Fall for the Book, Northern Virginia’s largest literary festival, returns for the 28th year this October with bestselling authors Celeste Ng and Stephen Graham Jones as headliners. , the festival includes talks from local and national authors as well as events across the 91°µÍø campus and the Fairfax area.
On Thursday, October 8, at 7:30 p.m., horror icon and author of more than 30 novels and collections, Stephen Graham Jones will discuss body of work including his historical vampiric novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.
Jones will appear at Harris Theatre on George Mason’s Fairfax Campus thanks to the sponsorship of the George Mason Friends.
On Friday, October 9, at 7:30 p.m., Celeste Ng will discuss her bestselling novels, Little Fires Everywhere, Everything I Never Told You, and most recently, Our Missing Hearts.
She will appear at the Stacy C. Sherwood Center in Fairfax thanks to the sponsorship of the Friends of the Reston Regional Library and the Friends of City of Fairfax Regional Library.
A variety of author events will be held across the George Mason Fairfax Campus during the run of the festival. The full schedule will be available on August 13.
All festival events are free and open to the public thanks to the generous support of sponsors like the City of Fairfax, the George Mason Friends, ArtsFairfax, and Virginia Commission for the Arts. Free tickets are required for both headline events and will be available from September 10 on Fall for the Book’s .
Based at George Mason, Fall for the Book is an independent nonprofit literary arts organization that promotes reading by sponsoring a variety of year-round events and activities.