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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with king of horror and suspense, Stephen King, as he reflects on his prolific career and receives the Library of Congress Literary Champion medal on the Main Stage at the 2016 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with historian Jon Meacham discussing "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels" on the Main Stage at the 2018 Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Our ongoing celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival continues with Joy Harjo's opening performance as U.S. Poet Laureate in September 2019. The event, part of the National Book Festival Presents series, took place in the Library's Coolidge Auditorium.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
Welcome to the first installment in our daily celebration of the Library of Congress National Book Festival! In the weeks, perhaps months, to come, we will roll out an assortment of author talks, bringing you highlights from the Festival and our new year-long series, National Book Festival Presents. Today, we begin with world renowned chef and author José Andrés on the Main Stage at the 2019 National Book Festival.
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
In anticipation of the 2020 Walter Awards on Friday, March 13, we asked author and emcee Grace Lin a few questions about the significance of the Walter Awards and her insights regarding diversity in children's literature.
Posted in: Authors, Books, Children & Families, Programs
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Spring is nearly here, and we are thrilled to keep up that seasonal momentum with two celebratory and historic April events in the National Book Festival Presents series. Reserve your tickets now!
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The moment that made Rosa Parks famous — her refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 1, 1955 — is more properly viewed as a snapshot of a life in motion, rather than a freeze-frame of a life defined, two of her biographers said in a Feb. 13 National Book Festival Presents program in the Coolidge Auditorium.
Posted by: Anne Holmes
On February 6, National Book Festival Presents launched its winter/spring season with "Fearless: A Tribute to Irish American Women," featuring award-winning novelist Alice McDermott, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, and CBS anchor Margaret Brennan. As part of the event programming, staff from four Library divisions developed a display of items highlighting the impact of women of Irish heritage in the Americas.
Posted by: Anne Holmes
Tickets for March events in the National Book Festival Presents series are now available!