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Events

Events sponsored by the Center for the Book

Author discussions, symposia and other events are an important part of the programming of the Center for the Book. The long-running Books & Beyond author series has attracted writers from across the country to discuss their books and the writing life, and to talk about how they have used the resources of the Library of Congress in their work. Most of these presentations are filmed for later webcasting.

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JULY 15 (Thursday), 12 noon, Mumford Room, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Martin A. Gardner will discuss and sign his book The Marx Brothers as Social Critics: Satire and Comic Nihilism in Their Films (McFarland & Company, 2009). Cosponsored with the Manuscript Division.

SEPTEMBER 25 (Saturday), 10 am – 5:30 pm, National Mall

2010 National Book Festival.

JULY 12 (Monday), 12 Noon, Mumford Room, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Nadine Cohodas will discuss and sign her new book Princess Noire: the Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone (Pantheon, 2010). Cosponsored with the Serial and Government Publications Division.

**OCTOBER 5 (Tuesday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. John B. Hench will discuss and sign his new book Books as Weapons: Propaganda, Publishing and the Battle for World Markets in the Era of World War II (Cornell University Press, 2010).

**OCTOBER 12 (Tuesday), 3 – 4:30 pm, Pickford Theater. Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Paolo Ventura will discuss and sign his new book Winter Stories (Aperture Foundation, 2009). Cosponsored with the Prints and Photographs Division.

OCTOBER 15 (Friday), 12 noon, West Dining Room, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Robert Darnton will discuss and sign his new book The Case for Books: Past, Present, Future (Public Affairs, 2010).

OCTOBER 15 (Friday), 5:30 pm, Mumford Room, Madison Building

National Collegiate Book Collecting Awards Ceremony

OCTOBER 26 (Tuesday), 12 noon, Pickford Theater, Madison Building

Books & Beyond program. Nancy K. Loan will discuss and sign her book Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment (Potomac Books, 2008).

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