Tuesday, September 25, 2012
The writer will speak about wanting to live a life that matters Wednesday at the Fall for the Book Festival.
Note: Ken Budd will be on C-SPAN 2's book program on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012. More info here. ------ Ken Budd faced a crisis of meaning when his father suddenly died of a heart attack. "It's not even dying that bothers me," Budd wrote in his memoir. "It's dying without making a difference in the world. Without doing a damn thing that matters." Budd faced his crisis in a series of volunteer trips around the world, and wrote about them in "The Voluntourist: A Six Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem." On Wednesday, Budd will relive his adventures when he speaks as part of the Fall for the Book Festival. His presentation begins at 7:30 p.m. at Shirlington Library, 4200 Campbell Avenue in Arlington…
Saturday, September 24, 2011
The author speaks, receives Mason Award at Fall for the Book.
"Give yourself a hand," said Stephen King to a packed house at George Mason University's Center for the Arts. "You're out on a Friday night because of books!" King's appearance was the grand finale of the 2011 Fall for the Book festival. That it was the 13th annual seemed fitting for an appearance by the master of horror. Even before King was introduced, the audience was electric. An older woman from Burke said she'd come even though she'd never read any of King's books. "How could I not come to hear a great American author," she said. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA-11) introduced King. "He's number 33 on the list of all time greatest authors in human history," said Connolly. "Shakespeare's number one, but he has about 400 years on…
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Regional book festival continues through Friday.
This week marks the 13th anniversary of Fall for the Book. What began in 1999 as a two day event has grown into a six-day regional festival. William Miller, executive director of Fall for the Book, said the idea grew from a conversation between Alan Merten, president of George Mason University, Randolph Church, a Fairfax lawyer and former rector of George Mason's Board of Visitors, and the then mayor of the City of Fairfax, John Mason. "Randolph Church, or Ranny as he is known, thought that the region should have a festival of this kind and that Mason was the one institution that could pull it off," said Miller. "He thought the city should be involved as a co-host." A study committee was convened. The festival was planned. Miller was on…
Susan Larson
8:39 pm on Monday, September 26, 2011
Heather - Glad to hear I wasn't the only one -- although I expected I wasn't! :) more ›