PBS Books

Culture Series / 11 Seasons

PBS Books celebrates your love of books and introduces you to best-selling authors. We connect you to the written word through book fairs and unique events around the country.

Watch: S2025 E20

41m 23s

Robin Givhan Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

10m 26s

PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Givhan about her book The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled Into the Spotlight and Made History at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

David Maraniss Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

11m 18s

PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews David Maraniss about his new book, “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Cokie Roberts Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

12m 3s

PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews Cokie Roberts about her latest book, “Capital Dames: The Civil War and the Women of Washington, 1848 – 1868,” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Ishmael Reed Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

13m 6s

Guest host Kwame Alexander and host Rich Fahle interview Ishmael Reed about his latest book, “The Complete Muhammad Ali” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Juan Felipe Herrera Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

11m 51s

Host Rich Fahle ans guest host Kwame Alexander talk with U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his book, “Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson at National Book Festival

14m 31s

Guest host Kwame Alexander and host Rich Fahle talk with Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson about their new collaboration, “Leo: A Ghost Story,” at the 2015 National Book Festival.

Walter Mosley Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

11m 46s

Guest host Kwame Alexander and host Rich Fahle talk with Walter Mosley about his latest novel, “Sometimes I Wonder About You,” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

David McCullough Interview at 2015 National Book Fair

11m 48s

PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviews David McCullough about his latest book, “The Wright Brothers” at the 2015 National Book Fair in Washington, D.C.

Sonia Manzano Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

11m 33s

Guest host Kwame Alexander and host Rich Fahle interview Emmy award-winning actress and writer Sonia Manzano about her latest work, “Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Al Roker Interview at 2015 National Book Festival

13m 7s

Host Rich Fahle talks interviews NBC weather personality Al Roker about his book, “The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900,” at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

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