About the 2008 National Book Festival
![2008 National Book Festival](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/series_bookfest2008.jpg)
The 2008 National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The festival is free and open to the public.
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2008 National Book Festival Podcasts
![Louis Bayard](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_bayard.jpg)
Title: Louis Bayard: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Louis Bayard
Date: August 13, 2008
Running Time: 19:07 minutes
![Jan Brett](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_brett.jpg)
Title:Jan Brett: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Jan Brett
Date: July , 2008
Running Time: 25:27 minutes
![Geraldine brooks](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_brooks.jpg)
Title: Geraldine Brooks: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Geraldine Brooks
Date: September 12, 2008
Running Time: 21:42 minutes
![Warren Brown](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_warrenbrown.jpg)
Title: Warren Brown: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Warren Brown
Date: July 2, 2008
Running Time: 28:24 minutes
![Joseph Bruchac](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_bruchac.jpg)
Title: Joseph Bruchac: Book Festival 08
Speaker:Joseph Bruchac
Date: July 22, 2008
Running Time: 20:07 minutes
![Marisa de los Santos](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_santos.jpg)
Title: Marisa de los Santos: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Marisa de los Santos
Date: September 2, 2008
Running Time: 24:51 minutes
![Kimberly Dozier](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_dozier.jpg)
Title: Kimberly Dozier: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Kimberly Dozier
Date: August 12, 2008
Running Time: 26:52 minutes
![Sharon M. Draper](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_draper.jpg)
Title: Sharon M. Draper: Book Festival 08
Speaker:Sharon M. Draper
Date: July 22, 2008
Running Time: 23:41 minutes
![Frommer's](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_frommers.jpg)
Title: Arthur Frommer and Pauline Frommer: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Arthur Frommer and Pauline Frommer
Date: July 8, 2008
Running Time: 23:03 minutes
![Philippa Gregory](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_gregory.jpg)
Title: Philippa Gregory: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Philippa Gregory
Date: August 12, 2008
Running Time: 25:23 minutes
![Walter Isaacson](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_isaacson.jpg)
Title: Walter Isaacson: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Walter Isaacson
Date: August 20, 2008
Running Time: 20:22 minutes
![Brad Meltzer](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_meltzer.jpg)
Title: Brad Meltzer: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Brad Meltzer
Date: August 5, 2008
Running Time: 25:12 minutes
![Cokie Roberts](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_roberts.jpg)
Title: Cokie Roberts: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Cokie Roberts
Date: September 3, 2008
Running Time: 19:54 minutes
![Peter Robinson](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_robinson.jpg)
Title: Peter Robinson: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Peter Robinson
Date: September 23, 2008
Running Time: 17:23 minutes
![Kay Ryan](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_kay-ryan.jpg)
Title: Kay Ryan: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Kay Ryan
Date: July , 2008
Running Time: 21:49 minutes
![Bob Schieffer](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_schieffer.jpg)
Title: Bob Schieffer: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Bob Schieffer
Date: August 19, 2008
Running Time: 34:08 minutes
![Jon Scieszka](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_sciezka.jpg)
Title: Jon Scieszka: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Jon Scieszka
Date: July 8, 2008
Running Time: 20:40 minutes
![Michelle Singletary](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_singletary.jpg)
Title: Michelle Singletary: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Michelle Singletary
Date: September 23, 2008
Running Time: 24:01 minutes
![R.L. Stine](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_stine.jpg)
Title: R.L. Stine: Book Festival 08
Speaker: R.L. Stine
Date: July 25, 2008
Running Time: 19:51 minutes
![Dionne Warwick](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20090130143925im_/http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/images/thumb_warwick.jpg)
Title: Dionne Warwick: Book Festival 08
Speaker: Dionne Warwick
Date: September 4, 2008
Running Time: 17:59 minutes