All National Book Festival events on Aug. 31 will take place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. NOTE: Using the “Add to Calendar” tool places individual events in your personal calendar. It does not constitute a reservation or ticket to the event, nor does it guarantee you a seat.
Schedule
Main Stage
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Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Prize for American Fiction: Richard Ford 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT
Add to calendar Richard Ford receives the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction and discusses his life's work with Marie Arana. His most recent novel is "Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book" (Ecco). Introduced by: Carla Hayden. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaJosé Andrés Presentation 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar José Andrés discusses "Vegetables Unleashed" (Ecco) and "We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time" (Ecco) with Diane Rehm. Introduced by: Carla Hayden. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaRaina Telgemeier Presentation 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Raina Telgemeier discusses "Share Your Smile: Raina’s Guide to Telling Your Own Story" (Graphix/Scholastic). Introduced by: Warren Bernard. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaDavid McCullough Presentation 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David McCullough discusses "The Pioneers: The Heroic Stories of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West" (Simon & Schuster) with Marie Arana. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMichael Beschloss Presentation 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Michael Beschloss discusses "Presidents of War" (Crown) with David M. Rubenstein. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaU.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presentation 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discusses "My Own Words" (Simon & Schuster) with Nina Totenberg. Introduced by: Carla Hayden. Main Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Brooks Presentation 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Brooks discusses "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life" (Random House) with David M. Rubenstein. Main Stage
Children's Green Stage
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Event | lectures and symposiaJon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg Presentation 9:30 am - 9:55 am EDT
Add to calendar Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg launch their new book "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" (Chronicle). Introduced by: Christina Barron. Welcome by: Carly Mitchell. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaBrian Floca Presentation 10:05 am - 10:30 am EDT
Add to calendar Brian Floca discusses "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11" (Atheneum/Richard Jackson). Introduced by: Nora Krug. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaLinda Sue Park Presentation 10:40 am - 11:05 am EDT
Add to calendar Linda Sue Park launches her new book "Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time" (Clarion). Introduced by: Eun Yang. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaSherri Duskey Rinker Presentation 11:15 am - 11:40 am EDT
Add to calendar Sherri Duskey Rinker launches her new book "Three Cheers for Kid McGear!" (Chronicle). Introduced by: John Kelly. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaCece Bell Presentation 11:50 am - 12:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar Cece Bell launches her new book "Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!" (Candlewick). Introduced by: Nicole Y. Chung. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaSophie Blackall Presentation 12:25 pm - 12:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sophie Blackall discusses "Hello Lighthouse" (Little, Brown). Introduced by: Guy Lamolinara. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaJon Klassen Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:25 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jon Klassen discusses "Circle" (Candlewick). Introduced by: John Kelly. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaFred Bowen Presentation 1:35 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Fred Bowen launches his new book "Speed Demon" (Peachtree). Introduced by: Guy Lamolinara. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaShannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Presentation 2:10 pm - 2:35 pm EDT
Add to calendar Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham launch their new book "Best Friends" (First Second). Introduced by: Michael Cavna. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaJennifer Swanson Presentation 2:45 pm - 3:10 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jennifer Swanson launches her new book "Save the Crash-Test Dummies" (Peachtree). Introduced by: Stephanie Merry. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaHenry Louis Gates Jr. Presentation 3:20 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Peggy McGlone. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaPablo Cartaya Presentation 3:55 pm - 4:20 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pablo Cartaya launches his new book "Each Tiny Spark" (Kokila/Random House). Introduced by: Catalina Gomez. Children's Green Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMatthew Gray Gubler Presentation 4:30 pm - 5:10 pm EDT
Add to calendar Matthew Gray Gubler discusses "Rumple Buttercup: A Story of Bananas, Belonging and Being Yourself" (Random House) with Juanita Giles. Children's Green Stage
Children's Purple Stage
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Event | lectures and symposiaJennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Presentation 9:30 am - 9:55 am EDT
Add to calendar Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm launch their new book "The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight" (Random House). Introduced by: Lee Ann Potter. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaLucy Ruth Cummins Presentation 10:05 am - 10:30 am EDT
Add to calendar Lucy Ruth Cummins discusses "Truman" (Atheneum). Introduced by: Anya Creightney. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaJuana Medina Presentation 10:40 am - 11:05 am EDT
Add to calendar Juana Medina launches her new book "Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas" (Candlewick). Introduced by: Christina Barron. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaAdam Rubin Presentation 11:15 am - 11:40 am EDT
Add to calendar Adam Rubin discusses "High Five" (Dial). Introduced by: Guy Lamolinara. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli Presentation 11:50 am - 12:25 pm EDT
Add to calendar Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli launch their new book "Hi, Jack!" (Viking). Mac Barnett also discusses "The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown" (Balzer + Bray) and "Kid Spy: The Impossible Crime" (Orchard). Introduced by: Sasha Dowdy. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaVictoria "V.E." Schwab Children's Presentation 12:35 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Victoria "V.E." Schwab launches her new book "Tunnel of Bones" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Sasha Dowdy. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMax Brallier Presentation 1:10 pm - 1:35 pm EDT
Add to calendar Max Brallier launches his new book "The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade" (Viking). Introduced by: Sasha Dowdy. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMolly Brooks Presentation 1:45 pm - 2:10 pm EDT
Add to calendar Molly Brooks discusses "Sanity & Tallulah" (Disney-Hyperion). Introduced by: Maria Russo. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaFabien Cousteau Presentation 2:20 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Fabien Cousteau discusses "Great White Shark Adventure" (Simon & Schuster). Introduced by: Joe Heim. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaGale Galligan and Ann M. Martin Presentation 2:55 pm - 3:20 pm EDT
Add to calendar Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin launch their new book "The Baby-Sitters Club: Boy-Crazy Stacey" (Graphix/Scholastic) and discuss the entire Baby-Sitters Club series with Mary Beth Albright. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaMatt Phelan Presentation 3:30 pm - 3:55 pm EDT
