Neil degrasse tyson. 72 hours of nonfiction authors and books. Booktv, television for serious readers. For complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Carla hayden, give us a preview of the book festival. It is going to be one of my favorites because i am a big nonfiction fan and the types of authors we will have from David Mccullough to jd vance whose book is on every reading list you can imagine in every book club. I am thrilled. Host how many offers do you invite . Guest when you think about a one day festival, the National Book festival and you have over 100 authors from childrens authors, illustrators, graphic novelists, all these different authors, 100,000 people come in and celebrate books and reading, you cant have a better time. Im prejudiced because im a librarian but any reader or anybody that wants to get inspired, the book festival is the perfect place. Host the seventh the book festival, your second, your personal your second . Guest is my second. I was sworn in and o
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
Mississippi book festival. I would like to let you noticed a sponsor is the of law firm and a light to introduce a partner at the firm. If youre not from mississippi welcome to the treasure of our state capital. Along with other partners we are thrilled to have a part of what is one of the greatest gifts that you could possibly offer. [applause] with my evil alter ego as jerry negative with the very able to help with the of book fest and the Mississippi Museum that simply would not happen. [applause] in whatever love to have the privilege of introducing the entire panel. At a time perhaps as many in the last 50 years in those speeds to be counseled but it is wonderful we had that at our disposal the lead to a u. N. Experts agree it come fisherman, a turban turban, stanton, a kennedy is out of the great thinkers and leaders of American History for those that were studied auntie expert panel you will see the first annotated version of president grants personal memoirs. It is in print but
Legacy and the fact that it started with doctor billington, the 13th librarian of congress, i am the 14th and laura bush, the first lady at the time. It emphasizes the prominence of the joy of reading and promoting reading and it was outside and there were concerns that if it gets rained out it has moved to the Convention Center in washington dc, you dont have to worry about rain. It is bigger, there are all kinds of venues that it has that mall feel, you walk around and there are all types of things, you can buy the book and have the books autographed by the author and as always a thrill. When does planning for the start . It starts as soon as one festival is over, within a week, what happened, what works, what didnt work, was we want to do and improve and start working on it right away. Do you have direct involvement or get updated on what is happening . I have to tell you i have more involvement than you might think because this is the essence of what we are about at the library of
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