Schedule
The 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., in late summer of 2024. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the Festival.
Main Stage
Watch programs from the Main Stage live on Aug. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 7:40 p.m., including:
- The Secret Lives of Librarians with James Patterson
- Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Winner James McBride
- "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s" with Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Writer and Actor Max Greenfield Gives "Good Night Thoughts"!
- Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of "The House on Mango Street" with Sandra Cisneros
- Modern Dating: We Love It, We Hate It with Romance Novelists Abby Jimenez, Casey McQuiston
- Tamron Hall and Lish Steiling on "A Confident Cook"
- After "The Expanse": James S.A. Corey on Their New Series Debut, "The Mercy of Gods"
- Rebecca Yarros Discusses Her Bestselling Romantasy Novels