FORTHCOMING EVENTS at the Library of Congress
sponsored by the Center for the Book
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Events are open to the public and
reservations or tickets are usually not required.
Unless otherwise indicated, events take place in a location in the James Madison
Memorial Building (Madison), 101 Independence Ave.,SE.
or the Thomas Jefferson Building (Jefferson), First
St. SE between East Capitol St. and Independence Ave.,
SE.
For further information, phone: 202-707-5221
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2008
April 29 (Tuesday), 12 noon, LJ 119, Jefferson Building
Books & Beyond program. Lt. Gen. Julius W. Becton, Jr., U.S. Army (Ret.) will discuss and sign his new book, Becton: Autobiography of a Soldier and Public Servant (Naval Institute Press, 2008).
April 29 (Tuesday), 6:00 p.m., Montpelier Room, Madison Building
Books & Beyond program. Author Bill McKibben will discuss and sign his book, American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau (The Library of America, 2008). Cosponsored with The Library of America.
May 6 (Tuesday), 12 noon, LJ 119, Jefferson Building
Books & Beyond program. Madeleine Albright will discuss and sign her new book, Memo to the President: How We Can Restore America’s Reputation and Leadership (Harper, 2008).
May 8 (Thursday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building
Sunil Iyengar, Director of Research & Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts, will discuss that agency’s report “To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence.”
May 12 (Monday), 10 a.m., LJ 119, Jefferson Building
River of Words awards ceremony for winners of the 2007-2008 environmental poetry and art contest for young people. Hosted by Robert Hass, U.S. Poet Laureate, 1995-1999.
May 22 (Thursday), 12:30 p.m., Pickford Theater, Madison Building
Books & Beyond program. Adam Clymer, former chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, will discuss and sign his new book, Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right (University Press of Kansas, 2008).
September 27 (Saturday), 10 a.m.-5 p.m., The National Mall
National Book Festival
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