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Book TV is also the name of a Canadian cable television specialty channel. For the program on C-SPAN go to Book TV BookTelevision is a Canadian English language category 1 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A specialty channel (or speciality channel) is a Television channel which consists of Programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific

Book TV is the collective name for weekend programming about upcoming and established authors broadcast by C-SPAN on the C-SPAN2 channel. C-SPAN (officially the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an American Cable television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage On most weekends, that channel transitions from its usual public-affairs programming on Friday night, and remains as Book TV until the following Monday morning (Usually 8am Eastern Saturday morning to 8am Eastern Monday morning). Some Book TV programs and events are also broadcast during congressional breaks when normal coverage of the United States Senate (C-SPAN2's main mission) is not necessary. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives

Book TV covers a wide array of subjects. The majority of content is about political subjects in keeping with its C-SPAN origin, but it also features numerous scientific, artistic and cultural books. It often provides live or tape-delayed coverage of book fairs, signings, and readings by authors.

One of the most notable Book TV programs is called In Depth. In Depth is a three-hour one-on-one interview that covers the author's entire body of work. A new In Depth program, with live viewer phone calls, airs on the first Sunday of each month. Past guests have included Noam Chomsky, Milton Friedman, Niall Ferguson, Stanley Crouch and John Keegan. Avram Noam Chomsky (noʊm ˈtʃɑmski born December 7 1928 is an American linguist, Philosopher, cognitive scientist, Political Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 November 16 2006 was an American Nobel Laureate Economist and Public intellectual. Niall Ferguson (b April 18, 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a British Historian. Stanley Crouch (born December 14, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American music and cultural Critic, syndicated Columnist, and Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE (born 15 May, 1934) is a British Military historian, lecturer and journalist

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