August 28, 2025 Library of Congress National Book Festival Teams Up with C-SPAN’s Book TV to Showcase Nonfiction Literary Voices

For the 25^th year, C-SPAN’s Book TV will return to the Library of Congress National Book Festival as a media partner to present select events and interview featured non-fiction authors.

Partnering with the Library of Congress, Book TV will be live and on-site from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 6, bringing the 2025 National Book Festival to a national television audience.

As an original media partner of the National Book Festival since its founding, C-SPAN's Book TV is contributing the following for this year's event:

• Live coverage of author interviews and panel discussions.
• Live call-in interviews with nonfiction authors on location from the festival.
• 20,000 totes promoting both the Library of Congress and C-SPAN's Book TV available to festival attendees.
• Public access to its video coverage via C-SPAN's online archives at C-SPAN.org.
• A dedicated website for this year's National Book Festival coverage, with video as well from prior years: https://www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?national-book-festival-2025.

The National Book Festival was founded by First Lady Laura Bush and then-Librarian of Congress James Billington 25 years ago, and, along with the Library of Congress, C-SPAN's Book TV has been providing live, in-depth, uninterrupted coverage of the event since it began on Sept. 8, 2001.

Book TV's extensive coverage of nonfiction authors appearing at the National Book Festival kicks off the network's coverage of book fairs held throughout the country in the fall.

During a full day of LIVE coverage on C-SPAN2 on Sept. 6, some of the featured authors and interviews include (presented here in alphabetical order):

• Ron Chernow, "Mark Twain"
• Peter Cozzens,"Deadwood: Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West"
• Garett Graff, "The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb"
• Stephen Grant,"Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home"
• Jill Lepore, "We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution"
• Greg Lukianoff, "The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech – And Why They Fail"
• Kate Marvel, "Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet"
• Clay Risen, "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism and the Marking of Modern America"
• David M. Rubenstein, host of C-SPAN's new series“America’s Book Club”

Select programs during the festival will be livestreamed online, and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the event for on-demand viewing. The complete schedule and more information about the 2025 Library of Congress National Book Festival can be found at https://aj.sunback.homes/events/2025-national-book-festival  

About the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States — and extensive materials from around the world — both on site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov, access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

The National Book Festival is made possible by the generous support of private- and public-sector sponsors who share the Library’s commitment to reading and literacy, led by National Book Festival Co-Chair David M. Rubenstein. Sponsors include General Motors, James Madison Council, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Friends of the Library of Congress, the John W. Kluge Center, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Diane and Tim Naughton, the Hay-Adams, Joseph and Lynn Deutsch, the Library of Congress Federal Credit Union and the Junior League of Washington. Presenting Partners include NPR and C-SPAN’s Book TV, which will televise select events and interview featured authors. Media Partners also include The Washington Post, Libro.fm, the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals.

About Book TV

Book TV — Sundays on C-SPAN2 — is the only television service dedicated to nonfiction books. Book TV features programming on a rich variety of topics, such as history, biography, politics, current events, the media and more. Watch author interviews, book readings and coverage of the nation's largest book fairs. Every Sunday on C-SPAN2 starting 8 am ET or online anytime at booktv.org. Use that website as well to connect with Book TV via social media and the email newsletter.