NSLM Book Fair Showcases Equestrian Authors
The National Sporting Library and Museum's Book Fair celebrates its third year Saturday, May 25th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with three top-rated authors, all-day demonstrations of book binding and conservation, new book sales and the Library's duplicate book sale. All proceeds benefit the Book Acquisition Fund.
The Schedule includes:
• 12 p.m. Rita Mae Brown, New York Times Bestselling author, Fox Tracks (2012) and Murder Unleashed (2011).
• 1 p.m. Dorothy Ours, NSLM John H. Daniels Fellow, Battleship: A Daring Heiress, A Teenage Jockey, and America's Horse (2013).
• 2 p.m. Jan Neuharth, popular Middleburg author, The Kill: A Hunt Country Suspense Novel (2010).
• 3 p.m. Jill Deiss, book conservationist on the restoration of Thomas Jefferson's set of the works of Aeschylus.
• 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Jill Deiss, Cat Tail Run Book Bindery, with demonstrations of book binding and conservation.
• 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. NSLM Duplicate Book Sale, used and new books on equestrian, fly-fishing, fox hunting, hunting, and horseracing.
• 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jilann Brunett, Second Chapter Books, Middleburg bookseller.
To pre-order the author's books, please telephone 540-687-7016.
The Book Fair is part of the 54th Annual Hunt Country Stable Tour. The Book Fair is a Saturday event only, and the Library will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum will be open to visitors on Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Current exhibitions include Munnings: Out in the Open; Sir Alfred Munnings in Print; and An Artist's Story: Civil War Drawings by Edwin Forbes.