WASHINGTON 鈥� Calling all bookworms:聽聽is back, and the free, family-friendly event is taking over the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 1.
Authors representing genres from history to poetry will discuss their works on nine different stages 鈥� including two for children and one for teens. There will also be book signings, a poetry slam and an on-site bookstore from Politics & Prose.
Here are a few highlights for this year鈥檚 festival:
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will take the main stage at 11:25 a.m., where she will launch her first children鈥檚 book, 鈥淭urning Pages: My Life Story.鈥�
- Annie Proulx, author of 鈥淭he Shipping 海角社区app鈥� and 鈥淏rokeback Mountain,鈥� is the 2018 recipient of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and she will accept the award on the 鈥渇iction stage鈥� at 10 a.m.
- Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will give a presentation on the main stage at 12:50 p.m.; Amy Tan, author of 鈥淭he Joy Luck Club鈥� and many others, will follow Albright at 2:15 p.m.
- Ron Chernow, whose biography on Alexander Hamilton inspired the hit musical, will discuss his new book on Ulysses S. Grant at 2 p.m., and young adult/fantasy author Leigh Bardugo takes the genre fiction stage at 4:55 p.m.
Doors open at 8:30 a.m.; presentations run through 7:30 p.m. Tickets and advanced registration are not required. .
