Watch the Festival

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  Video on Demand

  Watch author conversations, Library of Congress presentations, performances and special programs from the 2024 Festival anytime from the comfort of your home or on your smartphone.
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  Main Stage

  Livestream of the Main Stage at the 2024 National Book Festival
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  Book TV on C-SPAN2

  For the 24th year, Book TV on C-SPAN2 is live with the National Book Festival including authors Amanda Bellows and Hampton Sides, Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Tiya Miles, Ned Blackhawk and Kathleen DuVal, Erik Larson, Annalee Newitz and Peter Pomerantsev, Marie Arana, Max Boot, Carlos Lozada and Jeffrey Rosen, and Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Watch live on TV on C-SPAN2 and find full…
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  Partner Events

  Watch interviews with some of the Festival’s featured authors hosted by PBS Books in partnership with PBS stations across the country beginning on July 20, including Claribel A. Ortega, Shelby Van Pelt, Tananarive Due, S.A. Cosby, Luis Alberto Urrea and Beverly Gage.