Book Festival on the National Mall in Washington, DC

2007 National Book Festival: September 29, 2007, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The National Book Festival, an annual event held each September on the National Mall in Washington, DC, is a celebration of the joy of books and reading sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by first lady Laura Bush. Attendees visit with more than 70 award-winning authors, illustrators and poets who will talk about and sign their books. National Book Festival Pavilions are set up for Fiction & Fantasy, Mysteries & Thrillers, History & Biography, Children & Teens, Poetry, and Home & Family.

The Library of Congress Pavilion features a variety of interactive family-centered activities about the importance of lifelong literacy, cultural preservation, and preserving digital culture. The new National Audiovisual Conservation Center will introduce the latest technologies in film and audio preservation.

At the National Book Festival, visitors have the opportunity to learn about the reading programs and resources in libraries across the country. Representatives from every state and territory welcome families and children interested in that state's writers and reading programs.

2007 National Book Festival Participants

Children
María Celeste Arrarás, “The Magic Cane”
Ashley Bryan/Jan Spivey Gilchrist, “My America”
Carmen Deedy, “Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale”
Mercer Mayer, “The Bravest Knight” and “There’s a Nightmare in My Closet”
Megan McDonald, “Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday”
Judy Schachner, “Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones”
Rosemary Wells, “Red Moon at Sharpsburg” and “Max’s ABCs”
David Wiesner, “Flotsam”
Jacqueline Wilson, “Candyfloss”
NBA/WNBA

Teens & Children
M.T. Anderson, “The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1”
Holly Black, “Ironside”
E.L. Konigsburg, “The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World”
Gail Carson Levine, “Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand”
Patricia MacLachlan, “Edward’s Eyes”
Patricia McCormick, “Sold”
Shelia P. Moses, “The Baptism”
Cynthia Leitich Smith, “Tantalize”
Gene Luen Yang, “American Born Chinese”
Letters About Literature

Fiction & Fantasy
Barbara Taylor Bradford, “The Ravenscar Dynasty”
Edward P. Jones, “All Aunt Hagar’s Children”
Thomas Mallon, “Fellow Travelers”
Sena Jeter Naslund, “Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette”
Joyce Carol Oates, “The Gravedigger’s Daughter”
Jodi Picoult, “Nineteen Minutes”
Terry Pratchett, “Making Money”
Jeff Shaara, “The Rising Tide”
Lalita Tademy, “Red River”
Harry Turtledove, “The Gladiator”
Susan Vreeland, “Luncheon of the Boating Party”

Mysteries & Thrillers
David Baldacci, “Simple Genius”
Stephen L. Carter, “New England White”
Deborah Crombie, “Water Like a Stone”
Brian Haig, “Man in the Middle”
Carolyn Hart, “Set Sail for Murder”
Stephen Hunter, “The 47th Samurai”
David Ignatius, “Body of Lies”
J. A. Jance, “Justice Denied”
Lisa Scottoline, “Daddy’s Girl”
Daniel Silva, “The Secret Servant”

History & Biography
Diane Ackerman, “The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story”
Michael Beschloss, “Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989”
Ken Burns/Geoffrey Ward, “The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945”
Elizabeth Drew, “Richard M. Nixon 1969-1974”
Jan Crawford Greenburg, “Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court”
David M. Kennedy, “The Library of Congress World War II Companion”
Arnold Rampersad, “Ralph Ellison: A Biography”
Meryle Secrest, “Shoot the Widow: Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject”
James Swanson, “Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer”
Douglas L. Wilson, “Lincoln’s Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words”

Home & Family
Ann Amernick, “The Art of the Dessert”
Cat Cora, “Cooking from the Hip: Fast, Easy, Phenomenal Meals”
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, “Chasing Life: New Discoveries in the Search for Immortality to Help You Age Less Today”
Judith Martin, “No Vulgar Hotel/The Desire and Pursuit of Venice”
Joan Nathan, “The New American Cooking”
Nancy Pearl, “Book Crush”
Steve Raichlen, “How to Grill”
Patricia Schultz, “1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die”

Poetry
Jack Prelutsky, “The Wizard” and “In Aunt Giraffe’s Green Garden”
Kevin Prufer, “Fallen from a Chariot”
Jon Stallworthy, “Body Language”
Anne Stevenson, “Stone Milk”
Diane Thiel, “Echolocations”
U.S. Poet Laureate
Poetry Out Loud

For more information, visit the Library of Congress web site.