This year, about 70 well-known authors, illustrators and poets will talk about their books and offer autographs in the following outdoor pavilions:

• Children
• Teens & Children
• Fiction & Fantasy
• Mysteries & Thrillers
• History & Biography
• Home & Family
• Poetry

Some of the noted authors (click here for the full list) include Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Kennedy; Ken Burns; M.T. Anderson, the winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; Joyce Carol Oates and more.

This year’s U.S. Poet Laureate will also be named near the Library of Congress.

2007 National Book Festival
National Mall – between 7th and 14th Streets
Washington, DC (map it)

Date and Time – Saturday, Sept. 29th, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

Tickets – This event ifs free.

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Smithsonian – line, then a  block walk

Parking – Mall parking will be tough that day, as this event usually attracts 10,000+ attendees.  Best to take Metro.

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Post from: The DC Traveler