Lit Talk Events: The National Book Festival Hits the National Mall

The Library of Congress' annual National Book Festival rolls into town this Saturday, September 26th, 2009 on the National Mall.

A gaggle of authors forming the who's who in literature, including children's authors, poetry and prose writers, fiction and non-fiction authors, illustrators, and historical authors, will be present. To see which will be in attendance just take a scroll, and be sure to close your mouth once you get to the bottom!

Patricia Sullivan

Ann Kidd Taylor

David A. Taylor
Julia Alvarez

Junot Díaz

John Grisham

Katherine Neville

Jodi Picoult

Nicholas Sparks

Colson Whitehead

David Wroblewski
Mary Jane Clark

Walter Mosley

James Patterson

George Pelecanos

Ana Menendez

Azar Nafisi

and more!

To find out what time your favorite author will be reading or signing his or her book, click here!

The Library of Congress will also be unrolling its newest initiative--Read.gov--which will combine all the literary promotional material from the Library's archive so that viewers have one specific location where they can find out about all the upcoming literary programs.

Date and Time:

Saturday, September 26th

10 A.M-5:30 P.M

The National Mall

Metro: Smithsonian

Hope to see you on the Mall!

--Nicole Crowder

Poster courtesy LOC Book Festival