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Kill Your Thousands of Electronics: National Book Festival

Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images OKAY, BOOKWORMS. This is your day. In a world of non-stop audio-visual stimulation, of iPods and Blackberries and inescapable noise, the National Book Festival is for those of us who still read those timeless tomes they call books.

Of course, it's, um, all gotten very high-tech over the past couple of years (you can listen to podcasts of featured authors on the Web site), but still, at its heart, this festival is about the written word.

The something-for-everyone label certainly applies here — along with tents featuring books of every genre, 70 authors (including Salman Rushdie, pictured, and Tiki Barber — see? something for everyone) will be on hand to discuss their work. And, for parents: There will be tons of kid-oriented activities that will not only keep the tots busy, but will help you be sure they aren't only literate in, or enthusiastic about, the language of computers.

» Between the U.S. Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial, Sat., Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free; 202-707-5000. (Smithsonian)

Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images

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