Oct 04 Watch Why adults are buzzing about YA literature By PBS NewsHour Young adult literature has become a booming business and one of the fastest growing book categories for publishers in recent years, with more than 715 million books sold in 2013 -- mostly to adults. NewsHour Weekend's Tracy Wholf reports. Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch Journalist, naturalist and novelist Peter Matthiessen, 86, took readers to new territory By PBS NewsHour Peter Matthiessen was a co-founder of The Paris Review, an author of more than 30 books, and winner of the National Book Award in both fiction and non-fiction. He succumbed to leukemia at the age of 86, just days before… Continue watching
Mar 06 John Banville slips into Chandler’s voice for new Philip Marlowe crime novel By artsdesk Author John Banville has been reading Raymond Chandler novels since he was in his early teens. When Banville turned 60, he invented a pseudonym for his crime fiction. As Benjamin Black, the writer has just come out with a new… Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch James McBride’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’ offers ‘room to laugh’ at difficult history By PBS NewsHour James McBride talks about the National Book Award winner in fiction, "The Good Lord Bird."… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 5:51 James McBride’s ‘The Good Lord Bird’ offers ‘room to laugh’ at difficult history Author James McBride talks about slavery and humor in "The Good Lord Bird."… Continue watching
Nov 15 Watch Ann Patchett gets personal in her new collection of essays Ann Patchett reflects on her new book with chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Jim Lehrer returns to haunting ‘what if’ in novel on the JFK assassination What if the glass bubble top on the car in which President John F. Kennedy was riding in Dallas had not been removed by a Secret Service agent? The NewsHour's own Jim Lehrer explores that idea in "Top Down: A… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch In ‘Someone,’ Alice McDermott tells ‘ordinary’ woman’s tale In 'Someone,' Alice McDermott tells 'ordinary' woman's tale… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Danticat Reads an Excerpt from ‘Claire of the Sea Light’ Edwidge Danticat Reads an Excerpt from ‘Claire of the Sea Light’… Continue watching