About the Program
BookTV is LIVE from the 17th annual Texas Book Festival from the Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. Our first day of programming includes:
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
11:00 AM ET
Rachel Swarns, American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
12:00 PM ET
David Westin, Exit Interview
1:00 PM ET
Thomas Frank, Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and Unlikely Comeback of the Right
2:00 PM ET
Education Panel
Michael Brick, Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform
Meira Levinson, The Demands of Liberal Education
Paul Tough, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiousity, and the Hidden Power of Character
3:30 PM ET
Douglas Brinkley, Cronkite
4:45 PM ET
Panel: Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Mark Updegrove, Indomitable Will: LBJ in the Presidency
Michael Gillette, Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History