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Speakers for 2019 Virginia Festival of the Book Announced | Sarah Lawson

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Speakers for 2019 Virginia Festival of the Book Announced | Sarah Lawson

Virginia Festival of the Book Announces 2019 Line-up of Speakers.  Sarah Lawson, Assistant Director of Virginia Center for the Book talks with Les Sinclair about the 25th annual Virginia Festival of the Book. The list of 2019 speakers is available at VaBook.org.

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