Dear Colleagues,
Jerry Handler has asked me to pass this on to you.
Best wishes,
Gad
>>The 13th annual Virginia Festival of the Book (March 21-25, 2007
>>in Charlottesville) is seeking authors for one or two panels
>>commemorating the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of
>>the trans-Atlantic slave trade. We are interested in books
>>dealing with any topic relating to Atlantic slavery and the slave
>>trade.
>>
>>The Virginia Festival of the Book is a five-day, free festival
>>which attracts the general public with programs from many genres:
>>history, fiction, poetry, mystery, science, science-fiction, etc.
>>The festival tends to feature works that have been published in the
>>last two years. Authors have opportunities to publicize as well as
>>sell their books. The total attendance at the 2006 festival was
>>26,433. Programs involve short presentations (8-15 minutes) wherein
>>authors summarize their works, and participate in a panel
>>discussion, including a Q & A before the attending audience
>>
>>
>>If you are interested in participating, the festival requests that
>>you or your publisher send two copies of a book, with a cover
>>letter and completed participant information sheet to the festival
>>office. This should be accomplished by October 1, 2006,( though
>>earlier is better!). Downloadable forms and address are at the
>>following link: www.vabook.org.
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>Jerome S. Handler
> Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
> 145 Ednam Dr
> Charlottesville, Va 22903-4629
> (434) 924-3296
>
>The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
>http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/
>
>
Prof. Gad Heuman
Dept of History and Centre for Caribbean Studies
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
Tel: +44 (0)2476 523408
Fax: +44 (0)2476 524451
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