On the Go with Calvert Library to the National Book Festival (press release)

Contact:  Robyn Truslow

410-535-0291

July 25, 2014

 

On the Go with Calvert Library!

 

Tickets are now on sale for a bus trip to the Library of Congress National Book Festival, on Saturday, August 30.  For just $15.00, you can secure your seat for a ride to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the new indoor home of the National Book Festival.  The air-conditioned school bus will pick-up at 10 am at the Sunderland Park and Ride.  The bus will depart from the Convention Center at 5 pm.

 

Festival-goers can meet and hear from their favorite poets and authors, get books signed, see special entertainment, have photos taken with storybook characters and participate in a variety of other activities.  Famous authors such as Sandra Day O’Connor, Lisa See, Cokie Roberts, Kate DiCamillo, E.L. Doctorow, Billy Collins, Molly Idle, Alice McDermott and Rep. John Lewis will be there.  There will be activities and authors of interest to everyone in the family.  Entrance to the National Book Festival is free!

 

For a complete listing of authors, and ongoing excitement visit www.loc.gov/bookfest/. Bus tickets must be purchased by August 23 and can be obtained at any branch of Calvert Library.

 

For more information, contact Joan Kilmon at Calvert Library Twin Beaches Branch, 410-257-2411.

 

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Robyn Truslow

Public Relations Coordinator

Calvert Library

850 Costley Way

Prince Frederick, MD  20678

410-535-0291

410-535-3022 (fax)

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