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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
The following post is a Q&A with Peter Slen, Senior Executive Producer, Book TV. How many author interviews does Book TV air on average each year? Book TV is a 48-hour block of nonfiction book programming every weekend on C-SPAN2 that brings you a rich variety of nonfiction topics: history, biography, politics, current events, the …
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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
Every year as the National Book Festival approaches (and especially on National Book Festival day), book lovers from other parts of the country send us sad tweets about how much they wish they could be here. We wish they could all be here too, but we have some solutions for those who can’t. We have …
Posted in: Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, Live Stream, Programs, Sponsors
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
This year’s 15th National Book Festival is all about milestones. Not only is the festival itself marking 15 years, it is also celebrating 200 years since Thomas Jefferson’s personal library came to the Library of Congress. Another key celebration is the 15th anniversary of the Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress. VHP …
Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
The following post is a Q&A with Bradley Graham, co-owner of Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC. Politics & Prose is the official bookseller of the 2015 National Book Festival. This will be your second year as the official bookseller at the National Book Festival. Was there anything that surprised you about the festival …
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Posted by: Gayle Osterberg
The following post is a Q&A with Junior League of Washington President Cameron Gilreath. Many people are familiar with Junior Leagues in their hometowns, but for those who aren’t, can you share with us in brief the mission of the Junior League of Washington? The Junior League of Washington (JLW) is an organization of women …
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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 …
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