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State Library Staff Attend National Book Festival in DC

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More than 100,000 attend event featuring authors, Letters About Literature winners, state booths and more.

State Library Staff Attend National Book Festival in DC

This is what the Iowa booth looked like from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 29

The Iowa Center for the Book, State Library of Iowa, was represented at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC on Saturday, September 29.  Barb Corson, Karon King and Annette Wetteland of the State Library greeted thousands of visitors at the Iowa booth in the Pavilion of the States.  They provided visitors with information about literacy programs and events in Iowa libraries, as well as other interesting facts about the state.

A highlight of this year's event was Audrey Keranen from Iowa City, a national winner of the Letters About Literature program who read her letter to an enthusiastic crowd in the Teens and Children Pavilion.  Audrey is the second Iowan to be named a national winner in the five years Iowa has participated.  Edward Chen, formerly of Ames, won in 2005.  Six national winners are chosen annually.

The 2007 National Book Festival is organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush.

This year's Festival authors were:

Children

  • Maria Celeste Arrarás
  • Ashley Bryan / Jan Spivey Gilchrist
  • Carmen Agra Deedy
  • Mercer Mayer
  • Megan McDonald
  • Judy Schachner
  • Rosemary Wells
  • David Wiesner
  • Jacqueline Wilson
  • NBA/WNBA

Teens & Children

  • M.T. Anderson
  • Holly Black
  • Jennifer L. Holm
  • Gail Carson Levine
  • Patricia MacLachlan
  • Patricia McCormick
  • Shelia P. Moses
  • Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • Gene Luen Yang
  • Letters About Literature

Fiction & Fantasy

  • Edward P. Jones
  • Thomas Mallon
  • Sena Jeter Naslund
  • Joyce Carol Oates
  • Jodi Picoult
  • Terry Pratchett
  • Jeff Shaara
  • Lalita Tademy
  • Harry Turtledove
  • Susan Vreeland

History & Biography

  • Diane Ackerman
  • Michael Beschloss
  • Ken Burns / Geoffrey Ward
  • Jan Crawford Greenburg
  • David M. Kennedy
  • Michael B. Oren
  • Arnold Rampersad
  • Meryle Secrest
  • James Swanson
  • Douglas L. Wilson
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