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Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Our podcast series features one-on-one chats with some of this year鈥檚 featured authors.</p> <p>Subscribe via: <a href="NBF16.xml">RSS</a> | <a class="external" target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240525140607/https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/2016-national-book-festival-podcast/id1147707840?mt=2"><span class="underline">Apple</span><span class="external2" title="external link"></span></a></p> </div> <h2>2016 National Book Festival</h2> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest16/images/yang_gene_luen85x85.jpg" width="85" height="85" class="podcast_thumb" alt="Gene Luen Yang"/> <p><strong>Title:</strong> Gene Luen Yang: 2016 National Book Festival <br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Gene Luen Yang<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> September 20, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 8:11 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a 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13, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 14:13 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_paterson.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest16/images/gingrich_newt85x85.jpg" width="85" height="85" class="podcast_thumb" alt="Newt Gingrich"/> <p><strong>Title:</strong> Newt Gingrich: 2016 National Book Festival <br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Newt Gingrich<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> September 8, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 7:32 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_gingrich.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest16/images/millard_candice85x85.jpg" width="85" height="85" class="podcast_thumb" alt="Candice Millard"/> <p><strong>Title:</strong> Candice Millard: 2016 National Book Festival <br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Candice Millard<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> September 6, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 13:14 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_millard.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest16/images/rehm_diane85x85.jpg" width="85" height="85" class="podcast_thumb" alt="Diane Rehm"/> <p><strong>Title:</strong> Diane Rehm: 2016 National Book Festival <br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Diane Rehm<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> September 2, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 16:33 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_rehm.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img 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Ruiz Zaf贸n: 2016 National Book Festival (Spanish)<br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Carlos Ruiz Zaf贸n<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> August 25, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 6:38 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_zafon-span.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/podcasts/bookfest16/images/oates_joycecarol_85x85.jpg" width="85" height="85" class="podcast_thumb" alt="Joyce Carol Oates"/> <p><strong>Title:</strong> Joyce Carol Oates: 2016 National Book Festival<br/> <strong>Speakers:</strong> Joyce Carol Oates<br/> <strong>Date:</strong> August 23, 2016<br/> <strong>Running Time:</strong> 10:34 minutes</p> <p><img src="/web/20240525140607im_/https://loc.gov/images/arrow_o.gif" alt="" height="9" width="9"/> <a href="podcast_oates.html">Listen to Podcast</a></p> </div> <div class="podcast_insert"> <img 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