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Posted by: Robert Casper
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals as we lead up to the 2025 festival on September 6th. This time we revisit 2022, with featured videos from Leslie Jordan and Tui T. Sutherland.
Posted in: Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, National Book Festival
Posted by: Robert Casper
Geraldine Brooks has been named the recipient of the 2025 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction! Check out videos of her prior appearances at the Library's National Book Festival, and make sure to catch her talk at this year's festival on September 6th.
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals as we lead up to the 2025 festival on September 6th. This time we revisit 2021, with featured videos from Kristen Hannah, Maggie Shipshead and Lupita Nyong'o.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals as we lead up to the 2025 festival on September 6th. This time we revisit 2020, with featured videos from Amy Tan and Jason Reynolds.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
We’re excited to announce that we have posted the schedule for this year’s Library of Congress National Book Festival on the festival website here, also accessible via this link: loc.gov/bookfest. We’ve been improving the website to make it easy to find events you’d be most interested in. Use the filter function to sort by location, …
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Books, Children and Teens, National Book Festival
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" features videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals as we lead up to the 2025 festival on September 6th. This week we revisit 2019, with featured videos from Richard Powers and Raina Telgemeier.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, Literary History, National Book Festival