Fairfax Poetry Night

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

Poetry & Fava Pot

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

DC Lit Fest Announced

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

Fall for the Book Events – February 2026

Fairfax’s own Fall for the Book festival has announced the schedule for its “Mini Fest” When: February 19, 10:30 AM – 6 PM Where: The Fenwick Reading Room, on George Mason’s Fairfax Campus.  See the featured readers and their work below. From the Fall for the Book Website: Boys, Interrupted A coming-of-age tale of male friendship and loneliness, the novel Great Disasters by Grady Chambers follows six young men … Continue reading Fall for the Book Events – February 2026

Spring 2026 Visiting Writers at George Mason

From the GMU Creative Writing Website: George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Spring 2026 Visiting Writers Series. Writers will meet for afternoon workshops with students from Mason’s MFA program in creative writing and will then offer evening readings and conversations open to the public and hosted by Mason’s creative writing community.  All readings/conversations will be … Continue reading Spring 2026 Visiting Writers at George Mason

Story Sprint Announced

GMU’s Fall for the Book and the City of Fairfax have announced an exciting spring event featuring Fox City reader Hannah Grieco, Fox City co-founder Michael Don, and recent-award-winning fiction writer Megan Howell. From the official announcement: What do you get when you give three writers two sentences and twenty minutes? A Story Sprint! Emcee and author Zach Powers will pull two audience-suggested sentences from … Continue reading Story Sprint Announced