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Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Join us next week for the most romantic way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: visit the beautiful Library of Congress to hear from two romance authors in a conversation about love. They’re the experts! Event details (or click here) Thursday, February 12, 2026 7:00 PM Thomas Jefferson Building – Coolidge Auditorium 10 1st Street SE, Washington, …
Posted in: Books, Literary History
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
The Library of Congress’ literary ambassadors reveal some of their favorite reads this past year and some of their cherished literary holiday memories.
Posted in: Arthur Sze, Books, Children and Teens, Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Join National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Mac Barnett as he talks about making a main characters in his new video with KidLit TV's StoryMakers!
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Mac Barnett, National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
Join us on September 25th for an evening event with bestselling nonfiction author Mary Roach, and September 27th for a Saturday family-friendly program with Katherine Rundell, author of "Impossible Creatures."
Posted in: Announcements & Operations, Books, Children and Teens, Live! at the Library
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 2023 with featured videos from Tananarive Due and Grady Hendrix, as well as Joy Harjo and Michaela Goade.
Posted in: Books, Children and Teens, Intern Blogs, Joy Harjo, 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 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