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, August 22
8 a.m. Lori Carlson-Hijuelos, author of A Writing Marriage (Regalo Press, $30, 9798888451786), at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Fla.
8:50 a.m. to 7:15 p.m. Live coverage of the 2026 National Book Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, August 23
8 a.m. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie (Pantheon, $32, 9780593701683).
9:05 a.m. Alan Mikhail, author of Newcomers: The Story of Anthony and Grietje and the Founding of New York (Liveright, $29.95, 9781324095835).
11:10 a.m. Mark A. Johnson, author of American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon (University of Georgia Press, $34.95, 9780820375403), at Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee, Wis.
12:15 p.m. Chris Smalls, author of When the Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class (Pantheon, $30, 9780593700631), at Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C.
1:45 to 5:55 p.m. Coverage of the 2026 Roosevelt Reading Festival, which took place on June 20 at the FDR Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N.Y. Highlights include:
- 1:45 p.m. Donn Mitchell, author of Eleanor Roosevelt's Nightly Prayer: The Religious Life of the First Lady of the World.
- 2:26 p.m. Michael Berkowitz, author of Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort.
- 3:04 p.m. Michael J. Gerhardt, author of FDR's Mentors: Navigating the Path to Greatness.
- 3:52 p.m. Lobsang Nyandak, author of The Dalai Lama and American Presidents.
- 4:31 p.m. Adrian Miller, author of Asian Heritage Chefs in White House History.
- 5:07 p.m. Mary Stuckey, author of Remembering Jefferson: Who He Was, Who We Are.
5:55 p.m. Lucas L. Johnson II, author of Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World (Broadleaf Books, $25.99, 9798889835127).