The third annual Fall for the Book is scheduled for September 20-23, 2001. The community-based festival is held in the City of Fairfax and at the George Mason University Fairfax campus.
Events are open to the public and almost all are free of charge.
A wide range of programs will appeal to adults, children, students, and families, and include local and nationally recognized writers and professionals participating in readings, discussions, lectures, workshops, and exhibits. Kate and Jim Lehrer were the keynote luncheon speakers at the 2000 festival. Other participants in past festivals include Diane Rehm, Deborah Tannen, Elizabeth Berg, James Glassman, Jennifer Atkinson, Alan Cheuse, Forrest Gander, John Gilstrap, Stephen Goodwin, James Houston, Timothy Junkin, David Kaplan, Caroline Kettlewell, Beverly Lowry, Eric Pankey, Kathleen Gilles Seidel, Bill Shore, Susan Richards Shreve, Willis Van Devanter, and Tim Wendel. Along with traditional author readings and signings, attendees will enjoy events such as expert book appraisals, poetry slams, roving storytellers, book sales, student readings, writing workshops, costumed characters and puppet shows for children, and a regional book donation program benefiting local literacy groups. Fall for the Book is affiliated with the Virginia Festival of the Book, an annual festival held in Charlottesville, produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.