Partner Events

PBS Books, in collaboration with Virginia Public Media, is hosting a conversation with Leslye Penelope, author of “The Monsters We Defy,” and Lucinda Roy, author of “Flying the Coop,” to discuss their work, their dedication to creating strong empowered female heroines and their involvement in the Library of Congress National Book Festival. The authors will be interviewed by VPM’s Samantha Willis and Angie Miles.

PBS Books, in collaboration with South Florida PBS and Between the Covers, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Juliet Menéndez, author of “Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers,” to discuss her work, her dedication to promoting Latina voices and her involvement in the Festival. The author will be interviewed by Between the Covers’ Ann Bocock.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Chicago's WTTW, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Kate Clifford Larson, author of “Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Georgia Public Broadcasting, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Geraldine Brooks, author of “Horse: A Novel,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Philadelphia's WHYY, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Mitch Albom, author of “Tuesdays with Morrie,” to discuss his work and involvement in the Festival. The author will be interviewed by former Michigan Radio host Cynthia Canty.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Maryland Public Television, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Clint Smith, author of “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America,” to discuss his work and involvement in the Festival. The author will be interviewed American Black Journal’s Stephen Henderson.

PBS Books, in collaboration with San Diego's KPBS, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Dhonielle Clayton, co-author of “Blackout: A Novel,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Dallas/Fort Worth's KERA and Kansas City PBS, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Kelly Lytle Hernández, author of “Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire and Revolution in the Borderlands,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.

PBS Books, in collaboration with Washington, D.C.'s WETA, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Rachel Aviv, author of “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.

PBS Books, in collaboration with GBH in Boston, is hosting a conversation celebrating the Library of Congress National Book Festival with Katie Gutierrez, author of “More Than You'll Ever Know: A Novel,” to discuss her work and involvement in the Festival.