Lamb is stepping down after 34 years with the network. Brian lamb hosted 800 episodes of booknotes until the series ended in december 2004, the longestrunning author interview program in u. Mary marcy, president, dominican university of california moderator. Brian lamb, the networks ceo, was the programs host. Norton smith was a featured author on lambs television program, booknotes, on february 21, 1993. Aug 11, 2004 wapo cspan writes last chapter of booknotes in announcing the cancellation of booknotes cspans popular author interview program yesterday, host brian lamb was haunted. The story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it, published by farrar straus and giroux. Eastern time each sunday night, and was the longestrunning author interview program in u. Liberal lies about the american right, cspans brian lamb scribbled the words dog food on page 91 in 2000, when he was. A companion web site to cspans sunday author interview series. In brian lambs booknotes marginalia, a record of our time. Cspan founder brian lamb is interviewed as part of the booknotes oral history project on 1 october 2015. Lamb is not only chairman and chief executive officer of c span, but also host of c span s booknotes, televisions only regular weekly national program devoted to. Brian lamb, the cspan founder and host of the weekly booknotes program, will speak at 7.
Booknotes host brian lamb interviewed 801 authors during the over fifteenyear run of cspans booknotes television program. Each week brian lamb discusses a recently published work of nonfiction with its author. Included were interviews with staff members involved with all aspects of the program including the host. Currently, brian hosts q and a, an hour long interview program on sunday evening with people who are making things happen in politics, media, education or technology. Brian lamb bio, age, wife, worth, c span, booknotes, school. And in 2010, publicaffairs published the supreme court, a collection of interviews brian and cspan colleague susan swain conducted with eleven current and former supreme court justices. Cspan founder brian lamb dishes on dc media 572014. This is a program that interviews nonfiction authors about one of their recently released books. Brian patrick lamb is an american journalist and the founder, executive. In brian lambs booknotes marginalia, a record of our. Brian lamb is a familiar face on cable television, known for his hourlong interviews with authors of nonfiction. Brian lamb booknotes interview oct 1, 2015 youtube. He has been the host of cspans booknotes since its debut on march 5, 1989, an experiment that quickly become an oasis of literary programming on television.
Contemporary writers and historians examine americas national character, looking at events throughout history, including the 1876 presidential election, the civil rights movement, and the vietnam. Brian lamb, the founding ceo of c span, has been the host of booknotes since its inception in 1989 and has read each of the more than six hundred books that the program has featured. His first booknotes interview was broadcast on april 2, 1989, and the final program aired on december 4, 2004. C span launched booknotes in april 1989 with brian lamb as host. So cspans brian lamb, host of the networks booknotes, isnt even going to try even though the new booknotes book is called booknotes on american character publicaffairs. The weekly hourlong program featured intense and continue reading. Brian lamb is a hoosier, born and raised in lafayette, indiana. In his 35 years at cspan, lamb has conducted thousands of interviews, including 801 editions of booknotes, a weekly program he hosted focusing on nonfiction books. Lamb discusses the history of c span s booknotes program. Just over a year ago, brian lamb donated the entire library from his booknotes program to george mason university and moved out of executive row to a smaller office at the cspan. In 2012, lamb stepped down as ceo of c span, handing over control to rob kennedy and susan swain.
Brian lamb is an executive chair for cspan with 5,325 videos in the cspan video library. Jun 23, 2016 booknotes was a popular television program on cspan hosted by the networks creator, brian lamb, which ran from april 1989 through december 2004. Brian lamb, the host of the long running cspan author interview program, booknotes, has edited interviews with more than 80 historians, writers, journalists and politicians on the great and small events that have shaped american history. Im happy to say the illustrated longitude counts among them.
