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, November 19
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Live coverage from the 33rd annual Miami Book Fair in Miami, Fla. (Re-airs Sunday at 12 a.m.)
Highlights include:
10 a.m. A panel discussion on books and reading habits with New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul and authors Dave Barry, Terry McMillan, Jay McInerny and Maria Semple.
10:45 a.m. Former Florida Governor and Senator Bob Graham discusses the political process and citizen involvement.
11:35 a.m. Wesley Lowery, author of They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement (Little, Brown, $27, 9780316312479).
12 p.m. Jane Alexander, author of Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth (Knopf, $28.95, 9780385354363).
2 p.m. James Gleick and Ben Mezrich discuss their respective books on time travel and UFOs.
3:30 p.m. Dave Barry, author of Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland (Putnam, $27, 9781101982600).
4:30 p.m. Senator Bernie Sanders responds to viewer calls and discusses his new book, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In (Thomas Dunne, $27, 9781250132925).
10 p.m. After Words with Sebastian Mallaby, author of The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan (Penguin Press, $40, 9781594204845). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m. and Monday at 12 a.m.)
11 p.m. Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, author of The Spy Who Couldn't Spell: A Dyslexic Traitor, an Unbreakable Code, and the FBI's Hunt for America's Stolen Secrets (NAL, $27, 9781592409006). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
Sunday, November 20
10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Continuing live coverage from the Miami Book Fair. (Re-airs Monday at 1 a.m.)
Highlights include:
10:30 a.m. Dana Perino, author of Let Me Tell You about Jasper...: How My Best Friend Became America's Dog (Twelve, $27, 9781455567102).
11:30 a.m. Peter Kramer and Luke Dittrich discuss their respective books on mental health.
1 p.m. Janna Levin, author of Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space (Knopf, $26.95, 9780307958198).
3 p.m. Susan Faludi, author of In the Darkroom (Metropolitan Books, $32, 9780805089080).
4 p.m. Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railroad (Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364).
