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EVENTS at the Library of Congress
sponsored by the Center for the Book

Events are open to the public and reservations or tickets are usually not required. Unless otherwise indicated, events take place in a location in the James Madison Memorial Building (Madison), 101 Independence Ave.,SE. or the Thomas Jefferson Building (Jefferson), First St. SE between East Capitol St. and Independence Ave., SE. For further information, phone: 202-707-5221

2009

SEPTEMBER 9 (Wednesday), 10:00 a.m.- 12 noon, LJ 119, Jefferson Building

International Literacy Day program. Cosponsored with the International Reading Association.

**SEPTEMBER 10 (Thursday), 11:30 a .m., LJ 119, Jefferson Building

Jane Goodall will sign and discuss her new book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species are Being Rescued From the Brink (Grand Central Publishing, 2009). Cosponsored with the Science, Technology and Business Division.

SEPTEMBER 16 (Wednesday), 5:30-7:30, Montpelier Room, Madison Building

Literacy Leadership Awards program. Cosponsored with the National Coalition for Literacy

** SEPTEMBER 26 (Saturday), 10 a.m.-5 p.m., National Mall

National Book Festival.

** OCTOBER 7 (Wednesday), 12 noon, Dining Room A, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Tony Lester will discuss and sign his new book The Fourth Part of the World: the Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America its Name (Free Press, 2009). Cosponsored with the Geography and Map Division.

**OCTOBER 17 (Saturday), 10 a.m. Mumford Room, Madison Building

The Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Cosponsored by the Hispanic Division and the Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP).

** OCTOBER 20 (Tuesday), 12 noon, Mumford Room, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Leonard Marcus will discuss and sign his new book Don’t Make Me Laugh: Conversations With Writers of Comedy (Candlewick Press, 2009). National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Jon Scieszka, will be a special guest.

**OCTOBER 22 (Thursday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Phyllis Ross will discuss and sign her new book Modern Design for Modern Living (Yale University Press, 2009).

**OCTOBER 29 (Thursday), 12 noon, Dining Room A, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Patricia Fanning will discuss and sign her new book Through an Uncommon Lens: The Life and Photography of F. Holland Day. (Massachusetts University Press, 2009).

**November 5 (Thursday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Toby Lester will discuss and sign his new book The Fourth Part of the World: the Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America its Name (Free Press, 2009). Cosponsored with the Geography and Map Division.

**NOVEMBER 17 (Tuesday), 12 noon, Dining Room A, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Noralee Frankel will discuss and sign her new book Stripping Gypsy: The Life of Gypsy Rose Lee (Oxford University Press, 2009).

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