Get ready!

I want to start off by apologizing for the lack of a Harry Potter link yesterday, but things have been crazy! Everyone’s hyped up for Harry Potter, and our party is only a day away. I hope everyone’s getting their costumes together, because there will be a costume contest with some great prizes! The tentative [...]

Accio… link!

I know you’re all bouncing in your seats for another Harry Potter link, so today I will provide you with a site that will surely entertain you until tomorrow… or at least an hour or so.
Today’s link is a site called Acciobrain! – a Harry Potter fanart site run by a talented artist known as [...]

More Harry Potter fun

Well, we’re down to five days before the release of the seventh and final Harry Potter book, and the excitement is getting unbearable! We’re planning some awesome activities for our party on Friday night: face painting, costume contests, and trivia with prizes, just to name a few! We’ll be putting up posters and signs of [...]

Wizard Rock… Rocks!

As we grow nearer and nearer to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, anticipation is starting to bubble like potion in a cauldron! And we’re here to fuel that excitement with fun and interesting Harry Potter websites that will keep you busy until the big day arrives.
Today’s subject is Harry and the [...]

Harry Potter countdown!

There’s only a week left until the BIG DAY–that’s right, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be released in exactly 7 days, on July 21st. So, in celebration, we here at Bookworks will be giving you an update every day that includes some fun Harry Potter-oriented Web sites you can peruse and enjoy.
Today’s link [...]

Gregory Orr

We are happy to see that Gregory Orr will be here on the Island offering a two week poetry work shop open to all levels on July 23,25,27,and 30. For further information please call 434-987-3976. He will also have a poetry reading on July 17, 8:30 pm at the Methodist Church on Center Street, Theatre [...]

Author extravaganza weekend

We had a big booksigning weekend! Thursday was Amanda Eyre Ward, author of “Forgive Me”. Then Clare Cook flew in with her new book “Life’s a Beach” and we did a little handcrafting…seaglass jewelry with Evelyn and Julia. And then on Monday, we had FerencMate come by to sign his new book, “Ghost Sea”. Come [...]