2023 National Book Festival

The 2023 National Book Festival is this Saturday, August 12th! 

Discover Great Reads from Great Places with the Roadmap to Reading at the 2023 Library of Congress National Book Festival. The 56 Affiliate Centers for the Book selected one book for Young Readers and one for Adult Readers to celebrate the people and places around our nation. Visit each stop on the Roadmap to Reading in Hall D of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., or create your own National Book Festival experience with the Library of Congress online by engaging in virtual author conversations, listening to a podcast, reading the blog, and more! Whether we are near or far, “Everyone Has a Story” and we hope you will join us in celebration this weekend!

For a link to the online events schedule, click here.

The New Hampshire Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library has selected the book, Inky's Amazing Escape by Sy Montgomery as our 2023 choice for Young Readers.

 

 

The New Hampshire Center for the Book at the New Hampshire State Library has selected the book, The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery as our 2023 choice for Adult Readers.

 

Sy Montgomery is the author of 34 books for children and adults. She has won many awards and honors for her wide range of books about every animal you could imagine! Sy lives in Hancock, New Hampshire with her husband, writer Howard Mansfield, her Border collie and a flock of chickens

View interviews with selected authors from the Eastern 1 Region of the U.S., including an interview between the NH Center for the Book's Deputy Director Felicia Martin and author Sy Montgomery here.

Help us celebrate Sy Montgomery and her amazing books, as well as the many other authors from around the nation this weekend!