Fall for the Book Already

Nick Gillespie | August 30, 2007

In late September, George Mason University is sponsoring a festival titled Fall for the Book, "a six-day [event] that clebrates literature, learning and all types of books and storytelling - from literary fiction to mystery and thrillers to folk tales, from poetry and plays to children's books, and across a diverse range of nonfiction: history, memoir, politics and more. All events are free and open to the public."

A full roster of events is online here. I'd like to draw your attention a talk on Monday, September 24 featuring David Wallis, founder of Featurewell, the online syndication service through which many reason articles find new audiences. He'll be talking at noon in the Gold Room of the Johnson Center at GMU's Fairfax, Virginia campus. The topic will be the two books noted below.

Here's a bio squib on David, who has also written for reason.

David Wallis is the editor of Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print and Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression, and a journalist specializing in interviewing business and political leaders, such as Vaclav Havel, Jimmy Carter and Lee Iacocca. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post and The Times (London), and on Slate.com. He is also the founder of Featurewell.com, a syndicate that markets articles by more than 1,500 writers and journalists. For more information, visit http://www.featurewell.com/.

Comments

The Buggles|8.30.07 @ 12:03PM|#

hier is your table with the Radio Star...

|8.30.07 @ 12:04PM|#

Now there is a guy with a wide stance.

Johnny Dangerously PSA|8.30.07 @ 12:08PM|#

This unfortunate soul suffers from ESS

|8.30.07 @ 1:13PM|#

Here is a pro-reading video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w

Caution: may contain language and situations that some may find objectionable.

Road Rules and The Real World|8.30.07 @ 1:48PM|#

The Buggles | August 30, 2007, 12:03pm | #
hier is your table with the Radio Star...

And hier is your table with the video star.

I want my MTV!|8.30.07 @ 1:50PM|#

nein. the print is tot people kan sitz mit zee ozer dead-kopf type silly leg before wicket English people.

Now go and take care of your ESS.

|8.31.07 @ 12:11AM|#

Wow. History, Biography, Literature, Poetry, Women's Studies, politics, sociology, and some general fiction. Oh, yeah, one mystery writer. As a bookstore manager in Alexandria let me say that they are missing the most popular sections. No Romance, Sci-fi, fantasy, manga, Young Adult, chick-lit, or Af-Am fiction writers at all. Apparently this event is only for politically correct and "serious" works not entertainment.