Book TV airs on C-Span 2 this weekend from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry. The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more information, go to Book TV's website.
Saturday, October 15
11 a.m. Live coverage of the 28th annual Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tenn. (Re-airs Sunday at 12 a.m.)
7:30 p.m. Zachary Roth, author of The Great Suppression: Voting Rights, Corporate Cash, and the Conservative Assault on Democracy (Crown, $26, 9781101905760), at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Monday at 6 a.m.)
8:45 p.m. Jack Cashill, author of TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy (Regnery History, $28.99, 9781621574712). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
10 p.m. Sara Goldrick-Rab, author of Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Betrayal of the American Dream (University of Chicago Press, $27.50, 9780226404349). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m.)
11 p.m. Bradley Birzer, author of Russell Kirk: American Conservative (University Press of Kentucky, $34.95, 9780813166186), at the Paolucci Book Award dinner. (Re-airs Sunday at 9:30 a.m.)
Sunday, October 16
7 a.m. Molly McCartney, author of America's War Machine: Vested Interests, Endless Conflicts (Thomas Dunne, $26.99, 9781250069771). (Re-airs Sunday at 7:45 p.m.)
1 p.m. Day two of live coverage from the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tenn. (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
