Celebrate Literature at Fall for the Book

By Connect2Mason Information Director Miguel Perez

Fall for the Book, the annual literary festival organized by the City of Fairfax and George Mason University began this week on September 21. The festival in its tenth year, is a two-week event that “brings together people of all ages and interests,” according to its homepage. Many events are sponsored by on-campus organizations.

Tomorrow there will be a paperback book swap from 12:00-4:00 p.m. outside the Johnson Center. Books can be traded with others in this event organized by Volition, the undergraduate journal of literature and art.

On Friday, Pulitzer-Prize winner Michael Cunningham, author of "A Home at the End of the World," will be at Harris Theatre from 7:30-9:00 p.m. He will be accepting the 2008 Fairfax Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Literary Arts.

More information about Fall for the Book and its full schedule can be found at fallforthebook.org.