Book Parties and Festivals

About Book Parties and Festivals

Each year, Book TV attends and tapes events at fairs, festivals and book parties. These programs can be searched and viewed here.

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BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina

Last aired: May 19, 2013

BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Mutiple Authors

Last aired: May 19, 2013

2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
2013 Annapolis Book Festival Panel: American Politics
Mickey Edwards; Michael Steele

Last aired: May 13, 2013

2013 Annapolis Book Festival Panel: American Politics
2013 Annapolis Book Festival Panel: Role of Women in Society
Sharon Lerner; Hanna Rosin

Last aired: May 12, 2013

2013 Annapolis Book Festival Panel: Role of Women in Society
2013 Virginia Festival of the Book: A Conversation with Rep. John Lewis and John Carlos
John Carlos; Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)

Last aired: May 5, 2013

2013 Virginia Festival of the Book:  A Conversation with Rep. John Lewis and John Carlos
BookTV in Yuma, Arizona
BookTV Visits Yuma, Arizona

Last aired: May 5, 2013

BookTV in Yuma, Arizona
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Sunday
Mutiple Authors

Last aired: April 22, 2013

2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Sunday
BookTV in Virginia Beach, Virginia
BookTV Visits Virginia Beach, Virginia

Last aired: April 21, 2013

BookTV in Virginia Beach, Virginia
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Saturday
Multiple Authors

Last aired: April 21, 2013

2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Saturday
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Environment Panel
Bill Carter; Kristen Iversen

Last aired: April 15, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Environment Panel
2013 Annapolis Book Festival
Multiple Authors

Last aired: April 14, 2013

2013 Annapolis Book Festival
BookTV in Mesa, Arizona
BookTV Visits Mesa, Arizona

Last aired: April 7, 2013

BookTV in Mesa, Arizona
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Panel - "Ban This!: The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature"
Gustavo Arellano; Lizz Huerta; Santino Rivera; Andrea Serrano

Last aired: March 31, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Panel - "Ban This!: The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature"
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: The Alamo Panel
James Donovan; Stephen Harrigan; Michael Wallis

Last aired: March 30, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: The Alamo Panel
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Navy SEALs Panel
Howard Wasdin; Brandon Webb

Last aired: March 17, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Navy SEALs Panel
BookTV in Alexandria, Virginia
BookTV Visits Alexandria, Virginia

Last aired: March 17, 2013

BookTV in Alexandria, Virginia
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Sunday
Multiple Authors

Last aired: March 11, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Sunday
2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Saturday
Multiple Authors

Last aired: March 10, 2013

2013 Tucson Festival of Books: Saturday
"The Price of Politics"
Bob Woodward

Last aired: March 9, 2013

"The Price of Politics"
BookTV in Albuquerque, New Mexico
BookTV Visits Albuquerque, New Mexico

Last aired: March 3, 2013

BookTV in Albuquerque, New Mexico
2013 Key West Literary Seminar - Panel: "The Biographer as Autobiographer and the Limits of Objectivity"
Jay Parini; Phyllis Rose; Edmund White; Brenda Wineapple

Last aired: February 18, 2013

2013 Key West Literary Seminar - Panel: "The Biographer as Autobiographer and the Limits of Objectivity"
2013 Savannah Book Festival
Multiple Author Events

Last aired: February 17, 2013

2013 Savannah Book Festival
2013 Key West Literary Seminar - Panel: "How Far Can the Facts Take Us?"
Rosalind Brackenbury; Pico Iyer; Julie Salamon; Colm Toibin

Last aired: February 3, 2013

2013 Key West Literary Seminar - Panel: "How Far Can the Facts Take Us?"
BookTV in Santa Fe, New Mexico
BookTV Visits Santa Fe, New Mexico

Last aired: February 3, 2013

BookTV in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, "The Rise of Marco Rubio"
Manuel Roig-Franzia

Last aired: January 22, 2013

Interview with Manuel Roig-Franzia, "The Rise of Marco Rubio"
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Candice Millard, David Nasaw, and Les Standiford
Candice Millard; David Nasaw; Les Standiford

Last aired: January 20, 2013

2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Candice Millard, David Nasaw, and Les Standiford
2013 Key West Literary Seminar: Paul Hendrickson, "Hemingway's Boat"
Paul Hendrickson

Last aired: January 20, 2013

2013 Key West Literary Seminar: Paul Hendrickson, "Hemingway's Boat"
Interview with Neil Barofsky, "Bailout"
Neil Barofsky

Last aired: January 14, 2013

Interview with Neil Barofsky, "Bailout"
Interview with David Rothkopf, "Power, Inc."
David Rothkopf

Last aired: January 6, 2013

Interview with David Rothkopf, "Power, Inc."
BookTV in Providence, Rhode Island
BookTV Visits Providence, Rhode Island

Last aired: January 6, 2013

BookTV in Providence, Rhode Island
2012 National Book Festival: Walter Isaacson, "Steve Jobs"
Walter Isaacson

