Company for the area. You can watch this and other programs join line at burke booktv. Org. Beginning now final program of the day live from the texas book festival author and Software Engineer describing changes in technology. This is booktv on cspan 2. Hi everyone sorry to interrupt. Welcome to the 25th annual texas book festival. Thanks for coming out for authors, the festival and great writing, and literacy. After the session here, ellen will sign books in the tent down the way. The books are for sale here courtesy of book people our great, local independent book seller and i encourage you to support local book sellers. The texas book festival is a Nonprofit Organization and its mission is to support low income schools and texas with author visits easer book donations via reading rock Stars Program and to fund immigrants for libraries nb texas so your purchases make a huge difference in the lives of texas kids. So please buy early and often. This texas book festival is also running
Faster Danielle Allen National Book Award Finalist kevin Young Software engineer ellen ullman and many others. First up is to look at some of the lesserknown stories from world war ii. This is like coverage of the texas book festival on booktv. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. My name is Jim Horne Fisher and its my pleasure to welcome you to the opening session of the 2017 texas book festival. [applause] thank you for coming out in support of our authors and second of his wonderful annual event now in its 22nd year. [applause]he and third of all the books that we discussed and enjoyed throughout this beautiful Texas Capitol complex hereom in downtn austin i would ask you to silence your cell phones t. Live tv, thank you cspan. After a session both offers authors are relocating to the book signing tent down the street to autograph their books. Books are for sale at that beautiful independent bookstore. You are supporting not only the author off the festival and a great l
The [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations] welcome to the 22nd annual texas book festival. We appreciate you coming out for the authors and just in general great literature. A few housekeeping things, president of houston university. Just a reminder please silence your cell phones or turn them off. After that session here in our authors will be signing books in the book tend and book the booke for sale courtesy of book people. Remember when you buy a book, you support the author, the festival and independent bookstore and it is a Nonprofit Organization and its mission is to support lowincome schools in texas with author visits and donations like the leading rock Stars Program so your purchases go a very long way. And we have a book drive going on to help raise money to rebuild the library is affected by Hurricane Harvey and a donation of 15 at any register to buya a book for a student in the texas book festival and foundation will match with a bo
Of it, the philosophy of it. We wanted to be accessible. [applause]the joining us here on our bookot tv set is over Steven Johnson. Before we get into the most recent book, you are listening pretty intently to what james glick had to say. Guest hes one of my favorite authors. His book, chaos, which i read in college was the first Popular Science book that i read in my entire life that really started me thinking that i could potentially be a Science Writer becausbecause ive not been intd in science at all. If he were still talking i would say we should go back and listen more to him. But you have to listen to me now. Host your most recent book is called wonderland. Recent what were you trying to explore . Guest if the history of what human beings have done for the fun of it. For the delight in it, for the feeling of play and amusement. And it came out of the book how we got to now, and the pbs series i did which was a history of innovation and things in the modern world that we take for
The tv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. Tweeters or paste a comment on our facebook page. [inaudible conversation] hello and welcome to the 21st annual texas book festival. Thank you for coming out today in support of our author, the festival and celebrating great literature. As you may know, the texas book festival is a Nonprofit Organization that works yearround to strengthen literacy in texas by awarding library grants and with reading rock Stars Program sending nationally recognized authors and illustrators into title i schools and donating books to those students. By being here today and buying books to you are funding these important initiatives. Thank you. Now may i ask you all to please silence your cell phone. Clinton hill and i will be signing the books. The books are available in the sale ten and we will be signing in the main author ten. , clint, before we begin, did you want to Say Something clint. Hello austin. [applause] it is great to be here whe