Book Festivals Abound in September: Are You Ready?
If you're in the metropolitan Washington area, or if you want to take a trip to the nation's capitol, consider the two biggest book festivals of the year. National Book Festival features 100 authors and illustrators that gather on the National Mall for two days of book-love. This year, the festival will be held September 22-23 and this year features Avi, Jewel, Lois Lowry, Donna Britt, Walter Issacson and Charlaine Harris and dozens of others. Click here for information . If you want a chuckle with your guidance, read this Washingt on Post article, " Everything you always wanted to know about the National Book Festival (but were afraid to ask) ." Fall for the Book will be held September 26-30 at George Mason University, the City of Fairfax and throughout the metropolitan Washington region. Scheduled authors include Neil Gaiman, Michael Chabon and Alice Walker and dozens of others. Click here for information . What festivals are in your area? How do...