Last aired: January 2, 2013

2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading
James Patterson

Last aired: January 1, 2013

2012 Miami Book Fair International: James Patterson on Reading
2012 Texas Book Festival: David Westin, "Exit Interview"
David Westin

Last aired: December 30, 2012

2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Lori Andrews, Hanna Rosin, and Joan Walsh
Lori Andrews; Hanna Rosin; Joan Walsh

Last aired: December 30, 2012

2012 National Book Awards
Multiple Authors

Last aired: December 26, 2012

2012 National Book Awards
2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Multiple Authors

Last aired: December 25, 2012

2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Interview with Brad Meltzer, "Heroes for My Daughter"
Brad Meltzer

Last aired: December 25, 2012

Interview with Brad Meltzer, "Heroes for My Daughter"
2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Triumph of the City"
Edward Glaeser

Last aired: December 24, 2012

2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Triumph of the City"
Michael J. Sandel, "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets"
Michael J. Sandel

Last aired: December 23, 2012

Michael J. Sandel, "What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets"
Interview with Dave Cullen, "Columbine"
Dave Cullen

Last aired: December 15, 2012

Interview with Dave Cullen, "Columbine"
2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Future of Reading"
Mutiple Panelists

Last aired: December 9, 2012

2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "Future of Reading"
BookTV in Albany, New York
BookTV Visits Albany, New York

Last aired: December 9, 2012

BookTV in Albany, New York
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Dave Barry, Seth Reiss, and Will Tracy
Dave Barry; Seth Reiss; Will Tracy

Last aired: December 8, 2012

2012 Miami Book Fair International: Panel with Dave Barry, Seth Reiss, and Will Tracy
2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "What's Next for Women?"
Anita Hill; Madeleine Kunin; Hanna Rosin

Last aired: December 1, 2012

2012 Boston Book Festival - Panel: "What's Next for Women?"
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Sunday
Multiple Authors

Last aired: November 19, 2012

2012 Miami Book Fair International: Sunday
2012 Miami Book Fair International: Saturday
Multiple Authors

Last aired: November 18, 2012

2012 Miami Book Fair International: Saturday
2012 Texas Book Festival: Education Panel featuring Michael Brick, Meira Levinson, and Paul Tough
Michael Brick; Meira Levinson; Paul Tough

Last aired: November 12, 2012

2012 Texas Book Festival: Education Panel featuring Michael Brick, Meira Levinson, and Paul Tough
2012 American Book Awards
Multiple Authors

Last aired: November 11, 2012

BookTV in Montpelier, Vermont
BookTV Visits Montpelier, Vermont

Last aired: November 4, 2012

BookTV in Montpelier, Vermont
2012 Texas Book Festival - Sunday
All Day Coverage

Last aired: October 29, 2012

2012 Texas Book Festival - Sunday
2012 Texas Book Festival - Saturday
All Day Coverage

Last aired: October 28, 2012

2012 Texas Book Festival - Saturday
BookTV in Augusta, Maine
BookTV Visits Augusta, Maine

Last aired: October 7, 2012

BookTV in Augusta, Maine
2012 National Book Festival - Sunday
All Day Coverage

Last aired: September 24, 2012

2012 National Book Festival - Sunday
2012 National Book Festival - Saturday
All Day Coverage

Last aired: September 23, 2012

2012 National Book Festival - Saturday
2012 Harlem Book Fair: 2012 Presidential Election Panel
Fredrick Harris; Peniel Joseph; Khalil Gibran Muhammad; Sonia Sanchez; Cornel West

Last aired: September 16, 2012

2012 Harlem Book Fair: 2012 Presidential Election Panel
2012 Harlem Book Fair: Education Panel
Carlton Brown; Shaun Harper; Baruti Kafele; Akil Khalfani; John Michael Lee

Last aired: September 2, 2012

2012 Harlem Book Fair: Education Panel
BookTV in Columbus, Ohio
BookTV Visits Columbus, Ohio

Last aired: September 2, 2012

BookTV in Columbus, Ohio
"The Best of the Best of the University Presses"
Mutiple Panelists

Last aired: August 29, 2012

"The Best of the Best of the University Presses"
2012 Roosevelt Reading Festival
Multiple Authors

Last aired: August 26, 2012

2012 Harlem Book Fair: 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Panel
Tanner Colby; Obery Hendricks; Farah Jasmine Griffin; Christopher Paul Moore; Nell Irvin Painter

Last aired: August 19, 2012

2012 Harlem Book Fair: 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation Panel
BookTV in Louisville, Kentucky
BookTV Visits Louisville, Kentucky

Last aired: August 5, 2012

BookTV in Louisville, Kentucky
2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
Gore Vidal

Last aired: August 4, 2012

2009 Key West Literary Seminar: Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
2012 Harlem Book Fair
Multiple Authors

