Book TV is a production of C-Span 2. Book TV features non-fiction authors talking about their works and the subjects of their works. For example, you could watch Philippa Strum talking about her book Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights or watch an interview with Ken Follett talking about his book Fall of Giants. You can watch the talks on the Book TV site or browse C-Span’s Book TV YouTube channel.
As professional educators part of our responsibilities is to continue learning and gathering information in our content areas. Browsing Book TV and hearing the authors of the books we read provides us with a way to go beyond the written word and get a bit more depth. So even though from a student’s perspective Book TV probably doesn’t host the most exciting or engaging videos, there is value in Book TV for educators.