Add to calendar Matt Phelan discusses "Knights vs. Monsters" (Greenwillow). Introduced by: Nora Krug. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaSharon Robinson Presentation 4:05 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sharon Robinson launches her new book "Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Monica Valentine. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaRonald L. Smith Presentation 4:40 pm - 5:05 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ronald L. Smith discusses "The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away" (Clarion). Introduced by: Peggy McGlone. Children's Purple Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaR.J. Palacio Presentation 5:15 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar R.J. Palacio discusses "We’re All Wonders" (Knopf) with Roswell Encina. Children's Purple Stage
Teens
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Event | lectures and symposiaKathleen Glasgow Presentation 10:50 am - 11:25 am EDT
Add to calendar Kathleen Glasgow discusses "How to Make Friends with the Dark" (Delacorte). Introduced by: Nicole Y. Chung. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaHolly Black Presentation 12:30 pm - 1:05 pm EDT
Add to calendar Holly Black discusses "The Wicked King" (Little, Brown). Introduced by: Monica Valentine. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Finding Their Voices 1:20 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Mitali Perkins discusses "Forward Me Back to You" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Misa Sugiura discusses "This Time Will Be Different" (HarperTeen) in a panel conversation moderated by Lee Ann Potter. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaNgozi Ukazu Presentation 2:15 pm - 2:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ngozi Ukazu discusses "Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey" (First Second). Introduced by: Warren Bernard. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Growing Up Hard 3:05 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Monica Hesse discusses "The War Outside" (Little, Brown) and Jarrett J. Krosoczka discusses "Hey, Kiddo" (Graphix/Scholastic) in a panel conversation moderated by Maria Russo. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaMarkus Zusak Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Markus Zusak discusses "Bridge of Clay" (Knopf). Introduced by: Steven Levingston. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaRainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Presentation 4:50 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks launch their new book "Pumpkinheads" (First Second) in a discussion with Linda Holmes, author of "Evvie Drake Starts Over" (Ballantine). Introduced by: Neely Tucker. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaPoetry Slam 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar A poetry slam is a contest in which poets read or recite their poems, which are then judged by a panel. This year's event will include some of the Metro area’s top youth slam groups. Team delegates from DC, Baltimore, and Salisbury, Maryland will compete to be named the festival's top youth slammer by performing new works on books and reading. Emcee: Elizabeth Acevedo.... Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaRenée Watson and Ellen Hagan Presentation 10:00 am - 10:35 pm EDT
Add to calendar Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan discuss "Watch Us Rise" (Bloomsbury). Introduced by: Monica Valentine. Teens -
Event | lectures and symposiaScott Westerfeld Presentation 11:40 am - 12:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar Scott Westerfeld discusses "Impostors" (Scholastic). Introduced by: Joe Heim. Teens
Fiction
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Event | lectures and symposiaRebecca Makkai Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Rebecca Makkai discusses "The Great Believers" (Penguin) with Emily Eakin. Welcome by: Carey Cranston. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Novels Based on Real People 11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT
Add to calendar Louis Bayard discusses "Courting Mr. Lincoln" (Algonquin) and Roxana Robinson discusses "Dawson’s Fall" (Sarah Crichton) in a panel conversation moderated by Emily Eakin. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaSigrid Nunez Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sigrid Nunez discusses "The Friend" (Riverhead) with Elizabeth Blair. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaThomas Mallon Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas Mallon discusses "Landfall" (Pantheon). Introduced by: Amy Argetsinger. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaAnn Beattie Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ann Beattie discusses "A Wonderful Stroke of Luck" (Viking) with Neely Tucker. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaSusan Choi Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Susan Choi discusses "Trust Exercise" (Henry Holt) with Ron Charles. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaRichard Powers Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Richard Powers discusses "The Overstory" (Norton) with Ron Charles. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaLaila Lalami Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Laila Lalami discusses "The Other Americans" (Pantheon) with Carey Cranston. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaBarbara Kingsolver Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Barbara Kingsolver discusses "Unsheltered" (HarperCollins) with Mandalit del Barco. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaJoyce Carol Oates Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joyce Carol Oates discusses "My Life as a Rat" (Ecco) with Emily Eakin. The Fiction Stage is sponsored by The James Madison Council. Fiction
Genre Fiction
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Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: Western Writers 10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT
Add to calendar Johnny D. Boggs discusses "The Kansas City Cowboys" (Blackstone), Anne Hillerman discusses "The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" (HarperCollins), Paul Andrew Hutton discusses "The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History" (Broadway) and Craig Johnson discusses "Depth of Winter" (Viking) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Roswell... Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaVictoria "V.E." Schwab Genre Fiction Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Victoria "V.E." Schwab discusses "Vengeful" (Tor) with Jennifer Abella. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaSeanan McGuire Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Seanan McGuire discusses "Middlegame" (Tor). Introduced by: John Kelly. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaJohn Scalzi Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar John Scalzi discusses "The Consuming Fire" (Tor). Introduced by: Phoebe Connelly. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaBrianna Labuskes Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brianna Labuskes discusses "Girls of Glass" (Thomas & Mercer) with Colleen Shogan. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaCharlie Jane Anders Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Charlie Jane Anders discusses "The City in the Middle of the Night" (Tor). Introduced by: Phoebe Connelly. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Historical Novels 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Margaret George discusses "The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero" (Berkley) and Philippa Gregory discusses "Tidelands" (Atria) in a panel conversation moderated by Petra Mayer. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaJoe Ide Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joe Ide discusses "Wrecked: An IQ Novel" (Mulholland). Introduced by: Stephanie Merry. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaSara Paretsky Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sara Paretsky discusses "Shell Game: A V.I. Warshawski Novel" (William Morrow) with Maureen Corrigan. Genre Fiction -
Event | lectures and symposiaJames Ellroy Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar James Ellroy discusses "This Storm" (Knopf). Introduced by: Robin Dale. Genre Fiction
History & Biography
