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 remember 2005, with featured videos from George R. R. Martin and Meg Cabot.
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 remember 2004, with featured videos from Natasha Tretheway and David Shannon.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the Library of Congress is doing a marathon reading of the classic American novel exactly 100 years after it was first published.
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 remember 2003, with featured videos from James McBride and Mary Pope Osborne.
Learn about Ada Limón's closing event as U.S. Poet Laureate and check out pictures from her "Poetry in Parks" initiative trips to Saguaro National Park and Everglades National Park this past winter.
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 remember 2002, with featured videos from David McCullough and Ashley Bryan.
Tickets are going fast for Discovery Night on Thursday, April 3! Bring your friends, enjoy some drinks and snacks, and discover something new at the Library of Congress. Follow Your Passion: Three Leading Nonfiction Writers on the Power of Research Imagine having the time to explore whatever you want and getting paid for it! Rebecca …
Celebrate the 25th National Book Festival with us! Each week "Bookmarked" will feature videos of acclaimed authors from past festivals, as we lead up to the 2025 Festival on September 6th.
Check out the brand new 2025 National Book Festival website, featuring improved navigation, information for exhibitors and highlights from last year's Festival.