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January 2010   A Feast of Literature on The Horizon Virginia Festival of the Book March 17th is the first day of the Virginia Festival of the Book, but now's the time to start finding your favorite authors, buying your tickets to our special events and planning your trip to this fabulous festival celebrating books and book culture. Get Your Name In a Novel! Purchase $16 raffle tickets for any of these four exciting prizes and help support the Festival! • Your name in a Mystery Novel • Custom website for your book, for yourself, or for your business • Basket of sixteen books signed by their authors • Critique of Your Work by a literary agent Festival Events We've got more than 100 Free Events planned for you, but here are a few ticketed events you won't want to miss. • Festival Luncheon - Michael Malone • Crime Wave Luncheon - Julia Spencer-Fleming • Business Breakfast - Michael Gelb • Authors Reception at The Paramount   The Layers(ars) of History Around Us Encyclopedia Virginia In a recent blog entry, Matthew Gibson, Managing Editor of Encyclopedia Virginia, discussed an experiment the staff at EV have undertaken into the world of "augmented reality". The entry on the EV blog includes two videos that show a proof of concept for a new way to experience the history of the world around you through your phone. The historical data stored in EV melds with the GPS in your phone and your phone's camera to create a fascinating window into the history of the world around you. Learn more...   BackStory Radio Featured in iTunes BackStory With The American History Guys The December edition of BackStory, "Naughty & Nice - A History of the Holiday Season" was featured prominently in the iTunes music store during the last weeks of December. This promotion by Apple resulted in more than 55,000 downloads of the BackStory podcast, a new record for an already successful program. Subscribe to the BackStory Podcast to see what you've been missing.   Looking for Something to Do? Don't miss these events! Come In and Have a Seat: Vernacular Chairs of the Shenandoah Valley Currently at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley Winchester, VA More... Exhibit: Virginia Rocks: The History of Rockabilly in the Commonwealth Currently at the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Ferrum, VA More... Integration in Charlottesville: Big Read Exhibit Sunday January 3 - Sunday February 28 Charlottesville, VA More... Concert: Mountain Music Jamboree Saturday January 30 Southwest Virginia Community College Cedar Bluff, VA More... Big Read Central Virginia Kickoff Saturday January 30 Charlottesville, VA More... The Anxiety of Erasure: Trauma, Authorship, and the Diaspora in Arab Women's Poetics VFH Fellows Talk Tuesday February 9 Charlottesville, VA More... Many More Events Can be Found on the VFH Calendar   VFH News & Announcements VFH Fellow Ted DeLaney Discusses His Research with WINA"s Coy Barefoot - WINA VFH And JMRL Partner To Make Bill Of Rights Book Available Free of Charge- Press Release New Book Surviving War Offers Help After War Experience - Press Release   Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 145 Ednam Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone 434.924.3296 | Fax: 434.296.4714