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Welcome to the first RVA R+W newsletter! Hey friends,   I'll be thrilled if this just lands in all of the right inboxes. (There should be an unsubscribe button at the bottom if it shouldn't be in yours). If this is all legible and coherent and the photos show up correctly, then that's just bonus points for me on this round.   By the way, hi! My name is Breelyn and I'm so glad you're here.   Anyway, this first newsletter is a bit of a test drive for a few things, including the

Updates from the first weeks of 2026: Two authors to virtually attend our book clubs this month, Silent Reading Party with SolBird books to become a monthly event, and a date and time was nailed down for us to participate in the 2026 Richmond Poetry Festival! Hi friends!   It's mid-January and I am here with some new ideas and a few updates to share. Thank you to everyone who reached out with kind words about the first newsletter, I am so glad that you liked it and plan to co

An interview with author Rebecca Danzenbaker discussing everything from go-to bookstores to favorite foods to her character's hometowns in Virginia.

An interview with author Emily Thiede discussing everything from publishing to favorite animals to where her characters would live if they were in Virginia.

RVA Readers + Writers is a social organization based in Richmond, Virginia, with a book club that meets both in-person and online. We read a wide variety of genres and are always looking for local authors and community-focused recommendations. A quick look at our process: Every three months, we use books suggested on our "want to read" shelf on our bookclubs page to create polls organized loosely by genre. Here, members can vote on books they're interested in reading during

The first time that I met "internet friends" in real life was August 24th, 2024. After the inciting events that precipitated the...