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 30
10:40 a.m. John Frece, author of Self-Destruction: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of U.S. Senator Daniel B. Brewster (Loyola College/Apprentice House, $37.99, 9781627204682).
12:50 p.m. David S. Brown, author of A Hell of a Storm: The Battle for Kansas, the End of Compromise, and the Coming of the Civil War (Scribner, $32, 9781668022818).
Sunday, December 1
8:31 a.m. Christopher Cox, author of Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn (Simon & Schuster, $34.99, 9781668010785).
2 to 6:10 p.m. Coverage of the 2024 Litquake Festival at the San Francisco Public Library. Highlights include:
- 2 p.m. A discussion on experiences being published by small and independent presses with authors Nina Schuler, Grace Loh Prasad, and Carol LaHines.
- 3 p.m. A discussion on the artistic merit of nonfiction writing with authors Tom Barbash, Lindsey Crittenden, and Rachel Howard.
- 4 p.m. A discussion on research methods for memoirists with Leslie Absher, Susan Kiyo Ito, Grace Loh Prasad, and Maragaret Juhae Lee.
- 5 p.m. A discussion on surveillance, propaganda and psychology with Kelly Clancy, Annalee Newitz, and Trevor Paglen.
6:10 p.m. Craig Mundie, co-author of Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit (Little, Brown, $30, 9780316581295).