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  • C-SPAN’s Book TV is again partnering with the Library of Congress to bring the 2023 National Book Festival to a national television audience, live and on-site.

    C-SPAN’s Book TV is again partnering with the Library of Congress to bring the 2023 National Book Festival to a national television audience, live and on-site.


    As an original supporter of the National Book Festival, C-SPAN’s Book TV is contributing the following for this year’s event – held on Saturday, August 12, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center:

    • live coverage of author interviews and panel discussions.
    • lengthy live call-in interviews with nonfiction authors on location from the grand lobby.
    • 20,000 totes promoting both the Library of Congress and C-SPAN’s Book TV available to Festivalgoers.
    • public access to its video coverage via C-SPAN’s online archives at C-SPAN.org.



    C-SPAN’s Book TV has been providing live, in-depth, uninterrupted coverage of the National Book Festival – and partnering with the Library of Coverage on promotion – since the event began on September 8, 2001.

    Book TV’s LIVE coverage has taken C-SPAN’s audience to the Festival’s various venues – U.S. Capitol grounds (2001), a vast tent city on the National Mall (2002-2013), an expo-style event in the Washington Convention Center (2014-2019), a virtual event during the pandemic (2020-2021), and back to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (2022).

    Book TV’s extensive coverage of nonfiction authors appearing at the National Book Festival kicks off the network’s coverage of book fairs held throughout the country in the fall. And the celebration of C-SPAN’s 25 years of Book TV will launch from this year’s festival.



    About Book TV:
    Book TV – Sundays on C-SPAN2 – is the only television service dedicated to nonfiction books. Book TV features programming on a rich variety of topics, such as history, biography, politics, current events, the media and more. Watch author interviews, book readings and coverage of the nation’s largest book fairs. Every Sunday on C-SPAN2 starting 8 am ET or online anytime at booktv.org. Use that website as well to connect with Book TV via social media and the email newsletter.

    About C-SPAN:
    C-SPAN, the public affairs network providing Americans with unfiltered access to congressional proceedings, was created in 1979 as a public service by the cable television industry and is now funded through fees paid by cable and satellite companies that provide C-SPAN programming. C-SPAN connects with millions of Americans through its three commercial-free TV networks, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN Podcasts, the C-SPAN Now app, C-SPAN.org and various social media platforms.

    The network’s video-rich website contains over 270,000 hours of searchable and shareable content. Engage with C-SPAN on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, and stay connected through weekly and daily newsletters. 


     
    Full 2023 National Book Festival Book TV
    Coverage Schedule, Saturday Aug. 12

    9amET Interview Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

    9:30am Authors Panel: Accidental Spies
    Authors: John Lisle “The Dirty Tricks Department”;
    Janet Wallach “Flirting with Danger”
    Moderator: CBS’s Jeff Pegues

    10:30am Interview Author R.K. Russell, “The Yards Between Us”

    10:45am Authors Panel: Environmental Awakening vs. Climate Change
    Authors: Douglas Brinkley “Silent Spring Revolution”;
    David Lipsky “The Parrot and the Igloo”
    Moderator: Jenn White of NPR

    11:45 Interview: Charles “Cully” Stimson, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation
    “Rogue Prosecutors: How Radical Soros Lawyers Are Destroying America’s Communities.”

    12pm Author Talk: Sports and Culture
    Author: R.K. Russell, “Yards Between Us”
    Moderator: LZ Granderson of the LA Times

    12:45pm Interview, David Rubenstein

    1pm Author Panel: Escaping Genocide and Human Trafficking
    Authors: Tahir Hamut Izgil, “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night”;
    Saket Soni, “The Great Escape”
    Moderator: Washington Post’s Jason Rezaian

    2:20pm Interview Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

    3:15pm Interview with Chasten Buttigieg, “I Have Something to Tell You”

    3:30pm Author Panel – Behind the Scenes with Black Writers
    Authors Camille Dungy and Tiphanie Yanique
    Moderator: Author Jericho Brown

    4:30pm Joan Biskupic, “Nine Black Robes”

    4:45pm Author Panel – Dig In: What Food Says About Us
    Authors Cheuk Kwan and Anya von Bremzen
    Moderator: Wash. Post Food Writer Daniela Galarza

    For more information c-span.org/booktv

  • NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL: ONCE AGAIN, BOOK TV IS LIVE, IN-PERSON

    NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL: ONCE AGAIN, BOOK TV IS LIVE, IN-PERSON

    22nd-STRAIGHT YEAR: EXCLUSIVE NON-FICTION BOOK COVERAGEON BOOK TV ON C-SPAN2

    C-SPAN’s Book TV has provided live, in-depth, uninterrupted coverage of the National Book Festival since it began.  Now, after several years of virtual coverage because of the pandemic, Book TV is back in person, once again providing signature LIVE gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Festival’s non-fiction authors.