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Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Maraniss Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar David Maraniss discusses "A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father" (Simon & Schuster) with Adam Kushner. Welcome by: Ryan Ramsey. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaJoanne B. Freeman Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Joanne B. Freeman discusses "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) with John Haskell. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaCasey Gerald Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Casey Gerald discusses "There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir" (Riverhead) with Colleen Shogan. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Native American History 1:55 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Colin G. Calloway discusses "The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans and the Birth of the Nation" (Oxford University) and David Treuer discusses "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present" (Riverhead) in a panel conversation moderated by Gal Beckerman. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaElaine Weiss Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Elaine Weiss discusses "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" (Viking). Introduced by: Amy Argetsinger. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaDouglas Brinkley Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Douglas Brinkley discusses "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race" (HarperCollins) with David M. Rubenstein. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaEvan Thomas Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Evan Thomas discusses "First: Sandra Day O’Connor" (Random House) with Colleen Shogan. Introduced by: Beth Zorc. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaRick Atkinson Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Rick Atkinson discusses "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777" (Henry Holt). Introduced by: Manuel Roig-Franzia. Welcome by: David Moskowitz. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography -
Event | lectures and symposiaAndrew Roberts Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking) with David M. Rubenstein. The History & Biography Stage is sponsored by Wells Fargo. History & Biography
International
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Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: The View From Country—Australia's Aboriginal Writers 10:00 am - 10:50 am EDT
Add to calendar Jeanine Leane discusses "Walk Back Over" (Cordite), Brenton McKenna discusses "Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragons" (Magabala) and Kim Scott launches in America his book "Taboo" (Small Beer) in a panel conversation moderated by Belinda Wheeler. Welcome by: Jane McAuliffe. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaClaudia Salazar Jiménez Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Claudia Salazar Jiménez discusses "Blood of the Dawn" (Deep Vellum) with Madhulika Sikka. Introduced by: Jose Miguel Nieto. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaInga Gaile Presentation 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Inga Gaile discusses "30 Questions People Don’t Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile" (Pleiades) with Indra Ekmanis. Introduced by: Artūrs Saburovs. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaAmitav Ghosh Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Amitav Ghosh discusses "Gun Island" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) with Bilal Qureshi. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaOlga Grjasnowa Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Olga Grjasnowa discusses "City of Jasmine" (Oneworld) with Matthew Davis. Introduced by: Vera Beutin. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaCristina Rivera Garza Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Cristina Rivera Garza discusses "The Taiga Syndrome" (Dorothy Project) with Talía Guzmán-González. Introduced by: Beatriz Nava. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: South American Fiction 4:00 pm - 4:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Liliana Colanzi discusses "Our Dead World" (Dalkey Archive) and Melba Escobar discusses "House of Beauty" (Fourth Estate) in a panel conversation moderated by Suzanne Schadl. Introduced by: Trinidad Zaldivar. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaCaoilinn Hughes Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Caoilinn Hughes discusses "Orchid & the Wasp" (Hogarth) with Daniel Mulhall. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaKim Thúy Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kim Thúy discusses "Vi" (Random House) and "Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen: Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers" (Random House) with Denis Chouinard. International -
Event | lectures and symposiaMaría Dueñas Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar María Dueñas discusses "The Vineyard" (Atria) with Suzanne Schadl. Introduced by: Santiago Cabanas. International
Poetry & Prose
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Event | lectures and symposiaJericho Brown and the Poetry Out Loud Winners 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Poetry Out Loud is a contest that encourages the nation’s youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, this program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: Fiction Through a Different Lens 11:00 am - 11:50 am EDT
Add to calendar Aminatta Forna discusses "Happiness: A Novel" (Atlantic Monthly), R.O. Kwon discusses "The Incendiaries: A Novel" (Riverhead) and Valeria Luiselli discusses "Lost Children Archive: A Novel" (Knopf) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Anya Creightney. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Poetry With a Purpose 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jericho Brown discusses "The Tradition" (Copper Canyon) and Dorianne Laux discusses "Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Rob Casper. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: The Art of the Short Story 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brendan Mathews discusses "This Is Not a Love Song" (Little, Brown) and Lydia Millet discusses "Fight No More: Stories" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Nora Krug. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: The Poetry of Place 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Natasha Trethewey discusses "Monument: Poems New and Selected" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and Jenny Xie discusses "Eye Level: Poems" (Graywolf) in a panel conversation moderated by Anya Creightney. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: The Poetry of Silence 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sheila Black discusses "The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked: The Fiction of Disability" (Cinco Puntos) and Ilya Kaminsky discusses "Deaf Republic: Poems" (Graywolf) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Rob Casper. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: How to Raise a Reader 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pamela Paul and Maria Russo launch their new book "How to Raise a Reader" (Workman) in a panel conversation with Linda Sue Park, author of "Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time" (Clarion), Jon Scieszka, author of "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" (Chronicle), and Renée Watson, author of "Watch Us Rise" (Bloomsbury). Moderated by: Lee Ann Potter. Introduced by: Mary Anne Carter.... Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaNathan Englander Presentation 6:10 pm - 6:55 pm EDT
Add to calendar Nathan Englander discusses "kaddish.com: A Novel" (Knopf) with Glen Weldon. Introduced by: Jessica Flynn. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: The Enduring Appeal of the Odyssey 7:05 pm - 7:55 pm EDT
Add to calendar Alberto Manguel discusses "Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography" (Grove), Madeline Miller discusses "Circe" (Little, Brown) and Emily Wilson discusses her translation of "The Odyssey" (Norton) in a panel conversation. Introduced by: Amy Stolls. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose -
Event | lectures and symposiaJulia Alvarez Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Julia Alvarez discusses "In the Time of the Butterflies" (Algonquin) with Marie Arana. Introduced by: Amy Stolls. The Poetry & Prose Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts. Poetry & Prose
Science
