National Book Festival

The National Book Festival is a public book event organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, typically delivered annually. The Festival not only encourage Americans to read but also gather the Librarians trade for update the latest news and changes in libraries around the world. In 2001, Mrs. Laura Bush co-founded the Festival beside then-Librarian Of Congress James H. Billington. Actually it is organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress. Through conferences, authors stages, children activities and specialized meetings, panel discussions and presentations of technological developments for librians, the Festival gather more than 30.000 people in the Washington Convention Center and the presence os the President of the United States and the First Lady, every year.

The Book Festival is a literay strategy for encouraging people for reading and writting. It has a clearly defined periodicity regularly annual and in a specific city. The events are assorted among writers´ conferences, librarians´debates, exhibitions of novelties and activities for general public, including children as one of the most important target. This is a list of Book Festivals around the world.

Then-First Lady Laura Bush had founded the Texas Book Festival in 1995.

The first National Book Festival was at Sept. 8, 2001. Mrs. Laura Bush created the Festival beside then-Librarian Of Congress James H. Billington, due to the suggestion of Mrs. Bush, who had created the Texas Book Festival. In Sept. 8, 2001 The First National Book Festival was celebrated where Mrs. Bush served as honorary chair of the festival through 2008. Because of the importance and repercussions, since 2009, the President and Mrs. Obama have served as honorary co-chairs until the present.

First Lady Laura Bush founder of the Texas Book Festival in 1995 was co-founder of the National Book Festival with Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. Mrs. Bush hosted the Festival from 2001 to 2008. On Saturday, September 8, 2001, Mrs. Bush hosted a breakfast at the White House for participating authors, followed by the opening of the first Festival at 10 a.m. Tents were set up on the East Lawn of the United States Capitol, with both adults' and children's authors reading excerpts from their works throughout the day. A storytelling pavilion and a pavilion representing organizations involved in promoting reading and libraries were open to the public.

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