Fairfax’s Fall for the Book has announced their full lineup for their 2026 Festival, which runs from October 6th through October 10th, including in-person and online. Most exciting of all, badass authors Stephen Graham Jones and Celeste Ng will headline the festival, bringing their literary visions of alternate pasts and dystopian futures to GMU’s Harris Theatre. The week-long festival will host many events around the … Continue reading FFTB Headliners Announced

Our friends at LitBox are raising funds to open a second book-vending location in Southeast DC and bring even more books by local, living authors to readers. LitBox recently celebrated the first anniversary of its original Western Market location, where it sold more than 500 locally written chapbooks, novels, essays, novellas, and story collections in its first year. Founder Lauren Woods reinvested every dollar in … Continue reading LitBox Fundraiser

Local press Night Ginkgo is celebrating their first print publication (featuring several Fox City authors!) with a reading and book launch next month in D.C. When: Friday 29 May 2026, 7-8pm Where: Kramers, Dupont Circle Beltway: An Anthology of Writers of the Washington, DC Metro Area, is a collection of the best writers in the DMV! Celebrate the launch of the anthology with us at … Continue reading Night Ginkgo Launch

Fairfax’s Spotlight on the Arts is hosting Poetry Night this Monday! With special guest Angelique Palmer, Poet Laureate of Fairfax County, Poetry Night features local poets and emerging voices sharing their work in the cozy upstairs of Old Firestation #3. Join the local community for an evening of spoken word and creative expression! FREE and open to the public. When: April 27, 2026, 6-8pm Where: … Continue reading Fairfax Poetry Night

Our friends over at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda (publishers of Poet Lore) have published their list of free events for writers in the latest issue of The Writer’s Center Magazine. Check out the interactive calendar on their website to search for events and find out more. Contact: The Writer’s Center 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD 20815@thewriterscenter Continue reading Writer’s Center Events

Hey there, Fairfax Folks and other NoVa neighbors! A bit last minute, but one of our favorite venues, Mackenzie’s Tunes & Tonics in Old Town Fairfax, is hosting the Fairfax Folk Festival this weekend. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Songwriters Assn of Washington (@saw_buzz) //www.instagram.com/embed.js Continue reading Fairfax Folk Festival!

With Support from ArtsFairfax, A New Local Literary Program Partners with Fava Pot, Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen, and Workhouse Arts Center Angelique Palmer has been appointed the Fairfax County poet laureate for 2024-2027 (photo courtesy ArtsFairfax) As the poetry and literary arts ambassador for Fairfax County, Fairfax County Poet Laureate Angelique Palmer, in partnership with ArtsFairfax, has launched Poetry &, a series of interactive public programs … Continue reading Poetry & Fava Pot

Hark, all ye AWP-goers and East-Coasters and Baltimoreans! After the conference panels have drained your attention and the bookfair has drained your pocketbook, make haste to the Strange Harbor reading, hosted by Fox City Lit and Night Ginkgo Press. Join us at 5pm on March 5th at Mystique Barrel Brewing for an off-site reading of the highest order!  Continue reading Fox City Lit @ AWP Baltimore!

When: Saturday 14 March 2026, 3pm – 7pm Where: The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda MD 20815 From the Writer’s Center event page: The nation’s capital is full of readers, and the DC LIT FEST will give those readers a chance to mix, mingle, and meet the city’s literary organizations all in one place. Organized by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and the Goethe-Institute Washington, this FREE event will start with an open house and a pop-up book … Continue reading DC Lit Fest Announced