Wow! It’s hard to believe the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival has come and gone. The fifteenth anniversary of the festival was a huge success and boasted capacity crowds and more than 170 authors at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Festivalgoers, volunteers and authors turned out in full force …
The following post is a Q&A with Jacqueline Miller Byrd, a self described lover of the book festival and fan of the Library of Congress. After reading several festival blog posts, she emailed me to share just how much she has enjoyed the festival over the years with friends and family. I thought the blog …
The following is a guest post by Marie Arana, co-director of the Library of Congress National Book Festival. Can the planet sustain humankind in its current race to feed and house a burgeoning population? Can it survive the explosions in industry, mining and construction that are bound to accompany that race? In a groundbreaking conversation …
The following is a guest post by Mary Oey in the Conservation Division at the Library of Congress. The Be Kind to Books Club posters are back! And the first 100 folks to come to the Preservation table in the Library of Congress Pavilion at the National Book Festival will get one free! If you …
The following is a guest blog post by Bryonna Head, who works in Library Services at the Library of Congress and is a member of the 2015 festival planning committee. We are just days away from the Library of Congress 15th Annual National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. We welcome you …
