2004 National Book Festival to be held October 9 on the National Mall
The fourth annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the
Library of Congress and hosted by Laura Bush, will be held from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004 on the National Mall in Washington,
D.C., between 7th and 14th streets (rain or shine). The festival is free
and open to the public.
"As America's library, the Library of Congress invites readers from
around the country to this widely anticipated national event," said
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. "More than 70,000 people
joined us on the National Mall last year to celebrate books, reading and
creativity. We hope many more will come this year and join in the fun."
"The National Book Festival is a wonderful opportunity for book lovers
to celebrate reading," said Laura Bush. *"Whether you're a lifelong
reader or a beginner, I hope you will mark your calendar for Oct. 9 to
discover new books and inspiring writers."
The 2004 festival features more than seventy award-winning authors,
illustrators and poets, including Joyce Carol Oates, Marc Brown, R.L.
Stine, Sandra Brown, Robert B. Parker, Clive Cussler, Edward P. Jones,
E.L. Konigsburg, Ron Chernow, Connie Willis, Neil Gaiman, Katherine
Paterson, Juan Williams, Azar Nafisi, Anna Quindlen, David Rice, Richard
Peck, Douglas Brinkley, Nicholas Sparks, Kate
DiCamillo, Nathaniel Philbrick, Cokie Roberts, Michael Cunningham,
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and poet Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National
Endowment for the Arts. *Special guests in the "Home & Family" pavilion
include Leigh and Leslie Keno from PBS' "Antiques Roadshow," Kevin
O'Connor and Tom Silva from "This Old House," also seen on PBS, and chef
Patrick O'Connell of the Inn at Little Washington.
Festival goers can have books signed by their favorite authors, and
children can meet some of their favorite storybook and television
characters, such as Arthur and Clifford the Big Red Dog, who will appear
on the festival grounds throughout the day.
A new author pavilion, "Science Fiction & Fantasy," has been added to
this year's festival. The other author pavilions, in addition to "Home &
Family," are *"Children," "Teens & Children," "Fiction & Imagination,"
"Mysteries & Thrillers," "History & Biography" and "Poetry." *Throughout
the day authors in the pavilions will discuss their work and what
inspires them to write.
Representatives from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and
American trusts and territories will discuss and distribute materials
about their reading and literacy promotion programs in the "Pavilion of
the States." *Reading activities that are fun for the whole family will
be featured in the "Let's Read America" Pavilion.
Star players from the National Basketball Association's "Read to
Achieve" program will be among the presenters in the Children's Pavilion
and the national student winners of the Library of Congress/Target
Stores "Letters About Literature" reading and writing program will read
their letters in the "Teens & Children" Pavilion. The Letters About
Literature program invites young readers in grades
4-12 to write a personal letter to an author, past or present, who has
somehow changed their view of the world or themselves. *Winners are
selected at the state and national levels.
The Library of Congress Pavilion will feature two oral history
projects: Voices of Civil Rights, a joint project of the Library of
Congress, AARP and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and the
Veterans History Project. *Over the next year, the Voices project will
collect and preserve thousands of personal accounts of ordinary people
who have fought for civil rights in America. *The Veterans History
Project is collecting the stories of those who served in World Wars I
and II, and the Korean, Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars,
as well as stories from those who were actively involved in
supporting the war efforts.
National Book Festival attendees can participate in these projects by
contacting a volunteer in the pavilion where they will be taking the
histories. *Demonstrations of the Library's acclaimed Web site
www.loc.gov and its resources for parents, children, teachers and
lifelong learners will occur throughout the day.
The artist for this year's festival painting is award-winning
illustrator Floyd Cooper. *Cooper has illustrated more than fifteen
books and is the author of three of them. His whimsical image for the
2004 festival is as imaginative as the act of reading. *Posters
featuring Cooper's painting will be available free of charge at the
festival.
The National Book Festival is made possible with generous support from
charter sponsors AT&T, The Washington Post and the Institute of Museum
and Library Services; patrons AARP, the James Madison Council, Jones
International University, the National Endowment for the Arts,
Target Stores, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; contributors Barnes & Noble, PBS,
and Scholastic Inc.; friends National Endowment for the Humanities,
Marshall Payne, and others.
List of Featured Authors for 2004 National Book Festival
(as of August 9, 2004 and subject to changes)
CHILDREN PAVILION:
Holly Black & Tony DiTerlizzi's
Marc Brown
Floyd Cooper (also the festival's poster artist)
Betsy Lewin
Patricia MacLachlan
Sonia Manzano
Richard Peck
David Shannon
R.L. Stine
NBA Read to Achieve (NBA/WNBA stars will read to children.)
TEENS & CHILDREN PAVILION:
Christopher Paul Curtis
Kate DiCamillo
E.L. Konigsburg
Kathleen Krull
David Macaulay
Katherine Paterson
David Rice
Sharon Robinson
Letters About Literature
(Read more here: http://www.loc.gov/loc/cfbook/letters.html)
FICTION & IMAGINATION PAVILION:
Barbara Taylor Bradford
Michael Cunningham
Edward P. Jones
Jim Lehrer &
Kate Lehrer
MariJo Moore
Joyce Carol Oates
Nicholas Sparks
HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY PAVILION:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Douglas Brinkley
Ron Chernow
Carlos Eire
Dorothy Height
Congressman John Lewis
Azar Nafisi
Nathaniel Philbrick
Cokie Roberts
Juan Williams
HOME & FAMILY PAVILION:
Arthur Frommer
Heloise
Leigh Keno & Leslie Keno
Roland Mesnier
Patrick O'Connell
Kevin O'Connor
Anna Quindlen
Patricia Schultz
Tom Silva
Alexandra Stoddard
MYSTERIES & THRILLERS PAVILION:
Lawrence Block
Sandra Brown
Clive Cussler
Stephen Hunter
Robert B. Parker
Daniel Silva
Dana Stabenow
Peter Straub
POETRY PAVILION:
Dana Gioia
R.S. Gwynn
Dolores Kendrick
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Ted Kooser
Timothy Murphy
Linda Pastan
William Jay Smith
Natasha Trethewey
SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY PAVILION:
Catherine Asaro
Ben Bova
Lois McMaster Bujold
Neil Gaiman
Frederik Pohl
Neal Stephenson
Connie Willis
Patricia Wrede
Laurence Yep
The authors' presentation and book-signing schedules
will be posted on the Festival's Web site at a later date.
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National Book Festival
The Library of Congress
For more information:
World Wide Web: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/
Electronic mail: bookfest@loc.gov
Toll-free telephone recording: 888-714-4696
Norma Thiese
Media/Technology Consultant
American Memory Fellow 1999
Keystone AEA #1
1400 2nd St. NW
Elkader, Iowa 50243
563-245-1480, ext. 231
800-632-5918
nthiese@aea1.k12.ia.us
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