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 1
1 p.m. James Dodson, author of The Road That Made America: A Modern Pilgrim's Journey on the Great Wagon Road (Avid Reader Press, $32, 9781476746746).
2 p.m. Robert Watson, author of Rebels at the Gates: The Confederacy's Final Gamble and the Battle to Save Washington (Rowman & Littlefield, $35.99, 9798881807337).
Sunday, November 2
8 a.m. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez, authors of Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces that Threaten Our World (PublicAffairs, $32, 9781541705494), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C. (Re-airs Sunday at 8:10 p.m.)
11:15 a.m. William D. Lopez, author of Raiding the Heartland: An American Story of Deportation and Resistance (Johns Hopkins University Press, $28.95, 9781421453705). (Re-airs Sunday at 10:55 p.m.)
12:30 to 7 p.m. Coverage of the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tenn. Highlights include:
- 12:30 p.m. Liz Pelly, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, and Ben Ratliff, author of Run the Song: Writing About Running About Listening.
- 1:14 p.m. Andrew Greer, author of More Than a President: Sundays with Jimmy Carter.
- 2 p.m. Mary Bridges, author of Dollars and Dominion: US Bankers and the Making of a Superpower.
- 2:44 p.m. Martha Barnette, author of Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland, and Stefan Fatsis, author of Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary.
- 3:41 p.m. Cheryl McKissack Daniel, author of The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers.
- 4:30 p.m. Craig Shelburne and Brenda Colladay, authors of 100 Years of Grand Ole Opry: A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music.
- 5:18 p.m. Tom Piazza, author of Living in the Present with John Prine.