Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with crime writer Patricia Cornwell discussing "Red Mist,” her 19th Kay Scarpetta novel, on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2012 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with presidential scholar Annette Gordon-Reed discussing "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" on the Special Programs stage at the 2015 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Poets Laureate Tracy K. Smith and Robert Hass discussing the making of poetry, the position of Poet Laureate and their new books, "American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time" (edited by Smith) and "A Little Book on Form: An Exploration into the Formal Imagination of Poetry" (Hass), on the Poetry & Prose stage at the 2018 Festival.
The National Book Festival Presents series was created to provide a book festival experience to lovers of the event on a year-round basis. Because these programs can no longer be held at the Library, we are offering a virtual multipart series, with authors who have written books about widespread diseases and the worldwide response to them.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with author Tara Westover discussing her memoir “Educated” on the Understanding Our World stage at the 2018 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with children’s and young adult author Jacqueline Woodson discussing her books "The Day You Begin" and "Harbor Me" on the Children's Purple Stage at the 2018 Festival. This post includes prompts for writing and thinking that young readers, families and teachers can use to explore the author and the author’s work—recommended for ages 7+.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with mystery writer Louise Penny discussing “Glass Houses” on the Genre Fiction stage at the 2018 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with journalist and bestselling nonfiction author Bob Woodward discussing "The Last of the President's Men" on the Main Stage at the 2016 Festival.
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with author Margaret Atwood discussing "MaddAddam" on the Fiction & Mystery stage at the 2013 Festival.