Borders to party it up at National Book Festival

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Borders announced that it will be the exclusive book retailer for the 9th annual National Book Festival, which will take place Saturday, Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the National Mall in Washington D.C.

Borders will have hundreds of titles on hand from many of the bestselling authors who will be at the event including James Patterson, Kate DiCamillo, Judy Blume, Ken Burns, Paula Deen, Jeff Kinney, Rick Riordan, John Grisham, Jodi Picoult, Nicholas Sparks and others.

The Borders store will be located in the Book Sales Pavilion, so attendees can pick up their books before heading over to the Author Signing Pavilions located nearby.

For more information, including a complete list of participating authors and author signing and pavilions schedules, please visit www.loc.gov/bookfest. Festival-goers can also text "BOOK" to 61399 for up-to-the minute text alerts and news. Standard message rates apply.