This weekend is the 2005 Festival of Books sponsored by the Library of Congress.  It’s held in DC, not a publishing mecca, but that’s where the Library of Congress is located, so….

There will be speeches, booksignings and general book frivolity.  The list of attending authors is worth a look.  I like the way they’re divided into genres.  Yeah, no romance.  Of course not.  Not a big surprise but still, would it kill them? 

Now, I have to warn you that the genre categories are a bit murky.  In a somewhat confusing distinction, there’s a Children category and a separate Teens & Children category.  To further add to the confusion, David Baldacci is in the Children category.  There’s a joke in there somewhere, but I’ll let it go.

There are some romance-like folks hidden in these groups.  Sandra Brown is listed under Mystery &Thriller.  Diana Gabaldon is included under a category with a definition that can only be described with the legal term "overly broad" - Fiction & Fantasy.  Meg Cabot is in there with the teen and kid stuff, but not just the kid stuff because that would be silly.  And, if you wanted to chat with Lynne Cheney - I do not know, someone might want to - she’ll also be hanging out in the Teens & Children pavilion.  Never thought of Cheney and Cabot together before, but there’s a first time for everything.

If nothing else, the pompous meter in general DC area should be off-the-charts thanks to the History & Biography crowd.

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