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Book TV presented coverage of the seventh annual Kirkus Prize, given by the literary publication Kirkus Reviews to authors of nonfiction, fiction, and young readers' books. This was a virtua…

Award-winning author Colson Whitehead discussed his book, The Nickel Boys. This program was part of the 20th annual National Book Festival, a virtual event hosted by the Library of Congress.

Book TV’s In Depth 2018 Fiction Edition continued with Colson Whitehead, author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning novel, The Underground Railroad. His other works of fict…

Colson Whitehead talked about his novel, The Underground Railroad, that re-imagines the Underground Railroad. His book won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. He spoke at the 33rd annual …

Book TV’s coverage of the 67th annual National Book Awards included the presentation of awards for non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and young people’s literature. Biographer Robert Caro receive…

PEN American Center’s second “State of Emergency: Unconventional Readings” event called “Readings Against Torture, Arbitrary Detention and Extraordinary Rendition” was presented in oppositio…

As part of an ongoing series on American writers, first lady Laura Bush hosted the White House Symposium on Harlem Renaissance Writers. Contemporary authors read from their work and talked a…