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Oct 03, 2010 5:58am
St. Tammany Parish Fair, book signings and more in and around New Orleans – New Orleans Times-Picayune
… festival of gospel and Christian music, 11 a.m.-6. The lineup includes Keith Pringle, Debra Ashley, Pastor Tyrone Jefferson, Jack Yates, Kendra Carr, and B. Chase Williams and ShaBach. Food and merchant booths. Free admission. Music at the Museum …
Sep 26, 2010 5:59am
Alligator Festival, Putumayo Festival offer up plenty of fun – New Orleans Times-Picayune
Alligator Festival St. Charles Parish Westbank Bridge Park … Music at the Museum National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St. The original musical production “Let Freedom Swing!” 11 a.m., at the Stage Door Canteen. Brunch package available.
Sep 20, 2010 6:38pm
Wellesley author’s book helps kids understand food insecurity, and how to make a difference in the world – Abington Mariner
ElÃas passed away in 2000, but his work carries on via Milton Flores and other protégés throughout … How do you see schools using the book? On Sept. 1, we kicked off a national food drive as a hands-on way to combat hunger: schools, families,
Oct 02, 2010 6:42am
York JCC moves film festival to Frank Theatres – York Dispatch Online
… Festival is moving to the new Frank Theatres at Queensgate shopping center this year. Tickets for all films are $7 and are available at the York JCC, 2000 Hollywood Drive … which lends itself well to this year’s One Book selection, “The Book Thief …
Sep 20, 2010 7:18am
Capital BookFest Takes Book Fairs To the People – Publishers Weekly
… National Book Festival, Kwame Alexander, a poet and independent producer of literary programs … 2,000 visitors were expected on September 18, and Charleston, S.C., where Alexander anticipates 5,000 to 10,000 on November 6. The shows will feature …
Sep 29, 2010 6:42pm
Jeff Malet: National Book Festival Photo Gallery
Setting a new attendance record, an estimated 150,000 book-lovers gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C for the 10th annual National Book Festival, organized…
Oct 02, 2010 5:03am
York JCC moves film festival to Frank Theatres
York JCC Film Festival is moving to the new Frank Theatres at Queensgate shopping center this year. Tickets for all films are $7 and are available at the York JCC, 2000 Hollywood Drive, York, and at the theater, 2067 Springwood Road, York Township, one hour prior to show time.
Sep 14, 2010 12:00am
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Katherine Paterson In Special Program During National Book Festival …
Laura Bush Joins Program of 70 Authors at 10th Annual Festival
Sep 26, 2010 11:39pm
For love of the printed word
Book lovers, mark Saturday on your calendar. That’s when you’ll get a chance to meet more than 110 local and national authors and illustrators and get your books signed at the Cincinnati USA Book Festival.
Oct 03, 2010 6:11am
St. Tammany Parish Fair, book signings and more in and around New Orleans
Events happening in and around New Orleans.
Aug 27, 2010 8:32am
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Teens and children's author Kate DiCamillo appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Kate DiCamillo lived in the South for much of her childhood and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville. Her debut children's book, "Because of Winn Dixie" (2000), was a Newbery Honor Book and her second book, "The Tiger Rising" (2001), was a National Book Award finalist. DiCamillo's "The Tale of Despereaux" (Candlewick, 2003), is the winner of the 2004 Newbery Award. Her newest book is "The Magician's Elephant." DiCamillo lives in Minneapolis.
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Sep 16, 2010 4:45am
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Fiction author and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Diaz appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Junot Diaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and is the author of the short-story collection "Drown" and the novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" (hardback 2007, paperback 2008), which won the John Sargent Sr. First Novel Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize. The New York Times said the novel is "so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets 'Star Trek' meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West." Diaz's fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, African Voices, "Best American Short Stories" (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000), "Pushcart Prize XXII" and "The O'Henry Prize Stories 2009."
