BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:History Book Festival BEGIN:VEVENT UID:169192023-10-01 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231001 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231002 SUMMARY:History Book Festival CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:The seventh annual History Book Festival returns to Lewes\, Del aware\,\non\nSeptember 29\, 30 and October 1 for live events with 23 disti nguished\nauthors of\nhistorical nonfiction and fiction.\nThe festival — the first and only one of its kind in the United\nStates devoted\nexclusi vely to history — kicks off on Friday\, September 29\, with the\nkeynote \npresentation at 7 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church Fellowship\nHal l. The closing\naddress will be presented at 1 p.m. on Sunday\, October 1\ , at Cape\nHenlopen High\nSchool Theatre. Saturday\, September 30\, will f eature 20 author\nappearances\nthroughout the day at various venues in his toric Lewes. This singular\nnonprofit event is\npresented by Delaware Huma nities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group\,\nBerkshire\nHathaway HomeServices /PenFed Realty.\nThis year’s keynote speaker is Steve Inskeep. He is the \naward-winning cohost of\nNational Public Radio’s “Morning Edition\, ” the most widely heard\nradio program in the\nUnited States\, and of NP R’s “Up First\,” one of the nation’s\nmost popular podcasts. His\n reporting has taken him across the United States\, and to the Middle\nEast \, Latin\nAmerica\, Africa\, Pakistan\, and China. Inskeep will be in conv ersation\nwith Christina\nShutt\, executive director of the Abraham Lincol n Presidential Library\nand Museum in\nSpringfield\, Ill. They will discus s Inskeep’s latest nonfiction\nwork\, “Differ We Must: How\nLincoln Su cceeded in a Divided America.” The keynote address is\npresented by Sall y\nMott Freeman and John K. Freeman.\nJames McBride is the Festival’s cl osing speaker. He is a New York\nTimes–bestselling novelist\, who has wo n a National Book Award and\nreceived a\nNational Humanities Medal from fo rmer president Barack Obama. He is\nalso an\n\naccomplished musician and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New\nYork\nUniversity. McBride will be in conversation with Marie Arana\,\nco-founder of the National\nBook Fe stival and inaugural literary director of the Library of\nCongress\, about his latest\nnovel\, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store.” The closing a ddress is\npresented by\nDogfish Head Beer & Benevolence.\nInformation on the other presenting authors and their featured books\,\nas well as\naddit ional details about the 2023 festival\, are available online at\nhistorybo okfestival.org.\nTickets are required for the keynote and closing addresse s.\nSaturday’s events\nare open access and culminate with a “Spirited Discussion”\nafter-party at Lewes Public\nLibrary.\nKeynote and closing tickets are available now to purchase at\nbit.ly/TKTS-\nINSKEEP and bit.ly /TKTS-MCBRIDE. Ticket fees start at $28 and include\na signed\,\nhardcover copy of the author’s featured book.\nBooks can be purchased after each presentation\, when authors will be\navailable\nto sign them\, or they may be bought in advance at Browseabout Books in\nRehoboth\nBeach\, the offic ial bookseller of the History Book Festival\, or at\nbiblion in Lewes. In\ naddition\, all festival titles may be borrowed from the Delaware Public\n Library system as\nthe books are published.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The seventh annual History Book Festival re turns to Lewes\, Delaware\, on
\nSeptember 29\, 30 and October 1 for live events with 23 distinguished authors of
\nhistorical nonfiction and fiction.
\nThe festival &mdash\; the first and only one of its ki nd in the United States devoted
\nexclusively to history &mdash\; kic ks off on Friday\, September 29\, with the keynote
\npresentation at 7 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The closing
\naddress will be presented at 1 p.m. on Sunday\, October 1\, at Cape Hen lopen High
\nSchool Theatre. Saturday\, September 30\, will feature 2 0 author appearances
\nthroughout the day at various venues in histor ic Lewes. This singular nonprofit event is
\npresented by Delaware Hu manities and The Lee Ann Wilkinson Group\, Berkshire
\nHathaway HomeS ervices/PenFed Realty.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s keynote speaker is Steve Inskeep. He is the award-winning cohost of
\nNational Public Radio&rs quo\;s &ldquo\;Morning Edition\,&rdquo\; the most widely heard radio progr am in the
\nUnited States\, and of NPR&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;Up First\,&rd quo\; one of the nation&rsquo\;s most popular podcasts. His
\nreporti ng has taken him across the United States\, and to the Middle East\, Latin
\nAmerica\, Africa\, Pakistan\, and China. Inskeep will be in conver sation with Christina
\nShutt\, executive director of the Abraham Lin coln Presidential Library and Museum in
\nSpringfield\, Ill. They wil l discuss Inskeep&rsquo\;s latest nonfiction work\, &ldquo\;Differ We Must : How
\nLincoln Succeeded in a Divided America.&rdquo\; The keynote a ddress is presented by Sally
\nMott Freeman and John K. Freeman.
\nJames McBride is the Festival&rsquo\;s closing speaker. He is a New Yor k
\nTimes&ndash\;bestselling novelist\, who has won a National Book A ward and received a
\nNational Humanities Medal from former president Barack Obama. He is also an

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accomplished musician and a Disting uished Writer in Residence at New York
\nUniversity. McBride will be in conversation with Marie Arana\, co-founder of the National
\nBook Festival and inaugural literary director of the Library of Congress\, abou t his latest
\nnovel\, &ldquo\;The Heaven &\; Earth Grocery Store. &rdquo\; The closing address is presented by
\nDogfish Head Beer & \; Benevolence.
\nInformation on the other presenting authors and the ir featured books\, as well as
\nadditional details about the 2023 fe stival\, are available online at historybookfestival.org.
\nTickets a re required for the keynote and closing addresses. Saturday&rsquo\;s event s
\nare open access and culminate with a &ldquo\;Spirited Discussion& rdquo\; after-party at Lewes Public
\nLibrary.
\nKeynote and clo sing tickets are available now to purchase at bit.ly/TKTS-
\nINSKEEP and bit.ly/TKTS-MCBRIDE. Ticket fees start at $28 and include a signed\,\nhardcover copy of the author&rsquo\;s featured book.
\nBooks ca n be purchased after each presentation\, when authors will be available
\nto sign them\, or they may be bought in advance at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth
\nBeach\, the official bookseller of the History Book Fes tival\, or at biblion in Lewes. In
\naddition\, all festival titles m ay be borrowed from the Delaware Public Library system as
\nthe books are published.

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