Best of the National Book Festival: Stephen King
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Horror writer Stephen King is featured in this talk from the 2016 National Book Festival.
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Category: National Book Festival
José Andrés: Best of the National Book Festival
Posted by: Neely Tucker
This is a guest post by Marie Arana, the Library’s Literary Director. In it, she explains how the National Book Festival blog will be featuring an author talk from our archives each day during the current public health crisis. We’ll be featuring one or two per week on this blog as well, given the level …
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Edwidge Danticat: The Making of a Novelist
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Edwidge Danticat, the Haitian-born novelist who has become one of America’s most honored authors, told a crowd at the Coolidge Auditorium this week that she first felt the magic of storytelling as a child in Port-au-Prince.
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Cokie Roberts, a Legend at the Library, Dies at 75
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Cokie Roberts, the longtime Washington journalist, author and broadcaster, has died at age 75. She was a devoted supporter of the LIbrary.
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Neil Patrick Harris Wows the Library
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Neil Patrick Harris helps launch the Library's "National Book Festival Presents" series in grand fashion, drawing an overflow crowd on Sept. 11, 2019.
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National Book Festival: Pablo Cartaya, in English and Spanish
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Pablo Cartaya, author of the award-winning "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora," answers questions about his writitng in advance of an appearance at the National Book Festival on Aug. 31, 2019.
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National Book Festival: It’s Just About That Time…
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The Library of Congress 2019 National Book Festival is Aug. 31.
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National Book Festival: Louis Bayard and “Courting Mr. Lincoln”
Posted by: Neely Tucker
An interview with author Louis Bayard, who will be speaking and signing books at the 2019 Library of Congress National Book Festival.
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National Book Festival: Philippa Gregory and the Love of History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Philippa Gregory, the internatiionally bestselling author of historical fiction, will appear at the 2019 National Book Festival.
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