PBS Books

Saturday's highlights features well-known authors such as Judy Blume. Ep 2.

Luis Alberto Urrea on The House of Broken Angels.

Robin Benway and Kate DiCamillo talk with PBS Books host Rich Fahle.

Carolyn Forché on Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500 – 2001.

Kevin Young on Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts...

Frank Bidart on Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016

Jonathan Taplin on Move Fast and Break Things.

Stephen Elliott and Bob Minzesheimer discuss the state of literary criticism.

Tavis Smiley discusses "50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road."

Guest host Ben Hatke facilitates discussion with other authors at BookCon 2015.

Rich Fahle interviews children's writer Jon Scieszka on his latest book.

PBS NewsHour anchor Jeffrey Brown talks with Bryan Doerries about his new book.

Friday's highlights from Day 1 include the National Book Award winners and finalists.

Laurie Halse Anderson & Emily Carroll on Speak: The Graphic Novel.

Mo Willems on “Nanette’s Baguette.”

Charlotte Ray & Larry Strauss discuss "The Facts of My Life."

John discusses his latest book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes his Way Across America.

Holly Robinson Peete and daughter Ryan Peete discuss "Same But Different."

Tavis Smiley takes the stage to talk about his latest novel My Journey with Maya.

Padma Lakshmi, author of "Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir."

Guest host Tony DiTerlizzi facilitates interesting conversation with other authors.

Charles Blow, Richard Blanco, and Roz Chast discuss their latest works.

Kimberly Williams-Paisley discusses "Where The Lights Gets In."

Ann Patchett on Commonwealth; Emma Straub on Modern Lovers.

Jodi Picoult discusses "Small Great Things: A Novel."

Guest host Leigh Bardugo moderates discussion with other authors at BookCon 2015.

Gabrielle Union discusses We’re Going to Need More Wine at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Junot Diaz on Islandborn.

Michelle Dean on Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion.

Gayle Forman on I Have lost my Way.

Glory Edim on Well-Read Black Girl.

Jenna Fischer discusses The Actor’s Life: A Survival Guide with guest host Ashley Ford at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Robin Coste Lewis discusses Voyage of the Sable Venus, and Evie Shockley discusses semiautomatic at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Music.

Tayari Jones discusses American Marriage: A Novel with guest host Ashley Ford at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Rick Riordan & Roshani Chokshi discuss Aru Shah and the End of Time at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books, with host Rich Fahle.

Ed Asner & Ed Weinberger at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

John Scalzi on Head On: A Novel of the Near Future.

Jason Reynolds at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books.

Jasmine Guillory on The Wedding Date.

Morgan Jerkins on This Will Be My Undoing.

Caroline Fraser on Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Jorge Ramos discusses Stranger: The Challenge of a Latino Immigrant in the Trump Era at the 2018 L.A. Times Festival of Books, with co-host Jeffrey Brown.

Danica McKellar on Ten Magic Butterflies.

Gabriel Tallent on My Absolute Darling.

Moby discusses Porcelain: A Memoir with host Rich Fahle.

Watch an exclusive interview with Dr. Derrick Gay on reframing diversity.

PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with Juan Gabriel Vásquez.

PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks with award-winning author Mitch Albom.

Azar Nafisi invites us to join her as citizens of her "Republic of Imagination."

A poetry reading and tribute to Mark Strand.

PBS NewsHour Correspondent Jeffrey Brown talks to Ann Beattie about her latest book.

Host Rich Fahle talks with Poet Laureate of the U.S. Juan Felipe Hererra.

Watch the extended interviews of author Geraldine Brooks and filmmaker Jamie Crichton.

At the annual conference of the Michigan Library Association in Novi

At the annual conference of the Michigan Library Association in Novi

Watch the extended interview of "Finding Margaret Fuller" author Allison Pataki.

PBS Books Readers Club launches season two with award-winning author Shelby Van Pelt.

Ken Burns and Isabel Wilkerson discuss the American narrative—past, and future.

For a moment of post-inaugural reflection, join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Eric Foner