Past Library of Congress National Book Festivals
Related Resources at the Library
PLEASE NOTE: Webcast links on each author page will be available shortly after their appearance at the Book Festival. If the webcast is not live, please check back at a later time.
Children
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- 10:00-10:30 Laura Bush & Jenna Bush
(10:30-11:30) - 10:45-11:15 Jan Brett (12-1, 3-4)
- 11:25-11:55 Bob Lanier & NBA/WNBA players Chris Duhon and Ivory Latta
- 12:00-12:30 David Shannon
(1:30-2:30) - 12:35-1:20 Doreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin (2:30-3:30)
- 1:30-2:00 Dionne Warwick (3-4)
- 2:05-2:50 Kadir Nelson & Doreen Rappaport (4-5)
- 2:55-3:25 David A. Carter* (1-2*)
- 3:30-4:00 Tiki Barber* (1:30-2:30*)
- 4:05-4:50 Marc Brown & Judy Sierra (2-3*)
Teens & Children
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Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Judith Viorst
(11:30-12:30) - 10:35-11:05 Andrea Davis Pinkney (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Joseph Bruchac
(12:30-1:30) - 11:45-12:15 Neil Gaiman (1-3)
- 12:30-1:10 Our White House Panel: Mary Brigid Barrett, Steven Kellogg, Katherine Paterson (2:30-3:30)
- 1:15-1:45 Charles R. Smith
(2:30-3:30) - 2:00-2:40 River of Words featuring Pamela Michael, David Gewanter & youngsters (3:30-4:30)
- 2:45-3:15 Jon Scieszka (4-5)
- 3:20-3:50 Matthew Reinhart & Robert Sabuda (1:30-2:30)
- 3:55-4:25 Sharon M. Draper (1:30-2:30*)
- 4:30-5:00 R.L. Stine (2-3:30*)
Fiction & Mystery
Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Alexander McCall Smith (11:30-12:30)
- 10:35-11:05 Francine Prose (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Brad Meltzer
(12:30-1:30) - 11:45-12:15 Marisa de los Santos
(1-2) - 12:20-12:50 Salman Rushdie (2-3)
- 12:55-1:25 Philippa Gregory
(2:30-3:30) - 1:30-2:00 James McBride (12-1*)
- 2:05-2:35 Geraldine Brooks
(3:30-4:30) - 2:40-3:10 Richard Price (4-5)
- 3:15-3:45 Louis Bayard (1:30-2:30*)
- 3:50-4:20 Sandra Brown (1-2*)
- 4:25-4:55 Peter Robinson
(2:30-3:30*) - 5:00-5:30 Andrew Klavan (3-4*)
History & Biography
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Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Gordon S. Wood (11:30-12:30)
- 10:35-11:05 Tony Horwitz (12-1)
- 11:10-11:40 Paul Theroux (12:30 -1:30)
- 11:45-12:15 Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (1-2)
- 12:20-12:50 Daniel Schorr (2-3)
- 12:55-1:25 Kimberly Dozier (2:30-3:30)
- 1:30-2:00 David Maraniss (3:30-4:30)
- 2:05-2:35 Walter Isaacson (3:30-4:30)
- 2:40-3:10 Michael Dobbs (4-5)
- 3:15-3:45 Rick Atkinson (1:30-2:30*)
- 3:50-4:20 Bob Schieffer (2-3*)
- 4:25-4:55 Cokie Roberts (2:30-3:30*)
- 5:00-5:30 Immaculée Ilibagiza(3-4*)
Home & Family
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Book signing times in ().
- 10:00-10:30 Eleanor Clift (11:30-12:30)
- 10:35-11:05 Cathy Scott (12-1)
- 11:15-12:00 Arthur Frommer & Pauline Frommer (1-2)
- 12:10-12:55 Nancy Schulman & Ellen Birnbaum (2-3)
- 1:00-1:30 Julie Morgenstern (2:30-3:30)
- 1:35-2:05 George Duran (3-4)
- 2:10-2:40 Warren Brown (3:30-4:30)
- 2:45-3:15 Mike Richman (4-5)
- 4:00-4:30 Michelle Singletary (1:30-3)
Poetry
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- 10:00-10:30 J. Allyn Rosser (10:30-11:00)
- 10:30-11:00 Dan Chiasson (11:00-11:30)
- 11:00-12:00 Poetry Out Loud
- 12:00-1:00 Kay Ryan (1:30-2)
- 1:15-2:00 Elsa Cross (2-2:30)
- 2:00-2:30 Eavan Boland (2:30-3)
- 2:30-3:00 Molly Peacock (3-3:30)
- 3:00-3:30 Michael Lind (3:30-4)
- 3:30-4:00 Michael S. Harper
(4-4:30) - 4:00-4:30 Stanley Plumly (4:30-5)
* Authors sign books before their presentation