Attention all bibliophiles, mark your calendar ~ the 16th National Book Festival will be at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington DC) on 24 September, 2016. It’ll be open from 10am to 10pm and all events are free of charge.
A list of authors already scheduled to attend (from the Library of Congress website):
- Kwame Alexander, Newbery Medal winner
- Douglas Brinkley, prize-winning historian
- Christopher Buckley, author of such satirical works as “Thank You for Smoking”
- Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and author
- Philip Glass, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
- Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Winston Groom, author of “Forrest Gump”
- Stephen King, best-selling, prize-winning author and literacy advocate
- James McBride, National Book Award winner
- Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
- Joyce Carol Oates, prize-winning author of more than 70 books
- Ed Piskor, alternative comics artist
- Michael Ramirez, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner
- Diane Rehm, NPR host and author
- Salman Rushdie, Man Booker Prize winner
- Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Bob Woodward, Pulitzer prize winner and author of 17 No. 1 best-sellers
- Luis Alberto Urrea, prize-winning author of “The Devil’s Highway”
- Gene Luen Yang, Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
More authors expected to sign-on in the coming months.
For those who are unable to attend, but want to follow along, there’s an free app available. Click here.
It’s on the calendar … now to see if I can get there 🙂
Thanks, as always, for keeping us informed about interesting things.
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If you’re able to make it to the Book Fair, maybe we could squeeze in another blogger meet-up!
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What an impressive list!
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I have yet to attend the National Book Festival ~ hoping this is the year I make it there. Something always seems to come up though…
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Oh how frustrating. Here’s hoping that the path is clear this year.
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That sounds amazing. I wish I could attend!
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Thank you for the heads up! Looks like a great event to visot!
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