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
Historian David Mccullough. You are watching booktv on cspan2 live from the 17th annual National Book festival. [applause]. He will be followed they struck a chord in the National Conversation about poverty in america. Thomas freedom barely needs an introduction he is an internationally recognized writer on the Foreign Affairs and the environment. In Michael Lewis is famous for his books about finance such as liars poker but he is equally famous for his books about topics as diverse as adoption and baseball. The screen adaptations of the blindside in moneyball among others had been enormously popular. In condoleezzas rice was the secretary of state for the united states. And she is now on the faculty of Stanford University traveling from california to be here with us today. And finally mr. David baldacci. In fact, for a record setting eight time at the National Book festivals thrillers and books for young people have been read by millions. Im very pleased to be able to turn this over t
Live with arthur eveneds and call ins, both schedules available at booktv. Org. Welcome to the Washington Dc Convention center, the 17th annual National Book festival. Booktv on cspan2 will be live with others all day. He will hear from condoleezza rice, pulitzer prizewinning columnist tom friedman, bestselling authors jd vance and Michael Lewis the master not leland melton and many others. For complete schedule visit booktv. Org, follow us on social media for updates and behindthescenes videos. On facebook, facebook. Com booktv, booktv is our twitter handle and on instagram we are at booktv. This years festival kicks off with library of Congress Carla Hayden making opening remarks followed by pulitzer prizewinning author and historian David Mccullough. You are watching booktv on cspan2 live from the 17th annual National Book festival. [applause]. He will be followed they struck a chord in the National Conversation about poverty in america. Thomas freedom barely needs an introduction h
He will be followed they struck a chord in the National Conversation about poverty in america. Thomas freedom barely needs an introduction he is an internationally recognized writer on the Foreign Affairs and the environment. In Michael Lewis is famous for his books about finance such as liars poker but he is equally famous for his books about topics as diverse as adoption and baseball. The screen adaptations of the blindside in moneyball among others had been enormously popular. In condoleezzas rice was the secretary of state for the united states. And she is now on the faculty of Stanford University traveling from california to be here with us today. And finally mr. David baldacci. In fact, for a record setting eight time at the National Book festivals thrillers and books for young people have been read by millions. Im very pleased to be able to turn this over to the person who has helped make this festival possible and is our cochair mr. David rubenstein. A true believer in the powe
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