"Love Fest" hits at Virginia Festival of the Book

Can't you feel spring in the air? The sun is shining. The birds are singing. Flowers are blooming. Okay, so it might still snow some more but until then we have time for "Love Fest". Virginia Romance Writers is proud to join the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities in presenting "Love Fest" Saturday, March 23rd at the 2013 Virginia Festival of the Book. It will be a day of lively panel discussions and conversations related to romance. What more could you want?

Here is the fantastic lineup of discussions and speakers:

At 10am - Romance: Hoydens & Harridans: Independent Women in History & Historical Romance

Joanna Bourne [RITA Award winner and Virginia Author], Grace Burrowes [NYTimes and USA Today Bestseller], Jehanne Wake, Mary Jo Putney [RITA Award Winner] and Kristen Callihan (moderator)

At Noon - Romance: Corsets & Clues

Tasha Alexander [NYTtimes Bestseller], Kristen Callihan, Deanna Raybourn [RITA Award Winner and Virginia Author], Laurin Willig [RITA Award Winner and serious academic overachiever;)] and Rosemary Stevens [Native Richmonder and Virginia Author] (moderator)

At 2 p.m. - Romance: Strange Brew: Romance Authors "Spell" Out Their Secrets
Jeaniene Frost [NYTimes and USA Today Bestseller], Kim Harrison, Pamela Palmer [Virginia Author], Vicki Pettersson [NYTimes Bestseller] and Madeline Iva (moderator)

At 4 p.m. - Romance: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Mary Burton [RITA Finalist and Richmonder], Liz Everly [Virginia Author], Joshilyn Jackson [NYTimes Bestseller], Joyce Lamb [RITA Finalist] and Lydia Netzer (moderator)

I hope you'll hop on over to Charlottesville for the day and catch up with us for this great day of events. We'll be at CitySpace - Piedmont Council for the Arts, 100 5th Street NE, Charlottesville

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Stephanie Higgins thinks that life is too short to read books that don't have happy endings. She writes women's fiction and is a member of Virginia Romance Writers. You can reach her at virginiaisforromance@yahoo.com.

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