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Book TV will be live at the 26th annual Miami Book Fair International, November 14th and 15th. The week-long event includes evenings with award-winning authors of all genres and a three-day street festival. Book TV will feature former Vice President Al Gore, presidential confidante and historian Taylor Branch, and Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder on Saturday. Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader and editor-at-large of Commentary magazine Norman Podhoretz (Pod-HOR-etz) will headline Sunday's coverage, with call-in programs scheduled for both. A politics and culture panel Sunday will include Editor of the New York Times Book Review Sam Tanenhaus, Chris Hedges and George Packer. Join us live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday on C-SPAN2. For more information, www.booktv.org
Book TV will be taping the National Book Awards on Wednesday, November 18, and airing the program the following weekend. Sponsored by the National Book Foundation, awards are given in many categories, including best nonfiction and fiction books of the year. Two of the nonfiction finalists have been covered by Book TV, and you can watch those programs online under our "Featured Video" section. www.nationalbook.org
In Depth is Book TV's long form LIVE interview call-in program with one author discussing his or her body of work. It airs on the first Sunday of every month, beginning at Noon ET. Here's a look at some upcoming guests...
December--Joy Hakim Joy Hakim, former teacher and former editor and editorial writer at the Virginian-Pilot newspaper (Norfolk, Virginia), is the author of several books including the "A History of US" series (10 volumes). The series received the James A. Michener Prize awarded by the National Council for the Social Studies. Her book, “Freedom: A History of US” was the inspiration for the PBS series which premiered in 2003. For more on Ms. Hakim and her work, visit joyhakim.com.