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Film, Video 2017 National Book Festival Gala

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Title

  • 2017 National Book Festival Gala

Summary

  • Celebrate reading and literacy as Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden hosts presentations by fantasy-sci-fi novelist Diana Gabaldon ("Outlander" series), historian David McCullough ("The American Spirit"), children's book author Reshma Saujani ("Girls Who Code"), nonfiction writer Margot Lee Shetterly ("Hidden Figures") and thriller writer Scott Turow ("Testimony"). David Rubenstein, the National Book Festival's leading sponsor, presents the 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards. The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, to be given posthumously to novelist Denis Johnson, is announced as well.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2017-09-01.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Literature
  • -  National Book Festival, 2017, gala, authors, books reading

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Carla Hayden, Diana Gabaldon, David McCullough, David Rubenstein, Margot Lee Shetterly, Scott Turow, Reshma Saujani.
  • -  Recorded on 2017-09-01.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690860

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival Gala. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01, 2017. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690860/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2017) National Book Festival Gala. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690860/.

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Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. National Book Festival Gala. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01, 2017. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690860/>.