Book and baseball lovers are invited to join for Library of Congress Day at the Nationals on Wednesday, Aug. 2, when the Washington Nationals take on the Milwaukee Brewers at 1:05 p.m.
This month's Lit Bits cover Don DeLillo, first-ever recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. See him speak and check out the connections with Library of Congress digital materials.
This year's National Book Festival theme is "Everyone Has a Story." This is the first of the Highlighting Diverse Voices at the National Book Festival blog series, with a focus on writers with Hispanic heritage.
The National Book Festival 2023 schedule is live! Click for the full Festival schedule website and find plenty of information for both onsite and virtual attendees.
Get to know the Library's network all over the nation: The Center for the Book community! The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress has a new website, so check it out to find connections to the Library’s Affiliate in your state or territory.
Read a letter from a National Youth Poet Laureate! The United States Poet Laureate position is the sole laureateship administered by the Library of Congress. The National Youth Poet Laureate is sponsored by Urban Word. The Library supports the creativite and inspirational poets laureate programs that have been inspired by the original position of the U.S. Poet Laureate
The Little Prince turns 80 this year, and the author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry would have turned 123 years old yesterday. We explore what makes this hand-drawn world so compelling even now, and how the Little Prince has made his home in the Library's collections.
The National Book Festival is excited to partner again with PBS Books to bring conversations with featured authors to communities across the country, including Claribel Ortega, S.A. Cosby, Matthew Desmond, Angeline Boulley and more.