Last aired: July 22, 2012

BookTV in Jefferson City, Missouri
BookTV Visits Jefferson City, Missouri

Last aired: July 9, 2012

BookTV in Jefferson City, Missouri
BookTV Visits Jefferson City, Missouri

Last aired: July 8, 2012

2012 Book Expo America
Mutiple Authors and Publishers

Last aired: June 17, 2012

2012 Los Angles Times Festival of Books: Panel on Surveillance and Secrets
Lori Andrews; Annie Jacobsen; Michael Shermer

Last aired: June 16, 2012

2012 Los Angles Times Festival of Books: Panel on Surveillance and Secrets
2012 Book Expo America
Multiple Authors and Publishers

Last aired: June 16, 2012

2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - SUNDAY COVERAGE
Multiple Authors

Last aired: June 11, 2012

2012 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest - SATURDAY COVERAGE
Multiple Authors

Last aired: June 10, 2012

BookTV in Wichita, Kansas
BookTV Visits Wichita, Kansas

Last aired: June 2, 2012

Book TV Schedule

Highlights

Book TV at Stanford University: William B. Gould IV, "Bargaining with Baseball: Labor Relations in an Age of Prosperous Turmoil"
William B. Gould IV

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 20 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Thomas Sowell, "Intellectuals and Race"
Thomas Sowell

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
"Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married"
Nancy Rubin Stuart

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 53 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 8pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"Rumsfeld's Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War, and Life"
Donald Rumsfeld

Next air time: Saturday, May 25th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"The Savior Generals: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq"
Victor Davis Hanson

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 1:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"
Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 7pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Looking at Iran"
James Zogby

Next air time: Sunday, May 26th, at 11pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre

Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"Medicare Meltdown: How Wall Street and Washington are Ruining Medicare and How to Fix It"
Rosemary Gibson

Next air time: Monday, May 27th, at 10:45pm (ET)
Approx. 54 min.

Also Airing...

Saturday, May 25th

10am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 7 min.
"Simpler: The Future of Government"
Cass Sunstein
11:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
1:15pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
3pm (ET)
Approx. 2 hr.
2013 William E. Colby Military Writers' Symposium: Panel on "Coming Home: The Hopes, Fears, and Challenges of Veterans Returning from War"
Col. Jon Coffin (Ret.); Karl Marlantes; Dave McIntyre; James Wright
9pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Roberts Court: The Struggle for the Constitution"
Marcia Coyle

Sunday, May 26th

12am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation"
Paul Farmer
5am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler
6:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"Payback: The Case for Revenge"
Thane Rosenbaum
7:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min.
"Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation"
Eric Deggans
11am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
"If You Knew Me You Would Care"
Rennio Maifredi (Photographer); Zainab Salbi
1:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
Panel on Good Wars, Bad Wars with Dale Maharidge and Nick Turse
Dale Maharidge; Nick Turse
3:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 12 min.
"Obsessed: America's Food Addiction - And My Own"
Mika Brzezinski
6pm (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
10pm (ET)
Approx. 48 min.
"Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution"
Nathaniel Philbrick
11pm (ET)
Approx. 51 min.
"Looking at Iran"
James Zogby

Monday, May 27th

2am (ET)
Approx. 34 min.
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 23 min.
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 4 min.
"The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement"
David Graeber
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 5 min.
"Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America's House in Order"
Richard Haass
8:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"The Black Russian"
Vladimir Alexandrov
10:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
2:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 3 min.
"The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum"
Temple Grandin
5pm (ET)
Approx. 3 hr.
In Depth: Amy Goodman
8:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 26 min.
"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients"
Ben Goldacre
11:45pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 6 min.
"In the Body of the World: A Memoir"
Eve Ensler

Tuesday, May 28th

2am (ET)
Approx. 2 hr. 3 min.
A Celebration of the Life and Work of Philip Roth
Philip Roth et al.
4:15am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
4:45am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 35 min.
A Conversation with Edward Jay Epstein and Errol Morris
Edward Jay Epstein; Errol Morris
6:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 23 min.
"Restoring Justice: The Speeches of Attorney General Edward Levi"
Jack Fuller

Upcoming Programs

IN DEPTH

In Depth is Book TV's monthly interview/call-in program with an author featuring his or her body of work.  It's LIVE on the first Sunday of every month.   

Jun 2 Rick Atkinson     http://liberationtrilogy.com/
July 7  Mary Roach       www.maryroach.net
Aug 4  Dr. Ben Carson www.carsonschholars.org
 

You can watch all past In Depths online by using the "Search" function in the upper left hand corner of this website.

FAIRS AND FESTIVALS

Book TV covers many book festivals each year, many of them LIVE.  In 2013, our festival coverage will include book festivals in Tucson, Los Angeles, Chicago, Charlottesville, New York, Freedom Fest in Vegas, Brooklyn, the Roosevelt Reading Festival in Hyde Park, NY, Harlem Book Festival, the Texas Book Festival and Miami Book Fair International in November.  You can watch those we've already covered online.  Find them using the "Search" button in the upper lefthand corner of this homepage.

For a complete list of upcoming book festivals, click on the BOOK FAIRS tab at the top of the page.