On Wednesday April 22, 2026, at the 14th Annual Tom Tom Festival, bestselling author, John Grisham, joined Deirdre Enright, founder of the University of Virginia Innocence Project, for a fireside chat that blended storytelling, legal insight, and firsthand experience. The audience at The Paramount Theater moved between laughter and stunned silence as Grisham and Enright shared story after story of wrongful convictions—and the heartbreak, determination, and hope that drove th

Wednesday, April 22 | 7:00 PM The Paramount Theater Join bestselling author John Grisham and Deirdre Enright, founder of the UVA Innocence Project, at the historic Paramount Theater in Charlottesville for a powerful conversation on innocence and the moral courage required to advocate for justice. As one of the most widely read authors in the world and a leading voice on issues of wrongful conviction, Grisham has written more than 50 consecutive #1 New York Times Bestsellers,