Schedule

The 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival is Sept. 17-26, with live author conversations every day. On Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. ET, 35 video-on-demand programs will become available to watch anytime. This year’s Festival also features interactive presentations with Library of Congress experts, a national television special and related events on PBS, NPR podcasts, and author interviews on Washington Post Live. Check out Festival Near You to discover related events from local organizations.

Welcome to the 2021 National Book Festival! News4 Today journalist Eun Yang talks with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden about this year’s Festival.

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Friday September 17, 2021

Saturday September 18, 2021

Monday September 20, 2021

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    NPR Podcast: Eric Garcia on Life Kit

    Monday
    September 20, 2021
    2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
    Online Only
    As part of a special collaboration between NPR and the 2021 Library of Congress National Book Festival, the Life Kit podcast will feature Eric Garcia, author of “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation” (Mariner), in conversation with Laine Kaplan-Levenson.
    More information at npr.org External.
    Genre: Current Events
  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Live Conversation with Lawrence Wright

    Monday
    September 20, 2021
    6:00 pm - 6:30 pm EDT
    Online Only
    Lawrence Wright discusses “The Plague Year: America in the Time of COVID” (Knopf) with philanthropist and National Book Festival co-chairman David M. Rubenstein. Genre: Current Events

Friday September 24, 2021

  • Event | lectures and symposia

    Live Conversation with David Nasaw and Sonia Shah

    Friday
    September 24, 2021
    5:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
    Online Only
    David Nasaw, author of “The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War” (Penguin), and Sonia Shah, author of “The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move” (Bloomsbury), discuss their new books with CBS News’ “60 Minutes+” correspondent Enrique Acevedo. Genre: Current Events