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The 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, August 24, 2024. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online and videos of all programs will be available shortly after 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

    Watch programs from the Main Stage live on Aug. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 7:40 p.m., including: James Patterson, James McBride, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Max Greenfield, Sandra Cisneros, Abby Jimenez and Casey McQuiston, Tamron Hall and Lish Steiling, James S.A. Corey, and Rebecca Yarros. View the Main Stage schedule

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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 festival coverage throughout the day on c-span.org. View the Festival events that will be featured by Book TV on C-SPAN in the Festival schedule

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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 10, including Sandra Cisneros, Max Greenfield, Susan and Lexi Haas, James McBride, Abby Jimenez, Tiya Miles and Renée Fleming.