Editing Center for the Book (section)

=== National Book Festival ===
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The Library of Congress National Book Festival, established in 2001 by [[Laura Bush]] and [[James H. Billington]], <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/01078/festival.html|title=National Book Festival |work= Library of Congress Information Bulletin (July/August 2001)|publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=2017-07-20}}</ref> is an annual event in which the Center for the Book plays a major role. The festival was previously held on the [[National Mall]] for two days in the fall. Authors are invited to give readings, sign books, give lectures and do interviews. Representatives from across the country are also invited to promote their states’ literary heritage.

Every year since 2002, the Library affiliates each choose a book to celebrate at the Book Festival in the Library’s Roadmap to Reading.
<ref>[https://apigateway.agilitypr.com/distributions/history/cfe1bad4-c723-4371-8bb2-b91301fc2c56 Library of Congress Centers for the Book Choose ‘Great Reads’ Titles for Each State, Territory for 2024 National Book Festival Book] ''News from the Library of Congress.'' May 9, 2024. </ref> 
Lists of "Great Reads from Great Places" since 2002 are available at the Center for the Book website.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/programs/center-for-the-book/great-reads-from-great-places/book-lists/ Great Reads from Great Places], Center for the Book. Library of Congress.</ref>