The United States [indiscernible] and so are our champion sponsors , the costar group and the john center. [applause] and, we have many friends, and Media Partners and exhibitors. [applause] now, the National Book festival is and has been one of the most inspirational free events in the Nations Capital and it is only possible because of you, our sponsors. And it does take a village to put on a festival like this, so i want to acknowledge the more than 1000 volunteers, most especially the Junior League of washington. [cheers and applause] which has supported the festival since 2003 with over 40,000 hours, the equivalent of 2. 4 million of time. Thank you. [cheers and applause] and, hundreds of volunteers from the general public, and of course, the hardworking library of Congress Staff who are key in vital to the success of the festival, so please, thank them and join me in that. [cheers and applause] some now it is my honor to welcome the chair of the James Madison council and the cocha
The National Endowment for the United States [indiscernible] and so are our champion sponsors , the costar group and the john center. [applause] and, we have many friends, and Media Partners and exhibitors. [applause] now, the National Book festival is and has been one of the most inspirational free events in the Nations Capital and it is only possible because of you, our sponsors. And it does take a village to put on a festival like this, so i want to acknowledge the more than 1000 volunteers, most especially the Junior League of washington. [cheers and applause] which has supported the festival since 2003 with over 40,000 hours, the equivalent of 2. 4 million of time. Thank you. [cheers and applause] and, hundreds of volunteers from the general public, and of course, the hardworking library of Congress Staff who are key in vital to the success of the festival, so please, thank them and join me in that. [cheers and applause] some now it is my honor to welcome the chair of the James Ma
Charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and were just Getting Started. Well do 1000 miles of infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter communications along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. This weekend, 48hour support sent authors on book tv. In about an hour we will be live for the 23rd year in a row at the National Book in washington dc vin. You can find the full Program Guide. Last nights Opening Ceremony of the National Book festival that was held at the library of congress. The National Book festival and has been one of the most inspirational, free events in the nations capital. And its only possible because of you, our sponsor. It takes a village to put on a festival like this. I want to acknowledge 1000 volunteers. Most especially, the Junior League of washington. [applause] which is supported the festival since 2003 with over 40,000 hours, the equivalent of 24 million of time. Thank you. And hundre
Unfiltered, unbiased, word from word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Where the opinion that matters most is your own, this is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Now library of congress is joined by five featured authors from 2023 National Book festival for a kickoff celebration of this years event. The theme is everyone has a story. Now librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is joined by five featured authors from the 2023 National Book festival for a kickoff celebration of this years event. This years theme is, everyone has a story. Lifebook tv coverage on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [indiscernible voices] [applause] [indiscernible] thank you. Thank you. Welcome to the open celebration of the 2023 National Book festival. Now we clap [cheers and applause] the theme of this years festival
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