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Film, VideoAuthors, Attribution & Integrity 4: The Importance of Moral Rights to Authors This panel offered perspectives on why authors value moral rights, which moral rights authors find most valuable and how they protect these rights. The discussion included authors' perspectives on whether moral rights have taken on new meaning in the digital environment and how uses of their creative works are fostered and/or challenged by emerging technologies. The official transcript of this event has been published...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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Film, Video2018 National Book Festival Author Announcement Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced authors for the 2018 National Book Festival.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2018
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Tananarive Due PBS Books, in collaboration with GPB in Atlanta, hosts Tananarive Due, an award-winning author who teaches Black horror and Afrofuturism at the University of California.- Contributor: Due, Tananarive
- Date: 2023-08-02
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: TJ Klune PBS Books, in collaboration with South Florida PBS, presents TJ Klune, the bestselling author of "The House in the Cerulean Sea," "Into This River I Drown" and "Under the Whispering Door."- Contributor: Klune, Tj
- Date: 2023-08-23
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Beverly Gage PBS Books, in collaboration with WETA in Washington D.C., interviews Beverly Gage, a professor of 20th-century American history at Yale University and author of "The Day Wall Street Exploded."- Contributor: Gage, Beverly
- Date: 2023-08-10
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Héctor Tobar PBS Books, in collaboration with PBS SoCal, interviews Héctor Tobar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist. Tobar is the author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller "Deep Down Dark" as well as "The Barbarian Nurseries," "Translation Nation" and "The Tattooed Soldier."- Contributor: Tobar, Héctor
- Date: 2023-08-30
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Film, VideoNational Book Festival Author Talk: Dhonielle Clayton New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series Dhonielle Clayton talks about coming to the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival and "Blackout: A Novel."- Contributor: Clayton, Dhonielle
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoNational Book Festival Author Talk: Leslie Jordan Actor and author Leslie Jordan talks coming to the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. and his performing, writing and social media career.- Contributor: Jordan, Leslie
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoNational Book Festival Author Talk: Ruth Behar Award-winning author Ruth Behar talks about coming to the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival and her children's picture book, "Tía Fortuna's New Home: A Jewish Cuban Journey."- Contributor: Behar, Ruth
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoGreat Reads from Great Places: Hear the Authors Discuss Their Work. Western II (Author Stories) Great Reads from Great Places: Western Region II features Lucas Fralick, coordinator of the Wyoming Center for the Book, in conversation with Dusti Bowling, author of "Across the Desert" (chosen by the Arizona Center for the Book); Gregory Barrington, author of "Cow Boy Is Not a Cowboy" (chosen by the Colorado Center for the Book); Anna Harber Freeman and Barbara Gonzales, authors of "Shaped...- Contributor: Barrington, Gregory - Bowling, Dusti - Fralick, Lucas - Browne, Meghan P. - Rogers, Tyler - Freeman, Anna Harber - Heidicke, Christian McKay - Gonzales, Barbara - Lyon, Julia
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoNational Book Festival Author Talk: Xochitl Gonzalez Author and Brooklyn native Xochitl Gonzalez talks about coming to the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival and her New York Times bestselling debut book, "Olga Dies Dreaming: A Novel."- Contributor: Gonzalez, Xochitl
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Luis Alberto Urrea PBS Books, in collaboration with MPT in Maryland, hosts Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of works of nonfiction, poetry and fiction, including "The Hummingbird's Daughter" and "The House of Broken Angels."- Contributor: Urrea, Luis Alberto
- Date: 2023-08-09
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Shelby Van Pelt PBS Books, in collaboration with WGBH in Boston, presents new author Shelby Van Pelt. "Remarkably Bright Creatures" is her first novel and will be featured at the 2023 National Book Festival.- Contributor: Van Pelt, Shelby
- Date: 2023-07-27
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Claribel A. Ortega PBS Books, in collaboration with WNET in New York, hosts Claribel A. Ortega, a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author who writes middle grade and young adult fantasy novels inspired by her Dominican heritage.- Contributor: Ortega, Claribel A.
- Date: 2023-07-20
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Film, VideoNational Book Festival Author Talk: Nick Offerman Actor, author and woodworker Nick Offerman talks about coming to the 2022 Library of Congress National Book Festival and his book "Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside."- Contributor: Offerman, Nick
- Date: 2022-09-03
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Film, VideoAuthor Makena Onjerika Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika spoke about her life and work. The event was co-sponsored by the Africa Society of the National Summit on Africa, the Caine Prize for African Writing, the Center for African Studies at Howard University, the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice and the Department of English at Georgetown University.- Contributor: Onjerika, Makena
- Date: 2019-03-14
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Film, VideoAuthor Renée Watson Renée Watson read from and discussed the creation of her book, "Harlem's Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills," with third grade students and compared the challenges she faced in her competitive career with those of her real-life protagonist, singer Florence Mills. The program in the Library's Young Readers Center was co-sponsored by the nonprofit literacy organization, EverybodyWinsDC.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoAuthor's Gala: National Book Festival 2015 National Book Festival Author's Gala at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.- Contributor: Library of Congress - National Book Festival (U.S.)
- Date: 2015
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Film, VideoAuthors Breakfast: National Book Festival 2010 Authors' breakfast prior to the 2010 Library of Congress National Book Festival, sponsored by the Washington Post.- Date: 2010-09-25
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Film, VideoAuthor & Illustrator Jeff Kinney Jeff Kinney, author of the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, talked to children about his career and how he became an illustrator of children's books. He talked about his newest book, "The Diary of A Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul."- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. Center for the Book
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoConversation with Moneyball Author Michael Lewis Rob Neyer interviews best-selling author Michael Lewis about his 2003 book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" and the use of sabermetrics in baseball.- Contributor: Neyer, Rob - Lewis, Michael
- Date: 2018-06-28
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Film, VideoAuthor Namwali Serpell Zambian writer Namwali Serpell read a short story from her book, participated in an interview, and took questions from the audience. Serpell also discussed her current research, challenges and opportunities in African literature.- Contributor: Library of Congress - Library of Congress. African and Middle Eastern Division
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoAuthor Molly Idle Molly Idle demonstrated her illustration techniques and read her most recent book in her Flora picture book series, "Flora and the Peacocks" in the Young Readers Center with preschoolers from the Senate Employee Child Care Center.- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016
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Film, VideoPBS Books 2023 National Book Festival Author Talk: Matthew Desmond PBS Books, in collaboration with WTTW in Chicago, hosts Matthew Desmond, a professor of sociology at Princeton University to discuss his latest release "Poverty, by America."- Contributor: Desmond, Matthew
- Date: 2023-08-24
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Film, VideoAuthors, Attribution & Integrity 3: The Most Moral of Rights: To Be Recognized as the Author of a Work Jane Ginsburg surveyed sources of attribution rights within the current copyright law, particularly copyright management information. Her keynote address also considered how U.S. law might be amended to provide for a right of authorship attribution. The official transcript of this event has been published by the George Mason Journal of International Commercial Law. The citation is "Symposium, Authors, Attribution and Integrity: Examining Moral Rights...- Contributor: Library of Congress
- Date: 2016