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Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th at 6pm (ET)
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th at 6:30pm (ET)
Book TV in London: Virginia Nicholson
Virginia Nicholson
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 6pm (ET)
Book TV in London: Antonia Fraser
Antonia Fraser
Next air time: Sunday, May 26th at 6:34pm (ET)

Archived Programs

Programs shown in this archive cover the past year. To search for programs in earlier years, please use the search functionality above.

Book TV in London: Richard Seymour
Richard Seymour
Last aired: May 13, 2013
Book TV in London: Richard Seymour
Book TV in London: Cass Pennant
Cass Pennant
Last aired: May 13, 2013
Book TV in London: Cass Pennant
Interview with Eric Draper, "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush"
Eric Draper
Last aired: May 6, 2013
Interview with Eric Draper, "Front Row Seat: A Photographic Portrait of the Presidency of George W. Bush"
Book TV in London: A. C. Grayling
A.C. Grayling
Last aired: May 6, 2013
Book TV in London: A. C. Grayling
Book TV in London: Justin Webb
Justin Webb
Last aired: May 6, 2013
Book TV in London: Justin Webb
"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction - Stories and Advice from a Lifetime of Writing and Editing"
Tracy Kidder; Richard Todd
Last aired: February 17, 2013
"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction - Stories and Advice from a Lifetime of Writing and Editing"
Book TV at Columbia University: Alondra Nelson, “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination”
Alondra Nelson
Last aired: February 10, 2013
Book TV at Columbia University: Alondra Nelson, “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination”
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?"
Peter Berkowitz; Norman Podhoretz; Alfred Regnery
Last aired: January 20, 2013
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Without Anti-Communism: What Defines Conservatives Today?"
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Foreign Policy and Chambers: Is Witness' Message Relevant Today"
Elliott Abrams; Max Boot; Jay Nordlinger
Last aired: January 13, 2013
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "Foreign Policy and Chambers: Is Witness' Message Relevant Today"
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness"
Lee Edwards; M. Stanton Evans; John Lewis Gaddis
Last aired: January 6, 2013
Conference on Whittaker Chambers' "Witness" - Panel: "The History of Witness"
"The Color Purple" 30 Years Later
Alice Walker
Last aired: December 25, 2012
"The Color Purple" 30 Years Later
A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
Multiple Speakers
Last aired: August 28, 2012
A Tribute to Christopher Hitchens
Panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
Ruby Dee; Sonia Sanchez; Alice Walker
Last aired: May 28, 2012
Panel discussion of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Book TV Schedule

Highlights
BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez
Next air time: Sunday, May 19th, at 11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.

Also Airing...

Sunday, May 19th
12am (ET)
Approx. 8 hr.
2013 Gaithersburg Book Festival
Mutiple Authors
8am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 15 min.
"The Martian's Daughter: A Memoir"
Marina von Neumann Whitman
9:30am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 21 min.
"Payback: The Case for Revenge"
Thane Rosenbaum
11am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr.
BookTV in Columbia, South Carolina
BookTV Visits Columbia, South Carolina
12pm (ET)
Approx. 57 min.
After Words: Christian Caryl, "Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century," hosted by Susan Glasser, Foreign Policy Magazine
1pm (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
1:30pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
2pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 11 min.
"Game Over: How Politics Has Turned the Sports World Upside Down"
Dave Zirin
3:15pm (ET)
Approx. 56 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Larry Elder, author of "Dear Father, Dear Son"
Larry Elder
4:15pm (ET)
Approx. 59 min.
"The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism"
Theda Skocpol; Vanessa Williamson
5:15pm (ET)
Approx. 25 min.
2012 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Interview with Elizabeth Price Foley, "The Tea Party: Three Principles"
Elizabeth Price Foley
6pm (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
6:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
7pm (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
7:30pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 31 min.
"Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care?"
Neil Gross
9pm (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
10pm (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 16 min.
"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead"
Sheryl Sandberg
11:30pm (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books: Call-in with Luis J. Rodriguez, author of "It Calls You Back"
Luis J. Rodriguez

Monday, May 20th
12am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
1am (ET)
Approx. 22 min.
Book TV at Stanford University: Deborah Rhode, "The Beauty Bias: The Injustice of Appearance in Life and Law"
Deborah Rhode
1:30am (ET)
Approx. 30 min.
Book TV at the Hoover Institution: Abraham Sofaer, "Taking on Iran"
Abraham Sofaer
2am (ET)
Approx. 32 min.
Book TV in London: Hermione Lee
Hermione Lee
2:30am (ET)
Approx. 29 min.
Book TV in London: Charles Emmerson
Charles Emmerson
3am (ET)
Approx. 58 min.
After Words: Diana West, "American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character"
4am (ET)
Approx. 1 hr. 9 min.
"Light Without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College"
Scott Korb
5:15am (ET)
Approx. 37 min.
Book Party for David Stockman, Author of "The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America"
David Stockman
6am (ET)
Approx. 50 min.
"The Good Rich and What They Cost Us"
Robert Dalzell
7am (ET)
Approx. 44 min.
"Lone Wolf Terror and the Rise of Leaderless Resistance"
George Michael

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.