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, April 6
2 p.m. William B. Styple, author of Generals in Bronze: Interviewing the Commanders of the Civil War (Belle Grove Publishing, $29.95, 9781883926182).
2:50 p.m. James R. Fichter, author of Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776 (Cornell University Press, $56.95, 9781501773211).
Sunday, April 7
8 a.m. Anne L. Foster, author of The Long War on Drugs (Duke University Press Books, $26.95, 9781478025429). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
9 a.m. John O'Connor, author of The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster (Sourcebooks, $26.99, 9781464216633). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m.)
10 a.m. Annie Jacobsen, author of Nuclear War: A Scenario (Dutton, $30, 9780593476093). (Re-airs Sunday at 10 p.m.)
2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Coverage of the 2024 Tucson Festival of Books in Tucson, Ariz. Highlights include:
- 2 p.m. Tim Alberta, author of The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory, Tina Nguyen, author of The MAGA Diaries, and Stephen Vladeck, author of The Shadow Docket, discussed American political and social divides.
- 2:57 p.m. Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First, David Lipsky, author of The Parrot and the Igloo, and John Vaillant, author of Fire Weather, discussed climate change.
- 3:55 p.m. McKay Coppins, author of Romney: A Reckoning, Fredrik DeBoer, author of How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement, and Robert Jones, author of The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy, discussed the social and political forces shaping society.
- 4:56 p.m. Franklin Foer, author of The Last Politician, Tina Nguyen and Patrick Ruffini, author of Party of the People, discussed the state of American politics.