Fall for the Book Festival https://fallforthebook.org/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:03:36 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fallforthebook.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/cropped-navytree-32x32.png Fall for the Book Festival https://fallforthebook.org/ 32 32 Nicole Carr https://fallforthebook.org/nicolecarr/ Mon, 18 May 2026 21:03:36 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=27374 The Price of Exclusion with Nicole Carr Monday, June 22 | 9:40 a.m. via Zoom Why are Black doctors and their patients undervalued? What factors in America’s health system have paved the way for this to happen? Award-winning journalist Nicole Carr investigates the long history of medical racism in her first book, The Price of […]

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]]> Shubha Sunder Wins New American Voices Award https://fallforthebook.org/shubhasundernav/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:32:45 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=26969 Shubha Sunder Wins 8th Annual New American Voices Award Shubha Sunder, photographed by Aster Equine Photography. Fairfax, VA (October 10, 2025) – On Thursday, October 9, Shubha Sunder won the 8th Annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award for her novel Optional Practical Training: A Novel. Judge Marie Myung-Ok Lee presented the award […]

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]]> 2025 New American Voices Award Finalists https://fallforthebook.org/2025navfinalists/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=26564 Olufunke Grace Bankole, Cristina Jiménez, and Shubha Sunder Named Finalists for 8th Annual New American Voices Award Olufunke Grace Bankole’s The Edge of Water, Cristina Jiménez’s Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change, and Shubha Sunder’s Optional Practical Training: A Novel have have been named finalists for the Institute […]

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]]> Edna Bonhomme https://fallforthebook.org/bonhomme/ Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:41:38 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=26246 A History of the World in Six Plagues Thursday, July 10, 9:40 a.m. Online via Zoom About the Event Historian Dr. Edna Bonhomme explores the shocking truths and deep inequality in care that have festered around the globe during six great plagues: cholera, HIV/AIDS, the Spanish Flu, Sleeping Sickness, Ebola, and COVID-19. In her book, […]

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]]> Shahnaz Habib Wins New American Voices Award https://fallforthebook.org/shahnazhabibnewamericanvoices/ Fri, 18 Oct 2024 17:46:58 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=25662 Shahnaz Habib Wins 7th Annual New American Voices Award Fairfax, VA, October 17, 2024 – On Thursday, October 17, three finalists, three judges, and a group of readers gathered at George Mason’s Center for the Arts to celebrate the 7th Annual Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award and to celebrate Shahnaz Habib, author […]

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]]> 2024 New American Voices Award Finalists https://fallforthebook.org/2024navfinalists/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:23:57 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=25417 Alex Espinoza, Carrie Sun, and Shahnaz Habib Named Finalists for 7th Annual New American Voices Award Alex Espinoza’s novel The Sons of El Rey, Carrie Sun’s memoir Private Equity, and Shahnaz Habib’s book Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel,  have been named finalists for the Institute for Immigration Research’s New American Voices Award. Celebrating […]

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]]> Fall for the Book to Receive $13,000 Grant from ArtsFairfax https://fallforthebook.org/2025artsfairfax/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 13:14:34 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=25383 Fall for the Book to Receive $13,000 Grant from ArtsFairfax Fairfax, VA (8/16/24) – Fall for the Book is awarded a 2025 ArtsFairfax Operating Support Grant to further its mission to connect readers and writers, and to enhance the role of reading and writing in the community. Fall for the Book believes in the power […]

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]]> 2024 New American Voices Award Longlist https://fallforthebook.org/2024navlonglist/ Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:38:47 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=25180 Fall for the Book Announces the 2024 New American Voices Award Longlist Immigrant experiences continually shape the United State’s evolving narrative. For this reason, Fall for the Book and George Mason’s Institute for Immigration Research are proud to celebrate the seventh New American Voices Award–a post-publication book prize recognizing the work of first-generation American writers. […]

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]]> Charan Ranganath https://fallforthebook.org/charan-ranganath/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:09:16 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=24984 Unlocking Your Memory’s Power with Dr. Charan Ranganath Wednesday, July 17, 11:50 a.m. Online via Zoom About the Event Pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Dr. Charan Ranganath reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives in his book, Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters. Memory, […]

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]]> Fall for the Book to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts https://fallforthebook.org/neagrant2024/ Wed, 15 May 2024 14:25:02 +0000 https://fallforthebook.org/?p=24926 Fall for the Book to Receive $20,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Fairfax, VA (May 15, 2024) – Fall for the Book is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $20,000. This grant will support general […]

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