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Aug 25, 2010 4:40pm
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Kay Ryan, the Library of Congress' 16th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009, has written six books of poetry, plus a limited-edition artists book, along with a number of essays. Her books include Say Uncle (2000) and The Niagara River (Grove Press, 2005). She is the recipient of several awards, including the Gold Medal for poetry (2005) from the San Francisco Commonwealth Club, the Poetry Foundations Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2004) and four Pushcart Prizes. She has been selected in four different years for inclusion in the annual volumes of the Best American Poetry and has been a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets since 2006. She lives in Fairfax, California.
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Aug 27, 2010 7:33pm
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Children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Children's book author and storyteller Carmen Agra Deedy was born in Havana, Cuba, emigrated to the United States with her family in 1963 during the aftermath of the Cuban Revolution and grew up in Decatur, Ga. She has written seven children's books. "The Yellow Star" (2000) has won more than a dozen awards, including the 2001 Christopher Award and the 2001 Jane Addams Peace Association Honor Book Award. She also wrote and performed "Growing Up Cuban in Decatur, Georgia," which is available on compact disc. Her most recent book is "14 Cows" (2009), on which she collaborated with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah. Deedy lives in Georgia.
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Aug 27, 2010 9:28am
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US Poet Laureate Kay Ryan appears at the National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Kay Ryan is in her second year in the position, which is chosen annually by the Librarian of Congress. Ryan's latest book, published in 2008, is an illustrated collection of poems titled "The Jam Jar Lifeboat." It contains whimsical color illustrations by Carl Dern. Her other publications include "The Niagara River" (2005), "Say Uncle" (2000), "Elephant Rocks" (1996), "Flamingo Watching" (1994), "Strangely Marked Metal" (1985) and "Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends" (1983). She is also the author of numerous essays. Ryan describes poetry as an intensely personal experience for both the writer and the reader. Her many awards include the 2005 Gold Medal for Poetry from the San Francisco Commonwealth Club, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize from the Poetry Foundation in 2004, a Guggenheim fellowship the same year and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship as well as the Maurice English Poetry Award in 2001. She lives in California.
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Jan 01, 1970 12:00am
Jeff Malet: National Book Festival Photo Gallery
Setting a new attendance record, an estimated 150000 book-lovers gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC for the 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress. … Since Remnick became editor , the New Yorker has won 21 National Magazine Awards. In 2000 Remnick was named Advertising Age’s Editor of the Year. His book Lenin’s Tomb is an account of the unraveling of the Soviet empire and was a New York Times best-seller. …
Jan 01, 1970 12:00am
D.C.'s National Book Festival Highlights New York Reading …
New York’s reading booth at the National Book Festival’s âPavilion of the Statesâ was packed this weekend as book lovers snatched fliers about the state’s new and popular reading programs off the table. The New York Council for the Humanities and … The event, started last year by the New York Library Association, brought 160 authors and over 2000 attendees. New York showed off its literary offerings to visitors and book fair visitors in Washington, D.C., this weekend. …
Jan 01, 1970 12:00am
CC2K | The Nexus of Pop-Culture Fandom – A Rundown of the National …
The one event that makes me grateful to live in Washington, DC, is the annual National Book Festival. I attended this year’s festivities on Saturday, September 25, and, I have to say, I had a better time this year than last. …
Jan 01, 1970 12:00am
Laura Bush opens National Book Festival with passage on 9/11 …
Bush, a former librarian, pioneered the first National Book Festival with the Library of Congress in 2001 just three days before the attacks. And Librarian of Congress James Billington introduced Bush on Saturday as the âreader in chief of the United … Outside of the Washington DC incident, the only two documented instances in recent years were at Martha’s Vineyard in 2000, and in a lab accident in Boston in 2004. Both these cases occurred within a very small area, …
Jan 01, 1970 12:00am
Kate DiCamillo â 2009 National Book Festival
Her debut children’s book, âBecause of Winn Dixieâ (2000), was a Newbery Honor Book and her second book, âThe Tiger Risingâ (2001), was a National Book Award finalist. DiCamillo’s âThe Tale of Despereauxâ (Candlewick, 2003), …
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