Videos

Mr. Halberstam was interviewed by Ben Bradlee about the influence of his 1973 book about how America became involved in Vietnam, The Best and the Brightest, published in a 20th anniversary e…

James Bradley talked about his book, Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, whick tells the story of nine U.S. airmen, shot down near the island of Chichi Jima in the Pacific during World War II.…

Moderated by Ms. Arana, three authors talked about their books and their lives and the craft of writing during the Saturday Morning Book and Author Breakfast. Senator Obama is the author…

Rick Atkinson talked about the invasion of Sicily and mainland Italy from 1943-1944 by the American military. He focused on the personal history of the soldiers and the challenges and triump…

The National Book Foundation presented the 59th Annual National Book Awards for best book in each of the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Actor, …

Chinua Achebe talked about his novel Things Fall Apart, first published in 1958. This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of his first and most influential novel. The bo…

A Discussion On The Current State of the Economy hosted by The Washington Post.

Three authors with different approaches to the Civil War read selections from their books. They discussed their works with each other, then answered questions from members of the audience. M…

Tony Horwitz talked about the early European explorers who arrived to the continental U.S.. He spoke on the misconceptions of most Americans in relation to the early explorers, how one can c…

Bob Schieffer talked about his latest book Bob Schieffer’s America, published by Putnam Adult. In this book, Mr. Schieffer collected essays that he had written as commentary on social and po…

Susan Faludi talked about her book The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America, published by Metropolitan Books. She contends that following the attacks of September 11. 2001, th…

Arnold Rampersad talked about his biography, Ralph Ellison. He also responded to audience members' questions.

Editor Tom Miller talked about the book, How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life. He introduced four of the contributors who described the differen…

Biographer Meryle Secrest talked about her memoir, Shoot the Widow, published by Knopf. In her memoir Ms. Secrest detailed her approach in writing a biography as well as her life history an…

Mr. Woodward did not talk about his newest book, State of Denial, saying that he was restricted from doing so by CBS’s “60 Minutes” due to his upcoming interview on that show.

David Brooks talked about his book On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, published by Simon and Schuster. The author discusses the phenomenon of suburban…

Andrea Mitchell talked about her memoir Talking Back: ...to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels, published by Viking Adult. She discussed her life and personal experiences, as wel…

Mr. Mosley recounted his writing career and discussed what motivates him during an interview with Marie Arana. The author discussed his favorite places, music, authors and books. Walter Mosl…

Author Carlos Eire talked about his book Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy, published by Free Press. The book details his life growing up in Cuba during the revolution …

Continuous coverage of the history and biography tent was shown. A number of authors discussed their recent works and their experiences as researchers and writers. Speakers responded to audi…