Scenes from the National Book Festival were shown before the start of the event. The host listed the guests who would be speaking as well as those who would accept questions from telephone callers. .. Read More

The National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress and first lady Laura Bush, took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Featured authors included Andrea Mitchell, Thomas .. Read More

Scenes from the National Book Festival were shown before the start of the event. The host listed the guests who would be speaking as well as those who would accept questions from telephone callers. .. Read More

Andrea Mitchell talked about her memoir Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels, published by Viking Adult. She discussed her life and personal experiences, as well .. Read More

John Irving was interviewed about his book Until I Find You: A Novel, published by Random House. He talked about his life and how parts of his books were modeled after his own personal .. Read More

Andrew Carroll talked about the book he edited Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters -- and One Man's Search to Find Them, published by Scribner. Mr. .. Read More

Ms. Zimmer was interviewed about First Book, a national nonprofit organization that provides brand new books to the most disadvantaged children in communities throughout the United States.

Walter Dean Myers was interviewed at the National Book Festival. He discussed writing children's books and the role of African Americans in World War I. Mr. Myers is the author of .. Read More

Thomas Friedman talked about his book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He discussed the successes and discontents of .. Read More

Judge Carter talked about his memoir A Matter of Law: A Memoir of Struggle in the Cause of Equal Rights, published by New Press. He talked about his life as a black man born into a culture .. Read More

Buzz Aldrin was interviewed about his autobiographical children's book, Reaching for the Moon, published by HarperCollins. He talked about the qualifications of becoming an astronaut and what .. Read More

An aerial scene of the National Book Festival on the National Mall was shown.

Tom Wolfe was interviewed about his book I Am Charlotte Simmons: A Novel, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. He also talked about his first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, .. Read More

David Brooks talked about his book On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, published by Simon and Schuster. The author discusses the phenomenon of .. Read More

Professor Ellis talked about his book His Excellency: George Washington, published by Knopf. The author explained Washington's position on several issues, including expansion and slavery. .. Read More

David McCullough talked about his book, 1776, published by Simon and Schuster. He discussed the American Revolutionary War and how Americans should not forget the sacrifices of those .. Read More

Chairman Gioia was interviewed about his position, which is nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and his most recent book, Disappearing Ink: Poetry at the End of Print .. Read More

Mr. Roth spoke about the focus and features of the new Book TV Bus. He said that the purpose of the bus was to travel the country to promote Book TV and put themselves in the middle of book .. Read More

The National Book Festival, hosted by the Library of Congress and first lady Laura Bush, took place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Scenes from the festival along the Mall were shown.

Steven Roberts talked about his book My Fathers' Houses: Memoir of a Family, published by William Morrow. This family memoir traces the story of Steven Roberts' father and grandfather's move .. Read More

Robert MacNeil talked about the book he co-wrote with William Cran, Do You Speak American?, published by Nan A. Talese. He talked about his life, personal experiences, the MacNeil/Lehrer .. Read More