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 18
5:20 p.m. Akhil Reed Amar, author of Born Equal: Remaking America's Constitution, 1840-1920 (Basic Books, $40, 9781541605190).
6:25 p.m. Louis Masur, author of A Journey North: Jefferson, Madison, and the Forging of a Friendship (Oxford University Press, $24.99, 9780197684917).
Sunday, October 19
8 a.m. Ed Latimore, author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business: Boxing and the Art of Life (Portfolio, $30, 9780593716366). (Re-airs Sunday at 8 p.m.)
9 a.m. John Conyers III, author of My Father's House: An Ode to America's Longest-Serving Black Congressman (Amistad, $29.99, 9780063336810). (Re-airs Sunday at 9 p.m.)
11 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Coverage of the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tenn. (Re-airs Sunday at 11 p.m.)
5:45 p.m. Sam Bloch, author of Shade: The Promise of a Forgotten Natural Resource (Random House, $32, 9780593242766).
