Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book

An affiliate of the Center for the Book

in the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) Center for the Book was established in 1977 to promote books, reading, libraries, and literacy. In 1997, the Maine Humanities Council established the Maine Center for the Book as a state affiliate of that program. It was renamed the Harriet P. Henry Center for the Book in 2003, in honor of Maine’s first female judge, a former Board chair of MHC and a longtime supporter of the humanities.

LOC Center for the Book

The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress is a community of 56 Affiliated Centers, promoting reading, libraries and literacy through the Library of Congress and its Affiliated Centers across the country.

LOC National Book Festival

The annual National Book Festival is held in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Rostam’s Picture-Day Pusteen

This picture book from Ryan Bani Tahmaseb and illustrator Fateme Mokhles is Maine’s selection for the 2025 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

The Great Transition

Nick Fuller Googin’s richly imaginative, immersive, and electrifyingly relevant debut novel is Maine’s adult selection for the 2025 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, DC.