 National Book FestivalSeptember 27, 2008 – September 27, 2008Events URL: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ Added by: SqueakyChu. Contacted: Not contacted. Favorited: ablachly, jlshall, LSS312, melannen, MyriadBooks, PitcherBooks, plumdog28, rarm, SqueakyChu Description: Presented free of charge to the public by the Library of Congress and Laura Bush.
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May I suggest the following helpful hints.
Good walking shoes, sun hats, sunblock, and cell phones for everyone in your party.
If you plan on getting an author's signature, plan on this . . . getting in line two hours early and waiting OR getting in line at the time listed and waiting two hours. Or maybe no signature at all if you're still in line when the next scheduled author is then due. The key word is waiting . . . and lots of it.
If you want more than one author's signature, you'd best have at least one willing friend for each signature desired. Because of wait time, schedule conflicts, etc. And while we were originally told we could have 3 books signed, while in line it was dropped to 2. I'd be surprised if they allow more than one book signed per person this year.
If you want to just attend the fair, go early as it gets super packed as the day goes on. As in elbow to elbow.
Now with all that discouraging stuff out of the way... it was fun but doubt I'd do it again unless another outstanding and favorite author of mine attends. But I do think every book-lover should attend the DC book festival at least once :-)