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National Book Festival Goes Virtual

The National Book Festival celebrates its 20th year later this month but in a totally different format. Because of the pandemic, the giant physical gathering that in the past filled Washington’s Convention Center is going virtual. Starting September 25, the NBF will present a three-day interactive experience online, ma... read more

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What Can I Do?: My Path from Climate Despair to Action Cover Image

The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think Cover Image

Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Cover Image

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Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece Cover Image

How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers Cover Image

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel Cover Image

The Lying Life of Adults Cover Image

The Vanishing Half: A Novel Cover Image

All the Devils Are Here: A Novel (Chief Inspector Gamache Novel #16) Cover Image

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Squeeze Me: A novel Cover Image

The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #4) Cover Image

Deacon King Kong: A Novel Cover Image

What Are You Going Through: A Novel Cover Image

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We've Got the Whole World in Our Hands Cover Image

What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?: The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan Cover Image

Now You Know How It Works Cover Image

Kitten and the Night Watchman Cover Image

Audiobooks: Start Listening

The Vanishing Half: A Novel Cover Image

How to Be an Antiracist Cover Image

The Dutch House: A Novel Cover Image

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Next Events

Fri

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5:00 pm

P&P Live!: Maria Hinojosa – Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America - with Myriam Gurba

Sat

19

4:00 pm

P&P Live!: Michael Ian Black – A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son - with Jennifer Senior

Sun

20

1:00 pm

P&P Live!: Michael Collier and friends celebrate Stanley Plumly’s MIDDLE DISTANCE

Sun

20

5:00 pm

P&P Live!: Sunny Hostin – I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds - with Ronan Farrow

Sun

20

7:00 pm

P&P Live!: Bob Woodward — Rage - in conversation with Jane Mayer

Mon

21

6:00 pm

P&P Live! Laila Lalami – Conditional Citizens – in conversation with Molly Crabapple

Mon

21

8:00 pm

P&P Live! Indie Press Night: Milkweed Editions — Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Makenna Goodman, and Joanna Demkiewicz with Liz Hottel

Tue

22

12:00 pm

P&P Live! Ger Duany-Walk Toward the Rising Sun: From Childhood Soldier to Ambassador of Peace—with The Peace Studio in conversation with Jeffrey Gettleman

Tue

22

4:00 pm

P&P Live! Maya Rockeymoore Cummings — WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS - in conversation with April Ryan

Tue

22

6:00 pm

P&P Live! Leonard Downie, Jr – All About the Story – in conversation with Bradley Graham

Tue

22

7:00 pm

P&P Live! Renee Jain and Dr. Shefali Tsabary-Superpowered: Transform Anxiety Into Courage, Confidence, and Resilience

Tue

22

8:00 pm

P&P Live! "The News Cycle Never Stops" Panel with Anne Helen Petersen

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