The 20th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival is scheduled to be held Sept. 25-27. This year the festival will be held online.
Instead of regular stages as done in previous years, the festival will have virtual stages for the more than 120 authors, poets and illustrators. The stages will include: children, teens, fiction, genre fiction, poetry and prose, history and biography, science, family and food, and understanding our world.
A flash flood hit the Cañada del Oro Wash near Edwin Road in July 2020, during the burning of the massive Bighorn Fire in the Catalina Mountains north of Tucson. The flash flood carried burned debris and runoff from the fire.
The festival has announced the lineup of authors for this year’s festival with the theme celebrating American ingenuity.
The all-virtual festival will offer on-demand videos, live author chats and discussions.
Get all of the details on the festival at loc.gov/events/2020-national-book-festival and read the festival blog to get all of the details, see the author list and learn how to attend and personalize your experience. Go to blogs.loc.gov/national-book-festival to read the latest updates.
Photos: Train derailment, bridge collapse, fire over Tempe Town Lake
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Smoke fills the sky at the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Ariz., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb derailed and set the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. There were no immediate reports of any leaks. (Daniel Coronado via AP)
Tempe train derailment
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Train derailment over Tempe Town Lake on July 29, 2020.
Tempe train derailment
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Jul 29, 2020; Tempe, AZ, USA; A portion of the bridge over Tempe Beach Park has collapsed, and the train on the bridge is on fire in Tempe.
Tempe train derailment
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A train derailed and was on fire over Tempe Town Lake, July 29, 2020.
Tempe train derailment
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People watch the scene of a train derailment on July 29, 2020, at Tempe Town Lake in Tempe, Ariz.
Tempe train derailment
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Smoke fills the sky at the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Ariz., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb derailed and set the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. There were no immediate reports of any leaks. (Daniel Coronado via AP)
Tempe train derailment
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Local firefighters attempt to put out a fire on a derailed freight train on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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Local firefighters attempt to put out a fire on a derailed freight train on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Officials say a freight train traveling on the bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb has derailed, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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A derailed freight train burns on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake as part of the collapsed bridge bends in the foreground Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Officials say a freight train traveling on the bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb has derailed, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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A derailed freight train burns on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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Local firefighters attempt to put out a fire on a derailed freight train on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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Firefighters try to put out flames from a derailed freight train as it burns on a bridge spanning Tempe Town Lake Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. Officials say a freight train traveling on the bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb has derailed, setting the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Tempe train derailment
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Smoke fills the sky at the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Ariz., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb derailed and set the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. There were no immediate reports of any leaks. (AP Photo/Pool)
Tempe train derailment
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Smoke fills the sky at the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Ariz., on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb derailed and set the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. There were no immediate reports of any leaks. (AP Photo/Pool)
Tempe train derailment
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Firefighters respond to the scene of a train derailment in Tempe, Ariz.,Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Officials say a freight train traveling on a bridge that spans a lake in the Phoenix suburb derailed and set the bridge ablaze and partially collapsing the structure. There were no immediate reports of any leaks. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
