Page. [applause] a National Book festival is and has been one of the most inspirational free events in the nations capitol. And only possible because of you, our sponsors but does take a village to put on a festival like this. I want to acknowledge the more than a 1000 volunteers. Most especially Junior League of washington. [cheering] [applause] 2003 with over 40000 hours the equivalent to . 4 million of time, thank you. And hundreds of volunteers the general public. And of course the hardworking library of Congress Staff who are key and vital to the festival success. So please thank you. Im honored to walk up the chair of the library james mattis counsel and the f cochair of the 2023 National Book festivalib. Mr. David m rubinstein. [applause] so, thank you all for coming. Thank you carla for the kind introduction. I should say as well carlas mother is here thank you very much for coming from baltimore. [applause] so, how many people here have read at least five books in the last yea
Booktv on cspan2. Heres some of what you can look forward to. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden will discuss the development of the obama president ial center and library. Also biologist Brent Weinstein argues theres a mismatch between our brains in the way modern society is structured. And we discussed some of the books coming out this fall seonith Tampa Bay Times book critic. You can find a full schedule of what is airing today online at booktv. Org. Starting now we bring you our coverage of the 2023 library of Congress National book festival held in washington, d. C. Weekends on cspan2 on intellectual feast. Every saturday American History tv documents americas stories, and on sundays booktv bring to the latest and Nonfiction Books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes on the Television Companies and more including comcast. Are you thinking this is just a Community Center . Its way more than that. Comcast is partnering with 1000 Community Centers to create lift zones so students ca
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri
Tonight, im happy to welcome david grant to the library to discuss his latest book, the wager a tale shipwreck, mutiny and murder. In it, he recounts the fallout of a British Naval shipwreck off the coast of patagonia in the mid 18th century. The survivors of his majestys ship, the wager eventually landed at different locations in south america, roughly 3000 miles from the wreck, with competing stories about the incident that resulted in a Court Martial. David grann, a staff writer at the new yorker, is author of several bestselling books, including the lost city of z and killers of the flower moon, a finalist in the National Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Po ward killer killers of the flower moon is also being adapted into a Martin Scorsese film that will be released this fall. Vanity fair, called the wager genre defying literary naval history, thriller, part master and commander, lord of the flies. In a recent gq profile, wrote that david grann has been your favorite writers wri