs to September 24. Six Days. 150 Authors. Events at George Mason, and around Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland. September 19-24, 2010. Featured authors range from novelists Jane Smiley and Rick Moody to graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel, to poet Charles Bernstein, to environmentalist Bill McKibben--and the list goes on and on. Writing genres and subjects include:
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Children's & Young Adult
- Cooking
- Parenting
- Education
- Environmentalism
- Film, Photography & Printmaking
- Folklore
- History & Biography
- Memoir
- Philosophy & Religion
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Science & Medicine
- Writing, Publishing & Criticism
For a full list of featured speakers, visit the Fall for the Book website.
September 15, 2010