Other Library of Congress National Book Festivals
Related Resources at the Library
South Dakota
The South Dakota Center for the Book will promote the National Book Festival through a series of presentations by three well-known authors in several South Dakota cities in late August and early September. The first presentation, on Aug. 25, will precede the evening lighting ceremony at Mount Rushmore. The highlight will be a program at the Corn Palace in Mitchell on Aug. 28 that will feature the second author, Ambassador George McGovern. Extensive media coverage is planned by the South Dakota Humanities Council, the home of the South Dakota Center for the Book-the national Center's 47th and newest affiliate. For example, the National Book Festival will be a featured topic on a new program on South Dakota Public Radio premiering on August 30: "The South Dakota Center for the Book's Food for Thought."
Contact: Jeanne Jones Manzer, phone: 605-688-6113, fax: 605-688-4531, e-mail: jeanne_manzer@sdstate.edu