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Tomorrow marks the official opening day of the fifth annual Virginia Festival of the Book.
Continuing through Sunday, the five-day annual event will include over 180 different programs for children, adults and students. Some of the Festival's events will be taking place across the city of Charlottesville and others will occur on Grounds. The first Virginia Festival of the Book was held in 1995. At its debut, the Festival featured 50 programs and attracted about 3,000 attendees. Today the Festival has grown to include almost 200 different programs and will be drawing in over 13,000 book lovers.