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Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Sloan Wilson Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar David Sloan Wilson discusses "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" (Pantheon) with Gal Beckerman. Welcome by: Shari Werb. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaJim Ottaviani Presentation 11:00 am - 11:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Jim Ottaviani discusses "Hawking" (First Second). Introduced by: Michael Cavna. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Animal Emotions & Human-Animal Relations 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Alexandra Horowitz launches her new book "Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond" (Scribner) and Frans de Waal discusses "Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves" (Norton) in a panel conversation moderated by Betsy Herrelko. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaThomas W. Malone Presentation 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas W. Malone discusses "Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together" (Little, Brown). Introduced by: Adam Kushner. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaPeter Brannen Presentation 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Peter Brannen discusses "The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions" (Ecco) with John Haskell. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaBeth Macy Presentation 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Beth Macy discusses "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America" (Little, Brown) with Pamela Paul. Introduced by: Leonard Bernstein. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaDaniel Stone Presentation 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Daniel Stone discusses "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" (Dutton). Introduced by: Bonnie S. Benwick. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaLisa Margonelli Presentation 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Lisa Margonelli discusses "Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology" (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Introduced by: Leonard Bernstein. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Quammen Presentation 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Quammen discusses "The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life" (Simon & Schuster). Introduced by: Manuel Roig-Franzia. Science -
Event | lectures and symposiaDouglas Rushkoff Presentation 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Douglas Rushkoff discusses "Team Human" (Norton). Introduced by: Steven Levingston. Science
Understanding Our World
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Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: The Future of Western Capitalism and the Rise of Asia 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar Parag Khanna discusses "The Future Is Asian" (Simon & Schuster) and Steven Pearlstein discusses "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal and Fairness Won’t Make Us Poor" (St. Martin’s) in a panel conversation moderated by David M. Rubenstein. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Grann Presentation 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Grann discusses "The White Darkness" (Doubleday) with Carlos Lozada. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: From the Many, One—Immigration Memoirs 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Reyna Grande discusses "A Dream Called Home: A Memoir" (Atria), Aleksandar Hemon discusses "My Parents: An Introduction/This Does Not Belong to You" (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux) and Suketu Mehta discusses "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) in a panel conversation moderated by Carlos Lozada. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaConversation: Essential Libraries 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joshua Hammer discusses "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts" (Simon & Schuster) and Alberto Manguel discusses "Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions" (Yale University) in a panel conversation moderated by Carla Hayden. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaElaine Pagels Presentation 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Elaine Pagels discusses "Why Religion?: A Personal Story" (Ecco) with Jon Parrish Peede. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: Race in America 6:45 pm - 7:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Henry Louis Gates Jr. discusses "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow" (Penguin), Judge Richard Gergel discusses "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring" (Sarah Crichton) and Steve Luxenberg discusses "Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation" (Norton)... Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaDavid Epstein Presentation 10:00 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar David Epstein discusses "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" (Riverhead) with Anne-Imelda Radice. Welcome by: Jon Parrish Peede. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: Changemakers 11:00 am - 12:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar Andrea Barnet discusses "Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World" (Ecco), David W. Blight discusses "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" (Simon & Schuster) and Andrew Roberts discusses "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking) in a panel conversation moderated by Kai Bird. Introduced by: Shari Werb. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for... Understanding Our World -
Event | lectures and symposiaAmy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno Presentation 1:30 pm - 2:20 pm EDT
Add to calendar Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno launch their new book "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America" (Liveright) in a discussion with Andrea Mitchell. Introduced by: Paul Farhi. The Understanding Our World Stage is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Understanding Our World
Library of Congress Stage
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Event | lectures and symposiaPresenting the Library of Congress' Thomas Jefferson Building 10:00 am - 10:40 am EDT
Add to calendar The deputy chief of the visitor engagement office will give an overview of the history of the Library of Congress, beginning with the capital city’s move from Philadelphia to Washington in 1800 and concluding with the Thomas Jefferson Building as it is today. Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaRead and Meet: Comic Books and Pop Culture 11:00 am - 11:40 am EDT
Add to calendar Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaCopyright Matters 12:00 pm - 12:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Did you know that every one of us both owns and uses copyrighted works? Copyright is all around, especially in literature. Join us to learn how copyright affects you, including the basics of copyright and how it promotes creativity among authors and artists. Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaVeterans History Project 1:00 pm - 1:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Learn about the history of the unique connection between Congress and the Veterans History Project (VHP), as well as the human component of how VHP creates an environment where veterans not only share their stories, but also capture them for posterity in a safe space. Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaRead and Meet: History and Biography 2:00 pm - 2:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaCopyright Matters 3:00 pm - 3:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Did you know that every one of us both owns and uses copyrighted works? Copyright is all around, especially in literature. Join us to learn how copyright affects you, including the basics of copyright and how it promotes creativity among authors and artists. Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaRead and Meet: Popular Science 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Join Library of Congress subject specialists for a moderated community chat about your favorite works and have a chance to learn more with your fellow readers! Library of Congress Stage -
Event | lectures and symposiaPanel: Library of Congress Super Users 5:00 pm - 5:40 pm EDT
Add to calendar Library of Congress super users are experts at researching and exploring the Library’s collections. Discover how these authors, poets, photographers and even bloggers use the Library’s resources to enhance their work and how the collections often lead them to new fields of research and exploration. Library of Congress Stage
Library of Congress Pavilion
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Event | lectures and symposiaNational Book Festival Video 9:30 am - 10:00 am EDT
