Best-selling authors Ken Follett, Scott Turow, Isabelle Allende, Jules Feiffer, and Jonathan Safran Foer are among more than 70 top writers at the free 10th annual National Book Festival September 25 on the National Mall.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will serve as Honorary Chairs of the festival, “A Decade of Words and Wonder”, the Library of Congress, sponsor of the popular festival, announced.
You'll be able to meet and hear from your favorite authors, get books signed, participate in a variety of learning activities, and children can have their photos taken with PBS storybook characters.
Writers in the event also include:
• Judith Viorst and Pat Mora, among authors for children.
• History and biography authors James McGrath Morris, David Remnick, Steven V. Roberts, and Evan Thomas.
• Elizabeth Kostova, author of international best-sellers “The Historian” and “The Swan Thieves”.
•Julia Glass, National Book Award winner for "Three Junes".
• Rae Armantrout, winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for poetry for "Versed".
The event, free and open to the public, is on September 25, from 10 AM to 5:30 PM, on the National Mall between 3rd and 7th Streets.
For more info: Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/bookfest..
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