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
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