Book Parties and Festivals

2009 National Book Festival -Opening Gala

Julia Alvarez; David Baldacci; Judy Blume; Annette Gordon-Reed; John Grisham

About the Program

Award winning and bestselling authors open the 2009 National Book Festival talking about the power and function of books and reading in a democratic and culturally diverse society.

About the Authors

Annette Gordon-Reed

Annette Gordon-Reed is a history and law professor at Harvard Unversity.  She is the author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, was the recipient of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize in History.  Ms Gordon-Reed is a MacArthur Fellow and has been awarded the National Humanities Medal.


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Program Information

2009 National Book Festival -Opening Gala

Past Airings

  • Saturday, September 26th at 9am (ET)
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