Add to calendar Watch a 30 minute video about the National Book Festival. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 10:00 am - 10:05 am EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAssuring That All May Read: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 10:05 am - 10:25 am EDT
Add to calendar Discover how the Library of Congress, through the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, makes lifelong learning possible for individuals for whom reading may otherwise be impossible. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaFinding Your Story: Library of Congress Genealogy Resources 10:25 am - 10:45 am EDT
Add to calendar Learn how Library of Congress resources can help you explore links to your family's past using a variety of public records, newspaper articles, and unexpected sources to help tell the story of you! Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaPublishing Office Presents: Michael Ford and Mark Massey 10:45 am - 11:50 am EDT
Add to calendar Michael Ford, author of North Mississippi Homeplace, will talk about his work and share some excerpts of film he shot in the 1970s in the N. Mississippi hill country. His friend, musician Mark Muleman Massey, will close out the presentation with acoustic Delta blues. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAcquiring Foreign Materials for the National Collection 11:50 am - 12:10 pm EDT
Add to calendar Put yourself in the shoes of a foreign acquisitions librarian at the Library of Congress! Learn how we make selections, what we acquire and what we do not acquire, and finally test your knowledge with an interactive quiz. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAudio-Visual Collections at the Library of Congress 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Interested in finding out more about audio and visual collections in the Library of Congress? The Library holds one of the largest collections of sound recordings and moving image material in the world. Join Karen and Harrison as they provide an overview of the breadth and depth of the Library’s audio-visual collections, instruction on discovery and access, search strategies, and copyright issues. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaBy the People, For the People: Crowdsourcing at the Library of Congress 12:30 pm - 12:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Learn how you can become a virtual volunteer for the Library of Congress from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 12:50 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAre You Smarter than the Library of Congress? 1:00 pm - 1:20 pm EDT
Add to calendar An engaging session for all ages that combines fun with learning about the Library of Congress' history and collections. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaCopyright Trivia 1:20 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar An engaging session for all ages that combines fun with learning about the Copyright Office's history, collections and catalogues. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAssuring That All May Read: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar Discover how the Library of Congress, through the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, makes lifelong learning possible for individuals for whom reading may otherwise be impossible. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaMeet the 2019 National Book Festival Poster Artist: Marian Bantjes 2:05 pm - 2:25 pm EDT
Add to calendar Acclaimed artist Marian Bantjes will discuss her inspiration for the 2019 National Book Festival poster. Don't miss Marian Bantjes' poster signing session at 11:30 a.m. in Signing Line No. 21. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaDipping From the Well: Treasures from the American Folklife Center Archive 2:25 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Add to calendar Steve Winick discusses treasures from the American Folklife Center Archive. Established in 1928, the American Folklife Center Archive is one of the largest archives of ethnographic materials from the U.S. and around the world. The collections include audiovisual documentation of traditional arts, cultural expressions and oral histories. Hear the earliest recordings of Muddy Waters, fiddling that inspired Aaron Copland, and the voices of veterans... Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaYes and Here's How: Preservation at the Library of Congress 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Explore how the Library of Congress Preservation Directorate ensures the vast and diverse collections are ready to be used in the multitude of ways that are required by contemporary scholarship. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaVeterans History Program 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kerry Ward will discuss the special history between Congress and the Library of Congress Veterans History Project. The program offers unique ways to capture veteran stories using a variety of media. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAcquiring Foreign Materials for the National Collection 3:35 pm - 3:55 pm EDT
Add to calendar Put yourself in the shoes of a foreign acquisitions librarian at the Library of Congress! Learn how we make selections, what we acquire and what we do not acquire, and finally test your knowledge with an interactive quiz. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 3:55 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaAre You Smarter than the Library of Congress? 4:30 pm - 4:50 pm EDT
Add to calendar An engaging session for all ages that combines fun with learning about the Library of Congress' history and collections. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaCopyright Trivia 4:50 pm - 5:10 pm EDT
Add to calendar An engaging session for all ages that combines fun with learning about the Copyright Office's history and collections and catalogues. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaLibrary of Congress Video 5:10 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a short video about the Library of Congress. Library of Congress Pavilion -
Event | lectures and symposiaNational Book Festival Video 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Watch a 30 minute video about the National Book Festival. Library of Congress Pavilion
Book Signings
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Event | special eventsJennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm Book Signing Line No. 6 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
Add to calendar Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm sign "The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight" (Random House). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsJon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg Book Signing Line No. 10 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT
Add to calendar Jon Scieszka and Steven Weinberg sign "AstroNuts Mission One: The Plant Planet" (Chronicle). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsAnne Hillerman Book Signing Line No. 13 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Anne Hillerman signs "The Tale Teller: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" (HarperCollins). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsBrenton McKenna Book Signing Line No. 18 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brenton McKenna signs "Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragons" (Magabala). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsBrian Floca Book Signing Line No. 4 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brian Floca signs "Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11" (Atheneum/Richard Jackson). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsCraig Johnson Book Signing Line No. 15 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Craig Johnson signs "Depth of Winter" (Viking). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsDavid Epstein Book Signing Line No. 5 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Epstein signs "Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" (Riverhead). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsDavid Maraniss Book Signing Line No. 8 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Maraniss signs "A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father" (Simon & Schuster). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsDavid Sloan Wilson Book Signing Line No. 3 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Sloan Wilson signs "This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution" (Pantheon). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJeanine Leane Book Signing Line No. 17 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jeanine Leane signs "Walk Back Over" (Cordite). