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2026 National Book Festival — virtual program
- Date
- Place
- Online and Walter E. Washington Convention CenterWashington
- Status
- Confirmed
- Original listing language
- English
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About this listing
Virtual access to selected National Book Festival programs, including the opening ceremony and Main Stage livestream; videos of all programs are promised after the festival.
Context and evidence
- Entry family
- live-media-digital-native
- Arts formats
- festival
- Arts disciplines
- multidisciplinary-cultural-festival
- Arts occurrence role
- parent
- Live and digital formats
- virtual-festival; livestreamed-discussion; platform-native-cultural-event
- Platforms
- Library of Congress web video
- Live status
- live-and-replay
- Audience interaction
- Viewing is confirmed; virtual Q&A/chat is not announced.
- Recording availability
- confirmed-after-event
- Digital evidence
- Official virtual guide gives August 21 at 7:00 p.m. for the opening and August 22, 10:00 a.m.–6:15 p.m. for the Main Stage. Format: hybrid. Online location: Library of Congress National Book Festival livestream pages. Platform: Library of Congress web video. Viewing is confirmed; virtual Q&A/chat is not announced. No recording claim beyond the stated replay/archive status: confirmed-after-event. The official guide states that the opening ceremony features five festival authors and that the festival includes more than 80 authors.
- Online location
- Library of Congress National Book Festival livestream pages
- Platform detail
- Library of Congress web video
- Liveness detail
- hybrid-live-scheduled
- Synchronicity detail
- hybrid-synchronous-and-replay
- Audience interaction detail
- Viewing is confirmed; virtual Q&A/chat is not announced.
- Interaction status
- not-announced
- Interaction evidence
- Viewing is confirmed; virtual Q&A/chat is not announced.
- Digital access status
- free-public-online
- Digital access route
- Attend Virtually guide and Watch the Festival links
- Replay or archive status
- confirmed-after-event
- Recording evidence
- No recording claim beyond the stated replay/archive status: confirmed-after-event.
- Creator participation status
- confirmed
- Creator participation evidence
- The official guide states that the opening ceremony features five festival authors and that the festival includes more than 80 authors.
- Digital occurrence evidence
- Official virtual guide gives August 21 at 7:00 p.m. for the opening and August 22, 10:00 a.m.–6:15 p.m. for the Main Stage.
- Public access
- free-public-online
- Registration required
- False