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What is Vive le Livre?

Vive le Livre, or "Long Live the Book," is the yearly fundraising dinner hosted by the Huntsville Foundation to benefit the Huntsville-Madison County Public Library. Each year, the Foundation invites a great contemporary author to speak and conduct a book signing. Vive le Livre is the Foundation's major fundraiser, and all profits from Vive le Livre benefit the library system.

When is Vive le Livre?

Location: Von Braun Center, North Hall
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Donor & author reception: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner served: 7:00 p.m.
Keynote speech: 8:00 p.m.
Book signing to follow keynote speech

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Past Authors

Vive le Livre has hosted the finest in contemporary authors since its inception 22 years ago. Click to search the library's catalog for works by some of Vive le Livre's previous speakers:

Carl Hiaasen
2007

Garrison Keillor
2006

David Baldacci
2005

Christopher Buckley
2004

Bob Woodward
2003

David McCullough
2002

Doris Kearns Goodwin
2001

Al Franken
2000

Homer Hickam
1999

John Berendt
1998

Tom Wolfe
1997

Pat Conroy
1996