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsJohnny D. Boggs Book Signing Line No. 12 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Johnny D. Boggs signs "The Kansas City Cowboys" (Blackstone). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsKim Scott Book Signing Line No. 19 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kim Scott signs "Taboo" (Small Beer). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsLucy Ruth Cummins Book Signing Line No. 22 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Lucy Ruth Cummins signs "Truman" (Atheneum). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsPaul Andrew Hutton Book Signing Line No. 14 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Paul Andrew Hutton signs "The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History" (Broadway). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsRebecca Makkai Book Signing Line No. 23 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Rebecca Makkai signs "The Great Believers" (Penguin). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsRenée Watson and Ellen Hagan Book Signing Line No. 1 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan sign "Watch Us Rise" (Bloomsbury). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsAdam Rubin Book Signing Line No. 2 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Adam Rubin signs "High Five" (Dial). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsAminatta Forna Book Signing Line No. 8 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Aminatta Forna signs "Happiness: A Novel" (Atlantic Monthly). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsClaudia Salazar Jiménez Book Signing Line No. 1 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Claudia Salazar Jiménez signs "Blood of the Dawn" (Deep Vellum). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJim Ottaviani Book Signing Line No. 13 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jim Ottaviani signs "Hawking" (First Second). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsJoanne B. Freeman Book Signing Line No. 6 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joanne B. Freeman signs "The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsJuana Medina Book Signing Line No. 23 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Juana Medina signs "Juana & Lucas: Big Problemas" (Candlewick). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsKathleen Glasgow Book Signing Line No. 12 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kathleen Glasgow signs "How to Make Friends with the Dark" (Delacorte). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsLinda Sue Park Book Signing Line No. 20 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Linda Sue Park signs "Nya’s Long Walk: A Step at a Time" (Clarion). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsLouis Bayard Book Signing Line No. 17 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Louis Bayard signs "Courting Mr. Lincoln" (Algonquin). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsR.O. Kwon Book Signing Line No. 9 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar R.O. Kwon signs "The Incendiaries: A Novel" (Riverhead). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsRoxana Robinson Book Signing Line No. 18 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Roxana Robinson signs "Dawson’s Fall" (Sarah Crichton). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsSherri Duskey Rinker Book Signing Line No. 7 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sherri Duskey Rinker signs "Three Cheers for Kid McGear!" (Chronicle). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsValeria Luiselli Book Signing Line No. 10 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Valeria Luiselli signs "Lost Children Archive: A Novel" (Knopf). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsAlexandra Horowitz Book Signing Line No. 13 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Alexandra Horowitz signs "Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond" (Scribner). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsAndrea Barnet Book Signing Line No. 22 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Andrea Barnet signs "Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall and Alice Waters Changed Our World" (Ecco). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsAndrew Roberts Book Signing Line No. 21 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Andrew Roberts signs "Churchill: Walking with Destiny" (Viking). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsCece Bell Book Signing Line No. 11 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Cece Bell signs "Chick and Brain: Smell My Foot!" (Candlewick). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsDavid W. Blight Book Signing Line No. 20 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David W. Blight signs "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" (Simon & Schuster). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsDorianne Laux Book Signing Line No. 7 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Dorianne Laux signs "Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsFrans de Waal Book Signing Line No. 14 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Frans de Waal signs "Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsInga Gaile Book Signing Line No. 2 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Inga Gaile signs "30 Questions People Don’t Ask: The Selected Poems of Inga Gaile" (Pleiades). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJericho Brown Book Signing Line No. 6 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jericho Brown signs "The Tradition" (Copper Canyon). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsMac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli Book Signing Line No. 15 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Mac Barnett and Greg Pizzoli sign "Hi, Jack!" (Viking). Mac Barnett signs "The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown" (Balzer + Bray) and "Kid Spy: The Impossible Crime" (Orchard). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsScott Westerfeld Book Signing Line No. 5 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Scott Westerfeld signs "Impostors" (Scholastic). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsSeanan McGuire Book Signing Line No. 4 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Seanan McGuire signs "Middlegame" (Tor). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsSigrid Nunez Book Signing Line No. 3 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sigrid Nunez signs "The Friend" (Riverhead). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsSophie Blackall Book Signing Line No. 1 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sophie Blackall signs "Hello Lighthouse" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsAlberto Manguel Book Signing Line No. 15 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Alberto Manguel signs "Packing My Library: An Elegy and Ten Digressions" (Yale University) and "Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey: A Biography" (Grove). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsAmitav Ghosh Book Signing Line No. 9 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Amitav Ghosh signs "Gun Island" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsBrendan Mathews Book Signing Line No. 10 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brendan Mathews signs "This Is Not a Love Song" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsCasey Gerald Book Signing Line No. 3 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Casey Gerald signs "There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir" (Riverhead). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsEmily Wilson Book Signing Line No. 14 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Emily Wilson signs "The Odyssey" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsFred Bowen Book Signing Line No. 5 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Fred Bowen signs "Speed Demon" (Peachtree). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsHolly Black Book Signing Line No. 12 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Holly Black signs "The Wicked King" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsJohn Scalzi Book Signing Line No. 22 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar John Scalzi signs "The Consuming Fire" (Tor). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsJon Klassen Book Signing Line No. 4 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jon Klassen signs "Circle" (Candlewick). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJoshua Hammer Book Signing Line No. 16 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joshua Hammer signs "The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts" (Simon & Schuster). