National Book Festival

For the first time, the Festival will take place over 2 days, and will feature some of our country’s most well-loved and celebrated authors and personalities – including Amy Chua, Julianne Moore, Garrison Keillor, Toni Morrison and Dave Eggers, among others.

The Festival, for which President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama are Honorary Chairs, regularly attracts more than 100,000 visitors who come to hear their favorite authors speak, get pictures taken with PBS costumed characters and more.

This year’s Festival will take place in Washington, D.C. between 9th and 14th Streets on 9/24 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on 9/25 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (rain or shine).

As the Festival approaches, feel free to visit www.loc.gov/bookfest to view author bios, event information and author video interviews and podcasts from past years.

The Library will also be posting updates on Twitter (http://twitter.com/librarycongress, hashtag #natbookfest) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongress).

Authors slated to make presentations at the 2011 National Book Festival include:

Children Pavilion:
Harry Bliss, Calef Brown, Carmen Agra Deedy, John McCutcheon, Tomie dePaola, Joe Hayes, William Joyce, John Bemelmans Marciano, Dorie McCullough Lawson, Sam McBratney, Julianne Moore, Jon J Muth, Chris Van Dusen

Teens Pavilion:
Cassandra Clare, Susan Cooper, Sarah Dessen, Jack Gantos, Gordon Korman, Uma Krishnaswami, Patricia McKissack, Shelia P. Moses, Kadir Nelson, Katherine Paterson, Gary D. Schmidt, Brian Selznick, Rita Williams-Garcia

Contemporary Life Pavilion:
Joel Achenbach, Amy Chua, Leon Fleisher (with Anne Midgette), Joshua Foer, Jessica Harris, Marc Kaufman, Hoda Kotb, Jim Lehrer, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Sylvia Nasar, Sarah Vowell

State Poets Laureate Pavilion:
Dolores Kendrick (DC), Kelly Cherry (Virginia), Stanley Plumly (Maryland), Wes McNair (Maine), Carol Muske-Dukes (California)

Fiction & Mystery Pavilion:
Sherman Alexie, Russell Banks, Louis Bayard, Steve Berry, Jennifer Egan, Margaret George, Laura Lipmann, Gregory Maguire, Terry McMillan, Toni Morrison, Sara Paretsky, Esmeralda Santiago, Neal Stephenson

History & Biography Pavilion:
Eric Foner, Adam Goodheart, Maya Jasanoff, David McCullough, Candice Millard, Kristie Miller, Edmund Morris, Carla L. Peterson, James Swanson, Douglas Waller, Isabel Wilkerson

Poetry & Prose Pavilion:
Michael Cunningham, Rita Dove, Dave Eggers, Claudia Emerson, Mary Gordon, Terrance Hayes, Garrison Keillor, Yusef Komunyakaa, Linda Pastan, Elizabeth Hun Schmidt, Jonathan Yardley

Graphic Novels Pavilion:
Allen Say, Richard Thompson

The Cutting-Edge Pavilion:
Kimberla Lawson Roby, Kia DuPree, Eric Jerome Dickey

Family Storytelling Stage:
Angela Farris Watkins, Bob Shea, Cedella Marley, Daniel Kirk, Dr. James Billington, Ellen Sabin, Jane O'Connor, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, John Rocco, Josh Lewis, Julianne Moore, Lauren Myracle, Lisa Yee, Loren Long, Mac Barnett, Mark Pett & Gary Rubenstein, Matthew Reinhart, Michael Buckley, Tom Angleberger, Tom Lichtenheld, Wally Amos, Disney Junior's Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve, Hip Hop Harry, Justin Roberts & the Not Ready for Naptime Players, Moona Luna, The Okee Dokee Brothers