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2009 National Book Festival Programming

The 9th annual National Book Festival took place on the National Mall. Organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, the honorary chai… read more

The 9th annual National Book Festival took place on the National Mall. Organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, the honorary chairs were President and Mrs. Obama. C-SPAN’s BookTV aired live coverage of the day’s events, including authors speaking in the History and Biography Pavilion sponsored by the James Madison Council, interspersed with interviews and viewer calls with featured authors.

This program consists of the re-airing of the authors shown live with the few pre-recorded program transitions originally shown. Individual programs can be viewed under the program ID numbers given.

The first segment at 9:50 a.m. included a telephone interview with Mrs. Laura Bush. Program ID 289125-3

The first event in the History and Biography Pavilion sponsored by the James Madison Council at 10:00 a.m. was a book talk by Kirstin Downey, author of The Woman Behind the New Deal. Program ID 289125-4

An interview with a festival volunteer. Program ID 289125-101

The second event at 10:35 close

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2009 National Book Festival Programming

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Program ID:
289125-1
Category:
Public Affairs Event
Format:
Public Affairs Event
Location:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:
Sep 26, 2009 | 11:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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  • Sep 26, 2009 | 11:01pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
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