    “As we celebrate this year’s National Book Festival with the theme ‘Books Bring Us Together,’ the Library of Congress’ partnership with C-SPAN’s Book TV will bring together readers across the country, allowing them to enjoy our exciting lineup of authors. We’re proud to join with C-SPAN to extend the reach of the Library of Congress National Book Festival once again so that book lovers from coast to coast can experience this celebration of reading,” said Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

    Among the guests and authors the nationwide Book TV audience will see and hear from on September 3, 2022, (9:30amET-5:30pmET):

    • Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
    • David Maraniss, “Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe”
    • Conversation on women leaders of the civil rights movement with authors Tomiko Brown-Nagin (“Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley”) and Kate Clifford Larson (“Walk With Me: Fannie Lou Hamer”).  Moderated by Neda Ulaby.
    • Clint Smith, “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America”
    • Conversation on creating community in America with authors Gal Beckerman (“The Quiet Before) and Kathryn Judge (“Direct”). Moderated by Sewell Chan.
    • Conversation on conspiracies in America with authors Brendan McConville (“The Brethren”) and Elizabeth Williamson (“Sandy Hook”). Moderated by Roswell Encina. 
    • Jack Davis, “The Bald Eagle: The Improbably Journey of America’s Bird”
    • Conversation on climate change with authorsJuli Berwald (“Life on the Rocks”) and Edith Widder (“Below the Edge of Darkness”). Moderated by Liz Neeley. 
    • Conversation on the modern essay in the age of speed with Morten Høi Jensen (“The Fiction That Dare Not Speak Its Name”), Shawn McCreesh (“The Hatboro Blues”) and Becca Rothfeld (“Sanctimony Literature”) .Moderated by Celeste Marcus.
    • Will Bunch. “After the Ivory Tower Falls.”

    In partnership with the Library of Congress, C-SPAN has been part of the National Book Festival from the first one, September 8, 2001. Book TV’s LIVE coverage has taken the C-SPAN2 audience to the Festival’s various venues – U.S. Capitol grounds, a vast tent city on the National Mall (2002-2013), expo-style event in the Washington Convention Center (2014-2019), virtual (2020-2021), and now back to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.

    Wherever the National Book Festival goes, Book TV is there. Over the past 21 years, Book TV has featured hundreds of non-fiction authors and guests, including Laura Bush, David McCullough, Buzz Aldrin, Salman Rushdie, Carla Hayden, Julie & David Eisenhower, Kinky Friedman, David Rubenstein, Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Madeleine Albright, to name a few.

    You can see all of Book TV’s coverage of the National Book Festival over the decades via this dedicated C-SPAN Video Library subpage:  https://www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?nationalbookfestival

    Book TV doesn’t limit itself to covering the National Book Festival. A partial list of other book festivals from around the country which Book TV covers includes: the Miami Book Fair, the Mississippi Book Festival, the Tucson Book Festival, the Southern Festival of Books, the Wisconsin Book Festival, the Texas Book Festival, the Brooklyn Book Festival, and many more.

    If non-fiction books are your thing, C-SPAN is your place.

    About Book TV:

    Book TV – Sundays on C-SPAN2 – is the only television service dedicated to nonfiction books. Book TV features programming on a rich variety of topics, such as history, biography, politics, current events, the media and more. Watch author interviews, readings and coverage of the nation’s largest book fairs. Every Sunday on C-SPAN2 starting 8am ET or online anytime at booktv.org  . Use that website as well to connect with Book TV via social media and email newsletter.

    About C-SPAN:

    C-SPAN, the public affairs network providing Americans with unfiltered access to congressional proceedings, was created in 1979 as a public service by the cable television industry and is now funded through fees paid by cable and satellite companies that provide C-SPAN programming. C-SPAN connects with millions of Americans through its three commercial-free TV networks, C-SPAN Radio, C-SPAN Podcasts, the C-SPAN Now app, C-SPAN.org and various social media platforms. The network’s video-rich website contains over 270,000 hours of searchable and shareable content. Engage with C-SPAN on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, and stay connected through weekly and daily newsletters.