Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

  • Featured

    Celebrate Visions of America

    Visions of America HomeEpisodes Program Description: Come celebrate Visions of America: All Stories, All People, All Places as we consider the significance of this nation's 250th anniversary and what it means for our nation. We will examine the founding documents and the intentions underlying the work our ancestors accomplished. We'll look at the struggles faced by the people who, as the epitome of the American spirit, never gave up on their quest for freedom in the face of hardship and visit the nation's most revered institutions, which preserve the distinctively American tales from the first-person point of view that shape our [...]

  • Featured

    “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with WTTW and other local PBS stations, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Sandra Cisneros to discuss the release of the 40th Anniversary Edition of The House on Mango Street as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. “The House on Mango Street” is one of the most cherished novels of the last 50 years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In [...]

  • Featured

    “Goodnight Thoughts” by Max Greenfield – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with PBS SoCal and other local PBS stations, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by PBS SoCal’s Maria Hall-Brown with author Max Greenfield to discuss his latest book “Good Night Thoughts” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. This lovely picture book is a simple but complex message about acknowledging anxiety without succumbing to it that will appeal to so many little ones (and adults) out there who find that nighttime is when their thoughts carry the most weight. The 24th annual Library [...]

  • LOC24 Susan & Lexi Haas
    Featured

    “the year of the buttered cat” by Susan & Lexi Haas – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with Kansas City PBS and other local PBS stations, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by Authors Susan & Lexi Haas to discuss their book the year of the buttered cat as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival authors featured this week by PBS Books. the year of the buttered cat is based on the real-life story of Lexi Haas. In the spirit of “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio and “Out of My Mind” by Sharon M. Draper, the year of the buttered cat offers powerful messages of friendship, family, loss and the [...]

  • Featured

    PBS Books Readers Club – “James” by Percival Everett

    Readers Club HomeEpisodes Episode Description: Literary Icon Percival Everett Joins the PBS Books Readers Club to Discuss James—Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time, NPR, The Seattle Times, Elle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Oprah Daily “To call James a retelling would be an injustice. Everett sends Mark Twain’s classic through the looking glass. What emerges is no longer a children’s book, but a blood-soaked historical novel stripped of all ornament. . . Genius.” —The Atlantic PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9aHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvd2lkZ2V0cy5qcyBkYXRhLXR5cGU9ImZlYXR1cmVkIiBkYXRhLWZ1bGwtaW5mbz0idHJ1ZSIgZGF0YS1hZmZpbGlhdGUtaWQ9IjExMzM1MCIgZGF0YS1za3U9Ijk3ODAzODU1NTAzNjkiPjwvc2NyaXB0Pg== This month’s PBS Books Readers Club pick is James—the instant New York Times bestseller and highly acclaimed novel by distinguished Professor Percival Everett, that puts [...]

  • Featured

    “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with WHYY and other local PBS stations, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by author James McBride to discuss his latest book The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, McBride shows us that even in dark times, it is love and community—heaven and earth—that sustain us. The 24th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will be held at the Walter [...]

  • LOC24 PBS_Abby Jimenez - Facebook Link
    Featured

    “Just for the Summer” by Abby Jimenez – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with VPM and other local PBS stations, PBS Books presents a conversation hosted by VPM’s Keyris Manzanares with author Abby Jimenez to discuss her latest book Just for the Summer as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. Are things too good to be true when a Reddit thread post leads to an intentional quick fling? It’s not long before this couple is suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected — including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time fate has [...]

  • LOC24 PBS_Tiya Miles FB Event Link
    Featured

    “Night Flyer” by Tiya Miles – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with Maryland Public Television and other local PBS stations, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by author Tiya Miles to discuss her latest book Night Flyer as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. With her characteristic tenderness and imaginative genius, Miles explores beyond the stock historical grid to weave Tubman’s life into the fabric of her world. Harriet Tubman traversed many boundaries, and thanks to Miles, she becomes an even clearer and sharper signal from the past, one that can help us to find [...]

  • LOC24 PBS_Renee Fleming Facebook event link
    Featured

    “Music and Mind” by Renée Fleming – Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: In partnership with WETA and other local PBS stations, PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla is joined by World-Renowned Soprano and Arts/Health Advocate, Renée Fleming to discuss her latest book “Music and Mind” as the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival author featured this week by PBS Books. A compelling and growing body of research has shown music and arts therapies to be effective tools for addressing a widening array of conditions, including providing pain relief, alleviating anxiety and depression, regaining speech after stroke or traumatic brain injury, and improving mobility for people with disorders [...]

  • PBOOKS Tana French Readers Club Poster
    Featured

    PBS Books Readers Club – “The Hunter” by Tana French

    Readers Club HomeEpisodes Episode Description: The PBS Books Readers Club Welcomes Bestselling Irish Crime Fiction Writer Tana French to discuss her books The Searcher and The Hunter. PHNjcmlwdCBzcmM9aHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvd2lkZ2V0cy5qcyBkYXRhLXR5cGU9ImZlYXR1cmVkIiBkYXRhLWZ1bGwtaW5mbz0idHJ1ZSIgZGF0YS1hZmZpbGlhdGUtaWQ9IjExMzM1MCIgZGF0YS1za3U9Ijk3ODA1OTM0OTM0NTgiPjwvc2NyaXB0Pg== From the New York Times bestselling author of The Searcher and “one of the greatest crime novelists writing today” (VOX), comes a spellbinding new tale set in the Irish countryside. It’s a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Fans of PBS crime dramas [...]

  • Featured

    Moonflower Murders | Masterpiece Filmmaker Talk

    Episode Description: Join PBS Books in conversation with award-winning novelist and screenwriter, Anthony Horowitz to discuss MASTERPIECE Mystery!, Moonflower Murders. This new six-part series sequel continues where the smash hit Magpie Murders left off with editor turned amateur sleuth Susan Ryeland (Manville) and world-famous fictional detective Atticus Pünd (McMullan). Learn fun insights directly from Anthony Horowitz prior to the release of the PBS show! Moonflower Murders premieres Sunday, September 15th at 9 PM ET | 8PM CT Before you watch Moonflower Murders, go behind the story of the hit series Magpie Murders on PBS Books!  You can watch the full series [...]

  • Featured

    Highlights – 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival

    LOC National Book Festival 2024 Episode Description: If you missed any of the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival or want to learn more behind the books of the over 90 featured authors, poets, and illustrators, join PBS Books in collaboration with the Library of Congress as we highlight the memorable moments of the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Featured Speakers, in order of appearance:"A Confident Cook"Featuring: Tamron Hall, Lish Steiling, Dr. Carla HaydenFull DiscussionCelebrating James Baldwin's CentennialFeaturing: Ayana Mathis, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Eric DeggansFull DiscussionShhh! Don't Tell Our Secret About the Couch!Featuring: Sasha Dowdy, Adam Rubin, LiniersFull [...]