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsLydia Millet Book Signing Line No. 11 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Lydia Millet signs "Fight No More: Stories" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsMadeline Miller Book Signing Line No. 13 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Madeline Miller signs "Circe" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsMax Brallier Book Signing Line No. 18 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Max Brallier signs "The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade" (Viking). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsMisa Sugiura Book Signing Line No. 21 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Misa Sugiura signs "This Time Will Be Different" (HarperTeen). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsMitali Perkins Book Signing Line No. 20 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Mitali Perkins signs "Forward Me Back to You" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsParag Khanna Book Signing Line No. 6 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Parag Khanna signs "The Future Is Asian" (Simon & Schuster). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsR.J. Palacio Book Signing Line No. 23 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar R.J. Palacio signs "We’re All Wonders" (Knopf). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsSteven Pearlstein Book Signing Line No. 7 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Steven Pearlstein signs "Can American Capitalism Survive?: Why Greed Is Not Good, Opportunity Is Not Equal and Fairness Won’t Make Us Poor" (St. Martin’s). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsThomas Mallon Book Signing Line No. 1 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas Mallon signs "Landfall" (Pantheon). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsThomas W. Malone Book Signing Line No. 2 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Thomas W. Malone signs "Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsAmy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno Book Signing Line No. 22 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Amy Gutmann and Jonathan D. Moreno sign "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America" (Liveright). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsAnn Beattie Book Signing Line No. 7 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ann Beattie signs "A Wonderful Stroke of Luck" (Viking). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsBrianna Labuskes Book Signing Line No. 2 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Brianna Labuskes signs "Girls of Glass" (Thomas & Mercer). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsColin G. Calloway Book Signing Line No. 15 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Colin G. Calloway signs "The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans and the Birth of the Nation" (Oxford University). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsDavid Treuer Book Signing Line No. 16 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Treuer signs "The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present" (Riverhead). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsElaine Pagels Book Signing Line No. 14 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Elaine Pagels signs "Why Religion?: A Personal Story" (Ecco). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsFabien Cousteau Book Signing Line No. 5 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar “Great White Shark Adventure” (Simon & Schuster) Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJenny Xie Book Signing Line No. 10 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jenny Xie signs "Eye Level: Poems" (Graywolf). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsMichael Beschloss Book Signing Line No. 1 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Michael Beschloss signs "Presidents of War" (Crown). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsNatasha Trethewey Book Signing Line No. 9 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Natasha Trethewey signs "Monument: Poems New and Selected" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsNgozi Ukazu Book Signing Line No. 3 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ngozi Ukazu signs "Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey" (First Second). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsOlga Grjasnowa Book Signing Line No. 8 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Olga Grjasnowa signs "City of Jasmine" (Oneworld). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsPeter Brannen Book Signing Line No. 19 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Peter Brannen signs "The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions" (Ecco). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsShannon Hale and LeUyen Pham Book Signing Line No. 11 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham sign "Best Friends" (First Second). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsBarbara Kingsolver Book Signing Line No. 12 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Barbara Kingsolver signs "Unsheltered" (HarperCollins). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsBeth Macy Book Signing Line No. 14 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Beth Macy signs "Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsCharlie Jane Anders Book Signing Line No. 11 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Charlie Jane Anders signs "The City in the Middle of the Night" (Tor). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsCristina Rivera Garza Book Signing Line No. 10 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Cristina Rivera Garza signs "The Taiga Syndrome" (Dorothy Project). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsDavid Brooks Book Signing Line No. 13 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Brooks signs "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life" (Random House). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsDavid Grann Book Signing Line No. 16 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Grann signs "The White Darkness" (Doubleday). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsDavid Quammen Book Signing Line No. 17 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar David Quammen signs "The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life" (Simon & Schuster). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsElaine Weiss Book Signing Line No. 9 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Elaine Weiss signs "The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote" (Viking). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsGale Galligan and Ann M. Martin Book Signing Line No. 15 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Gale Galligan and Ann M. Martin sign "The Baby-Sitters Club: Boy-Crazy Stacey" (Graphix/Scholastic). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsHenry Louis Gates Jr. Book Signing Line No. 5 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Henry Louis Gates Jr. signs "Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow" (Scholastic) and "Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow" (Penguin). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsJarrett J. Krosoczka Book Signing Line No. 8 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jarrett J. Krosoczka signs "Hey, Kiddo" (Graphix/Scholastic). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsJennifer Swanson Book Signing Line No. 23 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Jennifer Swanson signs "Save the Crash-Test Dummies" (Peachtree). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsJudge Richard Gergel Book Signing Line No. 4 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Judge Richard Gergel signs "Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring" (Sarah Crichton). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsKim Thúy Book Signing Line No. 21 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Kim Thúy signs "Vi" (Random House) and "Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen: Simple Recipes from My Many Mothers" (Random House). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsMatt Phelan Book Signing Line No. 2 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Matt Phelan signs "Knights vs. Monsters" (Greenwillow). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsMonica Hesse Book Signing Line No. 7 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Monica Hesse signs "The War Outside" (Little, Brown). