[applause] his raining and i thought booklovers are going to want to stay in the henry. but, here you are. thank you, and good morning welcome to the 2017 national book festival. i am carla and i am honored to sam the 14th librarian of congress. as you can see, pretty excited to open this event. our 17th consecutive celebration of books and reading. it is wonderful to see a full house in our largest presentation space. not only will we have a full house at the convention center, but we also have millions of people joining us live on facebook. so thank you wherever you are for joining us. [applause] we have a fantastic linus of mainstage authors this year. what better way to kick off the festival than with one of our nation s most beloved historians, mr. david mccullough. [applause] mr. mccullers here for his sixth national book festival appearance and we hope you ll continue to make this a habit. he will be followed by diana. [applause] she is the author of the wildly succe
i m derek brockway. if you ve seen me on the tv before it s probably because i ve told you about the weather or the best walks in wales. but tonight i m going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. i still miss him now. it s not the same, is it? no. sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. people of all ages, across wales. i meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. anyone is at risk of sepsis. anybody could fall to this silent killer. doctors on the wards who tell me how we could save more lives. if i was brought in with sepsis, what treatment would i get? a survivor determined not to let sepsis win. i want my life back. it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. it has taken more than enough i think. and i discover the shocking scale of it. we could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that die from se
it s too many. this is where i grew up barry, or barrybados as i call it. i love it down here. we used to come here when we were kids. mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. it was great. dad was a good dad. he was very much a family man. loved his kids, there was three of us. i m the baby, the youngest. we didn t have much money in the 1970s, but there was food on the table. my dad, cliff, was a tanker driver, a really hardworking man. he looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. he was a good looking bloke as well. that s where i get it from! it s not the same anymore though, dad s not here. it s nearly two years since dad passed away. because of sepsis. i just thought, where did this come from? and what is sepsis? i had never heard of it. i know it s kind of related to septicaemia, blood but it seemed to be one thing after another. dad had a number of illnesses, including dementia. while in hos
or the best walks in wales. but tonight i m going on a very different kind ofjourney, a personal one, to find out about a condition which killed my dad. well, to see him suffering like that, it was dreadful. i still miss him now. it s not the same, is it? no. sepsis is taking and changing thousands of lives. people of all ages, across wales. i meet some remarkable people, a mother who lost her teenage daughter. anyone is at risk of sepsis. anybody could fall to this silent killer. doctors on the wards who tell me how we could save more lives. if i was brought in with sepsis, what treatment would i get? a survivor determined not to let sepsis win. i want my life back. it was nearly taken away from me so suddenly. it has taken more than enough i think. and i discover the shocking scale of it. we could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that die from sepsis every year in the uk. it s too many. this is where i grew up, barry, or barrybados as i call it. i lov
shocking scale of it. we could more than fill this stadium with the number of people that die from sepsis every year in the uk. it s too many. this is where i grew up, barry, or barrybados as i call it. i love it down here. i used to come here when we were kids. mum and dad would bring us here, bring a blanket, a picnic, build sandcastles on the beach. it was great. dad was a good dad. he was very much a family man. loved his kids, there was three of us. i m the baby, the youngest. we didn t have much money in the 19705 but there was food on the table. my dad, cliff, was a taker driver, a really hard working man. he looks really happy and well in these photos when he was younger. he was a good looking bloke as well. that s where i get it from! it s not the same any more though, dad s not here. it is nearly two years since dad passed away. because of sepsis. i just thought, where did this come from? and what is sepsis? i had never heard of it. i know it s kind of related to