# Literary Programs Development

Mary Murdock's 2021 Junior Fellows project focused on creating and organizing content for the 2021 National Book Festival (NBF)'s "Near You" component. The Book Festival's virtual format expanded the reach and accessibility of Library of Congress programs in 2020, and the "Festival Near You" is an extension of this effort. The new components of the official NBF website include a landing page with an interactive map, individual pages for each state with information on local programming and Great Reads picks, and a page organizing all local programming into a sortable format. By encouraging state affiliates and local partner organizations to present their own programming in connection to the National Book Festival and more prominently featuring the Great Reads picks from each Affiliate Center for the Book, the "Festival Near You" is an exciting expansion of efforts to make the nation's premier celebration of books and reading accessible to people across the United States.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2021
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2024697564/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2024697564?play=1)