to personally welcome you to the texas book festival in austin, texas when the greatest book festival in the united states. my name is brian sweany, proud member of the texas book festival comest you can totally trust me when i say that. we are here with an esteemed panel to writers that i very much admire for a panel called falsehoods, forgeries and fake news. i often think time s person of the year may very well be fake news, something that comment our language. fake news is maybe the city of houston which is sent to you we can advocate for. fake news has become so ingrained in every aspect of our lives in terms of how we consumer media and understanding political discourse in the large decision going forward. i d like to introduce our panel today an esteemed writer and poet karen young. kevin young, author of several books. the latest we will be discussing today is called bob, the rise of postaccident fake news. how can you not want to read that? kevin also started on we
instagram @booktv is our handle. we re kicking off today with an author discussion on eleanor roosevelt with emily wilson and national book award finalist patricia bell scott. this is booktv on c-span2. it s live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations] .. since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12:50. after that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. we cannot linger in this room. thank you for your assistance. professor of women studies at the university of georgia. she is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have national women study s association. her most recent book, the fire brand and the first lady, portrait of friendship, paulie murray, ellen nor roosevelt and struggle f
for a complete schedule a visit booktv.org or follow along on our social media sites. we are on facebook, twitter and instagram @booktv is our handle. we re kicking off today with an author discussion on eleanor roosevelt with emily wilson and national book award finalist patricia bell scott. this is booktv on c-span2. it s live coverage of the southern festival of books. [inaudible conversations] .. since this session is being taped live, if you please use the microphone if we have time for questions at the end of the session, the microphone is over there, we will need the to end the session at 12:50. after that we will head to the book and author signing area where you will have an opportunity to meet the authors and have them sign your books. we cannot linger in this room. thank you for your assistance. professor of women studies at the university of georgia. she is a former contributor to miss magazine and cofounder to have national women study s association. her most rec
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 lesser-known 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 it s 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 c-span. 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 festi
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