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsNathan Englander Book Signing Line No. 19 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Nathan Englander signs "kaddish.com: A Novel" (Knopf). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsSara Paretsky Book Signing Line No. 20 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sara Paretsky signs "Shell Game: A V.I. Warshawski Novel" (William Morrow). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsSteve Luxenberg Book Signing Line No. 6 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Steve Luxenberg signs "Separate: The Story of Plessy v. Ferguson, and America’s Journey from Slavery to Segregation" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsSusan Choi Book Signing Line No. 3 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Susan Choi signs "Trust Exercise" (Henry Holt). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsAleksandar Hemon Book Signing Line No. 16 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Aleksandar Hemon signs "My Parents: An Introduction/This Does Not Belong to You" (MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsDaniel Stone Book Signing Line No. 6 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Daniel Stone signs "The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" (Dutton). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsDouglas Brinkley Book Signing Line No. 7 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Douglas Brinkley signs "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race" (HarperCollins). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsDouglas Rushkoff Book Signing Line No. 13 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Douglas Rushkoff signs "Team Human" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsIlya Kaminsky Book Signing Line No. 12 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ilya Kaminsky signs "Deaf Republic: Poems" (Graywolf). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsJames Ellroy Book Signing Line No. 19 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar James Ellroy signs "This Storm" (Knopf). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsJoyce Carol Oates Book Signing Line No. 21 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joyce Carol Oates signs "My Life as a Rat" (Ecco). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsLiliana Colanzi Book Signing Line No. 9 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Liliana Colanzi signs "Our Dead World" (Dalkey Archive). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsMargaret George Book Signing Line No. 2 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Margaret George signs "The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor Nero" (Berkley). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsMaría Dueñas Book Signing Line No. 4 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar María Dueñas signs "The Vineyard" (Atria). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsMarkus Zusak Book Signing Line No. 3 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Markus Zusak signs "Bridge of Clay" (Knopf). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsMelba Escobar Book Signing Line No. 8 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Melba Escobar signs "House of Beauty" (Fourth Estate). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsPablo Cartaya Book Signing Line No. 20 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pablo Cartaya signs "Each Tiny Spark" (Kokila/Random House). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsPhilippa Gregory Book Signing Line No. 1 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Philippa Gregory signs "Tidelands" (Atria). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsReyna Grande Book Signing Line No. 15 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Reyna Grande signs "A Dream Called Home: A Memoir" (Atria). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsRichard Powers Book Signing Line No. 23 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Richard Powers signs "The Overstory" (Norton). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsRick Atkinson Book Signing Line No. 10 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Rick Atkinson signs "The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777" (Henry Holt). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsRonald L. Smith Book Signing Line No. 22 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Ronald L. Smith signs "The Owls Have Come to Take Us Away" (Clarion). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsSharon Robinson Book Signing Line No. 14 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sharon Robinson signs "Child of the Dream: A Memoir of 1963" (Scholastic). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsSheila Black Book Signing Line No. 11 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Sheila Black signs "The Right Way to Be Crippled and Naked: The Fiction of Disability" (Cinco Puntos). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsSuketu Mehta Book Signing Line No. 17 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Suketu Mehta signs "This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsCaoilinn Hughes Book Signing Line No. 22 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Caoilinn Hughes signs "Orchid & the Wasp" (Hogarth). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsEvan Thomas Book Signing Line No. 18 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Evan Thomas signs "First: Sandra Day O’Connor" (Random House). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsJoe Ide Book Signing Line No. 12 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Joe Ide signs "Wrecked: An IQ Novel" (Mulholland). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsLaila Lalami Book Signing Line No. 20 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Laila Lalami signs "The Other Americans" (Pantheon). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsLinda Holmes Book Signing Line No. 4 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Linda Holmes signs "Evvie Drake Starts Over" (Ballantine). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsLisa Margonelli Book Signing Line No. 17 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Lisa Margonelli signs "Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology" (Scientific American/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsPamela Paul and Maria Russo Book Signing Line No. 11 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Pamela Paul and Maria Russo sign "How to Raise a Reader" (Workman). Book Signing Lines 11-15 -
Event | special eventsRainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks Book Signing Line No. 5 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks sign "Pumpkinheads" (First Second). Book Signing Lines 1-5 -
Event | special eventsMarian Bantjes National Book Festival Poster Signing Line No. 21 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Marian Bantjes signs the 2019 National Book Festival Poster. Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsRichard Ford Book Signing Line No. 16 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Richard Ford signs "Let Me Be Frank With You: A Frank Bascombe Book" (Ecco). Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsElizabeth Acevedo Book Signing Line No. 9 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Elizabeth Acevedo, emcee of the 2019 National Book Festival Poetry Slam, will sign her books. Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsRaina Telgemeier Photo Line No. 19 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Raina Telgemeier will not be signing or personalizing books. Pre-signed copies of her books, including the recent “Share Your Smile: Raina’s Guide to Telling Your Own Story" (Graphix/Scholastic), are available for purchase in the festival book sales area. If you have bought any of her books at the festival, you are welcome to join her for a photo-op at Signing Line 19 from 1:30... Book Signing Lines 16-19 -
Event | special eventsVictoria "V.E." Schwab Book Signing Line No. 8 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Victoria "V.E." Schwab signs "Tunnel of Bones" (Scholastic) and "Vengeful" (Tor). Book Signing Lines 6-10 -
Event | special eventsMolly Brooks Book Signing Line No. 21 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Molly Brooks signs "Sanity & Tallulah" (Disney-Hyperion). Book Signing Lines 20-23 -
Event | special eventsJulia Alvarez Book Signing Line No. 18 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Julia Alvarez signs "In the Time of the Butterflies" (Algonquin). Book Signing Lines 16-19