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The eighth annual National Book Festival will be taking place in Washington, D.C. this weekend, Saturday the 27th on the National Mall. The festival is hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and sponsored by the Library of Congress. This is a huge event for authors, publishers, libraries and readers everywhere, and always draws big names and big crowds. Authors from all genres and age groups will be represented and you can find the complete list here.

The festival homepage also has links to podcasts of interviews with some of the participating authors, including one with Grammy award-winning performer Dionne Warwick who has written a children’s book! So if you aren’t able to actually jet off to D.C. for the weekend, be sure and check back with the site for updates and added material as the festival gets underway.

You can also check out books by some of the authors that will be headed to the festival by checking the library’s catalog here. Here’s a few suggestions for children, teens and adults to get you started:

CHILDRENS

•  Gingerbread friends
      Brett, Jan
• No, David!
      Shannon, David

YOUNG ADULT

• Neverwhere
      Gaiman, Neil
• November blues
      Draper, Sharon M

ADULT FICTION

• People of the book : a novel
      Brooks, Geraldine
• Lush life
      Price, Richard

ADULT NON-FICTION

• Einstein : his life and universe
      Isaacson, Walter
• One minute to midnight : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the brink of nuclear war
      Dobbs, Michael

POETRY

• Old heart : poems
      Plumly, Stanley
• Flamingo watching : poems
      Ryan, Kay (Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry for 2008-2009)

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