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Posted by: John Sayers
Third-party notice of a class action settlement for selected individuals who attended the 2015 National Book Festival. The Library of Congress is not a party to this lawsuit and is providing this notice for informational purposes only.
Posted in: Festival History
Posted by: Neely Tucker
Madeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State, died today in Washington. She is remembered fondly at the Library.
Posted in: Authors, Festival History
Posted by: John Sayers
A tribute to NPR books editor Petra Mayer, frequent National Book Festival moderator, who passed away at age 46.
Posted in: Festival History
Posted by: Anne Holmes
A tribute to the late Jerry Pinkney, with highlights from his many appearances at the National Book Festival.
Posted in: Authors, Children & Families, Festival History
Posted by: Guy Lamolinara
During this year's National Book Festival, learn more about your state's Great Reads from Great Places book selection via the "Festival Near You" interactive map.
Posted in: Festival History, Programs
Posted by: John Sayers
A volunteer at the first Library of Congress National Book Festival on Sept. 8, 2001, remembers the event, held just three days prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Posted in: #ThrowbackThursday, Festival History
Posted by: Guy Lamolinara
At the National Book Festival, the names of our stages are quite important and, in some ways, they tell the story of the event’s history.
Posted in: #ThrowbackThursday, Festival History
Posted by: Guy Lamolinara
Poetry & Prose. The name is appropriately alliterative for this long-running stage at the Library of Congress National Book Festival that features some of our most literary writers.
Posted in: #ThrowbackThursday, Authors, Festival History, Programs
Posted by: Guy Lamolinara
A celebration of the National Book Festival's "groupies": the authors, poets and illustrators who have joined us multiple times, in some cases just about every time they publish a book.
Posted in: #ThrowbackThursday, Authors, Books, Festival History, Programs