Biographies and histories among tomes for sale at 37th annual Book Fair Nov. 18

If there are biography and history buffs are on your holiday shopping list, be sure stop by the Club’s 37th Annual Book Fair & Authors’ Night on Tuesday, Nov. 18.

These are 100 nationally known writers scheduled to sell and autograph their books at the event, which will run from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Admission is $5 for Club members and $10 for non-members. Tickets may be purchased here. No outside books permitted. A full list of participants is listed here.

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., will be in the memoir section with his new book, Blessed Experiences: Genuinely Southern, Proudly Black, along with former Sen. Jim Webb, D-Virginia, with I Heard My Country Calling: A Memoir, and Rhonda Garelick with Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History.

Former White House aide Patrick Buchanan will be in the history section with The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, and Kirstin Downey will be there with Isabella: The Warrior Queen and Eric Lichtblau with The Nazis Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men.

The Club is partnering once again with Politics & Prose, Washington’s largest independent bookstore.

The event is a fundraiser for the Journalism Institute, a 501(c)(3) that provides training for mid-career journalists and scholarships for the next generation of journalists.

The Book Fair also supports the Club’s renovated Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library, which provides research and resources for news professionals.

For the sixth year, the Book Fair is working with The SEED Foundation, which helps under-served students prepare for college. The young scholars attend one of two public boarding schools in the District and Maryland. The students select books they believe would enrich their education and patrons can buy them at the fair to help develop the Baltimore SEED School library. A group of students from the SEED school attend the event each year, giving them a chance to meet with authors and attendees.

The NPCJI and Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library thank Brown Capital Management and Syngenta Corp. for their generous support.