# 2024 National Book Festival Opening Celebration: Books Build Us Up

On the eve of the 2024 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden and Festival co-chair David M. Rubenstein welcomed six out of the dozens of authors appearing at this year’s festival to the Library to talk about the Festival, now in its 24th year, and their love of books and reading.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2024
- Runtime: 1 h 2 min
- By: Hayden, Carla D.
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10234/)
- 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/video-10234?play=1)