FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
September 18, 2006
Press Contacts
202-653-4632
Eileen Maxwell, emaxwell@imls.gov
Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov
Institute of Museum and Library Services Sponsors
the Pavilion of the States at the 6th Annual National
Book Festival
Washington, DC--The Institute
of Museum and Library Services, for the fifth consecutive
year, will host the Pavilion of the States at the annual
National Book Festival on the National Mall, Saturday,
September 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Representatives
from state libraries and Centers for the Book throughout
the country will gather in the nation’s capital
to promote reading and the literary traditions of the
50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories.
The National Book Festival is sponsored by the Library
of Congress and hosted by First Lady Laura Bush. The festival
is free and open to the public.
The Pavilion of the States also features
authors who sign, read excerpts from, and discuss their
latest work with visitors at their home state table. This
year’s schedule of authors who will visit the Pavilion
of the States is:
10:00 Georgia; 10:30 Missouri
Shelia Moses, The Return of Buddy Bush
10:30 Illinois
Richard Peck, Here Lies the Librarian
11:00 Texas
Elmer Kelton, Six Bits a Day
11:30 North Carolina
Kathy Reichs, Break No Bones
12:30 Washington
Terry Trueman, No Right Turn
1:00 Virginia
John McCutcheon, Christmas in the Trenches
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1:30 Louisiana
Douglas Brinkley, The Great Deluge
2:00 Massachusetts
Andrew Clements, A Million Dots
2:30 Massachusetts
Tony DiTerlizzi, G is for One Gzonk!
2:45 New Hampshire
Donald Hall, Nation’s Poet Laureate,
White Apples and the Taste of Stone
3:00 Ohio
Sharon Draper, Copper Sun
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“The Pavilion of the States has grown
to be one of the most popular venues at the National Book
Festival,” said Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director
of the Institute of Museum and Services. “We are
especially pleased to sponsor the Pavilion this year as
we mark the Institute’s 10th anniversary of serving
the nation’s museums and libraries. Visit us in
the Pavilion of the States and help us celebrate.”
For more information on the Pavilion of
the States, see: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/pavilions.html.
For more information on the National Book Festival, http://www.loc.gov/bookfest.
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About the Institute of Museum
and Library Services
The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary
source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000
libraries and 17,500 museums. Its mission is to grow and
sustain a “Nation of Learners” because lifelong
learning is essential to a democratic society and individual
success. Through its grant making, convenings, research
and publications, the Institute empowers museums and libraries
nationwide to provide leadership and services to enhance
learning in families and communities, sustain cultural
heritage, build twenty-first-century skills, and increase
civic participation. To learn more about the Institute,
please visit: http://www.imls.gov.
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