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About the 2012 National Book Festival
![2012 National Book Festival](images/nbf2012_cover-sm.jpg)
The 2012 National Book Festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Our podcast series features one-on-one chats with some of this year’s featured authors.
2012 National Book Festival
![Jeff Kinney](images/kinney_jeff-85x85.jpg)
Title: Jeff Kinney: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Jeff Kinney
Date: September 20, 2012
Running Time: 12:14 minutes
![Rafael López](images/lopez_rafael-85x85.jpg)
Title: Rafael López: 2012 National Book Festival (Spanish)
Speakers: Rafael López
Date: September 19, 2012
Running Time: 15:19 minutes
![Rafael López](images/lopez_rafael-85x85.jpg)
Title: Rafael López: 2012 National Book Festival (English)
Speakers: Rafael López
Date: September 19, 2012
Running Time: 13:58 minutes
![Wendy Cumberland](images/cumberland_wendy-85x85.jpg)
Title: Wendy Cumberland: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Wendy Cumberland
Date: September 18, 2012
Running Time: 09:36 minutes
![Stephen L. Carter](images/carter_stephen-85x85.jpg)
Title: Stephen L. Carter: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Stephen L. Carter
Date: September 17, 2012
Running Time: 16:53 minutes
![Walter Isaacson](images/isaacson_walter-85x85.jpg)
Title: Walter Isaacson: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Walter Isaacson
Date: September 14, 2012
Running Time: 11:06 minutes
![Michael Connelly](images/connelly_michael-85x85.jpg)
Title: Michael Connelly: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Michael Connelly
Date: September 13, 2012
Running Time: 17:52 minutes
![R.L. Stine](images/stine_rl-85x85.jpg)
Title: R.L. Stine: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: R.L. Stine
Date: September 12, 2012
Running Time: 13:58 minutes
![Sandra Cisneros](images/cisneros-sandra-85x85.jpg)
Title: Sandra Cisneros: 2012 National Book Festival (Spanish)
Speakers: Sandra Cisneros
Date: September 11, 2012
Running Time: 22:42 minutes
![Sandra Cisneros](images/cisneros-sandra-85x85.jpg)
Title: Sandra Cisneros: 2012 National Book Festival (English)
Speakers: Sandra Cisneros
Date: September 11, 2012
Running Time: 17:06 minutes
![Craig Thompson](images/thompson_craig-85x85.jpg)
Title: Craig Thompson: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Craig Thompson
Date: September 10, 2012
Running Time: 10:11 minutes
![Lois Lowry](images/lowry_lois-85x85.jpg)
Title: Lois Lowry: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Lois Lowry
Date: September 7, 2012
Running Time: 18:11 minutes
![Joy Harjo](images/harjo_joy-85x85.jpg)
Title: Joy Harjo: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Joy Harjo
Date: September 5, 2012
Running Time: 11:54 minutes
![Walter Dean Myers](images/myers_water_dean-85x85.jpg)
Title: Walter Dean Myers: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Walter Dean Myers
Date: September 4, 2012
Running Time: 11:38 minutes
![Jewel](images/jewel-85x85.jpg)
Title: Jewel: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Jewel
Date: August 31, 2012
Running Time: 8:01 minutes
![Stephen Dunn](images/dunn_stephen-85x85.jpg)
Title: Stephen Dunn: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Stephen Dunn
Date: August 29, 2012
Running Time: 18:18 minutes
![Patricia Cornwell](images/cornwell_patrica-85x85.jpg)
Title: Patricia Cornwell: 2012 National Book Festival
Speakers: Patricia Cornwell
Date: August 27, 2012
Running Time: 14:40 minutes