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Article: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 2009 NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL ATTRACTS MORE THAN 130,000 BOOK LOVERS TO NATIONAL MALL

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September 30, 2009
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Library of Congress issued the following news release:

More than 130,000 book-lovers gathered Saturday on the National Mall for the ninth annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress with Honorary Chairs President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Festival-goers celebrated creativity and imagination with their favorite authors, illustrators and poets in standing-room-only pavilions, including Let's Read America; the Pavilion of the States; Children; Teens & Children; Fiction & Fantasy; Mysteries & Thrillers; History & Biography; Poetry & Prose; and the Library of Congress pavilion, which featured ...

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