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Archive: June 2015 (5 Posts)

Dark-haired woman in a gray top, holding a stack of twelve books while she looks down at more books. Several people are behind her

Read, Write, Enter, Win!

Posted by: Lola Pyne

Calling all students in the Mid-Atlantic area entering 5th or 6th grade this fall! Tell the Library of Congress what book shaped you, and you could win a trip to the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., this Labor Day weekend. The “A Book That Shaped Me” annual summer writing contest which asks students to …

Dark-haired woman in a gray top, holding a stack of twelve books while she looks down at more books. Several people are behind her

#tbt Festival Posters in Review

Posted by: Lola Pyne

As we prepare to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the National Book Festival, what better way to take a look back then with our own #ThrowbackThursday posts? And, since our 2015 festival poster designed by Peter de Sève was just announced, let's start with a look back in the poster gallery at the festival posters and the many illustrators who've designed them over the years.

Dark-haired woman in a gray top, holding a stack of twelve books while she looks down at more books. Several people are behind her

Inspired Design: Peter de Sève on His 2015 Festival Poster

Posted by: Gayle Osterberg

Peter de Sève, the award-winning illustrator and character designer behind animated features like Ice Age and countless New Yorker covers, shares some thoughts about illustrating, books and his design for this year’s National Book Festival Poster. You’ve been doing illustration and character designs over three decades. What was your first really big project – the …

Dark-haired woman in a gray top, holding a stack of twelve books while she looks down at more books. Several people are behind her

It’s the Festival 15th, Let’s Celebrate with a Blog

Posted by: Lola Pyne

Hello and welcome to the first installment of the Library of Congress National Book Festival blog! This September will mark the 15th anniversary of the nation’s premier celebration of books and reading, and the launch of this blog is just one of the many ways we’ll be marking the occasion. This year’s festival will take …