Our 2016 National Book Festival podcast series launches today with a bang! Poet, novelist and children’s book author Kwame Alexander sings, recites and has a conversation with the Library’s Sheryl Cannady. Listen to the podcast here. This is the first in a series of conversations we’re sharing with authors who will be presenting at this […]
The following is a guest blog post by Bryonna Head, who works in the Office of Communications at the Library of Congress and is a member of the 2016 festival planning committee. Need a summer pick-me-up? How about a reminder that we are getting closer to the fun of the 16th annual National Book Festival […]
The 2016 Library of Congress National Book Festival poster is being unveiled today for the Sept. 24 event at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. “I think the poster this year may be one of the best and most beautiful we have ever had,” said Guy Lamolinara, a director of the festival. The poster artist […]
The 5th annual “A Book That Shaped Me” National Book Festival Summer Writing Contest is now under way! Launched Monday in honor of Children’s Book Week, this year’s contest will run from May 2 through July 18, 2016. Those entering the 5th or 6th grade in the fall are eligible to participate in this contest […]
I am feeling inspired after having just read Shonda Rhimes’ book “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be your Own Person.” Rhimes is the popular writer and producer behind such huge television hits as “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal.” In her book she chronicles her recent commitment to saying […]
A new year is underway and we are ready to announce the details of the 2016 Library of Congress National Book Festival! This year’s festival will take place Saturday, September 24, 2016, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. All programs will be free of charge. […]
The author talks and panel presentations from the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival are now available online. Now you can catch those presentations you missed and relive the ones you had the chance to attend! Here’s a list of all the videos.
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 […]