The Virginia Reads Book Festival is an essential event that aims to amalgamate the community by showcasing the resilience and cultural richness of our communities. This event seeks to foster cross-cultural understanding, celebrate diversity, and promote solidarity among diverse audiences. Through storytelling, art, and community engagement, we aim to create an inclusive and equitable literary landscape that honors the art of storytelling. It has the potential to enrich and support curriculum, meet the recreational reading needs of the community, and provide a space to observe the positive qualities that unite us.

Event Goals
-- Celebrate writing as an art form for different audiences.
-- Promote public awareness of the importance of literature and public conversations.
-- Inspire creativity by hosting workshops, panels, and discussions on writing, publishing, and entrepreneurship.
-- Provide an opportunity for authors, businesses, and communities to connect.
-- Introduce the public to resources and literature that can enhance literacy academically and recreationally.

Date: June 29, 2024

Time: 10 AM to 4 PM

Venue:
Petersburg Area Art League
7 East Old Street
Petersburg, VA 23803

For more info https://www.paalart.org/exhibits-events-1.