Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden walks 1A through the 2024 National Book Festival (Rebroadcast)

Book festivals are special events where authors are celebrities and audiences are bookworms ready to nerd out among their our own. 

Every year, more than 100 of these festivals take place nationwide. And one of the largest is in the nation’s capital, hosted by the world’s biggest library: The Library of Congress.

We take you to the National Book Festival, which happened on Aug. 24 in Washington D.C., and bring you moments from authors such as Erik Larson, Tamron Hall, and Rebecca Yarros.