Next week, cspan founder brian lamb puts out another collection of interviews celebrating 25 years of his program booknotes in print. Mar 28, 2018 after 15 years and interviews with nearly 800 authors, c span founder and ceo brian lamb has decided to close the covers on booknotes, the sundayevening program devoted to authors and their books. And in 2010, publicaffairs published the supreme court, a collection of interviews brian and c span colleague susan swain conducted with eleven current and former supreme court justices. Cspan commemorated the first five years of its sunday evening book program, booknotes. The format of the show is a onehour, oneonone interview with a nonfiction author. His program booknotes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on c span, the network. Lamb donated his collection of the 801 annotated booknotes books to the library at george mason university in fairfax, virginia.
Some of the choices are a bit jarring i would certainly not have chosen to begin such a thoughtful book with excerpts from ann coulter and michael moore but all of them are. The informal pleasures of the spoken word distinguish this collection, in which booknotes host and cspan founder lambs questions are omitted, allowing interviewees voices to take center stage. Wapo cspan writes last chapter of booknotes in announcing the cancellation of booknotes cspans popular author interview program. Brian lamb is an executive chair for c span with 5,325 videos in the c span video library. Between 1989 and 2004, brian lamb hosted the weekly cspan television show booknotes, in which he spent an hour interviewing an author about one book. In a series of short chapters drawn from interviews on cspans booknotes program, brian lamb and the many authors provide absorbing insights into american history. Just over a year ago, brian lamb donated the entire library from his booknotes program to george mason university and moved out of executive row to a smaller office at the cspan bureau at 400 n. Brian lamb, the host of the long running c span author interview program, booknotes, has edited interviews with more than 80 historians, writers, journalists and politicians on the great and small events that have shaped american history. Apr 24, 2014 next week, cspan founder brian lamb puts out another collection of interviews celebrating 25 years of his program booknotes in print. He has been the host of c span s booknotes since its debut on march 5, 1989, an experiment that quickly become an oasis of literary programming on television. The sunday evening show featured nonfiction books and their authors being interviewed for one uninterrupted hour.
Roast beef and the fbi for booknotes interviews, lamb would spend up to 20 hours a week reading each book and doing research, and you could tell from the questions. Since cspans founding in 1979, brian has been a regular oncamera presence, interviewing all presidents since reagan and many world leaders, members of congress, journalists and authors. Mar 11, 2004 brian lamb is a familiar face on cable television, known for his hourlong interviews with authors of nonfiction. Apr 22, 2019 c span founder and chairman brian lamb offers his thanks to our viewers, the u. Brian lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of the cablesatellite public affairs network cspan, a television network dedicated to delivering united states government activities and events, and other public affairs content to the american television viewer. Brian lamb, founder of cspan, currently serves as the cspan networks executive chairman. With brian lamb, ralph abernathy, vasiliy aksyonov, nathaniel branden. A companion web site to c span s sunday author interview series. He served four years in the united states navy, where he became a lieutenant. In 1977, lamb started a nonprofit tv network that would broadcast official proceedings of congress. This book is a collection of interviews done by brian lamb for the c span show booknotes. Jul 06, 2014 between 1989 and 2004, brian lamb hosted the weekly c span television show booknotes, in which he spent an hour interviewing an author about one book. His program booknotes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on cspan, the network. At the center of the cspan story is brian lamb, who not only.
Four books of collected interviews have been published based on the booknotes series. Liberal lies about the american right, cspans brian lamb scribbled the words dog. Biography of brian lamb purdue university college of. In his 35 years at cspan, lamb has conducted thousands of interviews, including 801 editions of booknotes, a weekly program he hosted. Lamb donated his collection of the 801 annotated booknotes books to the library at george mason university i. Brian lamb, host of cspans bestknown program, booknotes, will end run after 801st show with interview of mark edmundson, author of why read lamb, 63, cspans chief executive, says finding. Finally, the perfect gift for people who wished they paid more attention in high school history class. Well, i think, you know, it was somewhere in the 70s, and i was teaching and people kept asking me to recommend a sort of onevolume history of the united states written from a point of view that would reflect the sensibilities of the 60syou know, theof the movements. Booknotes is an american television series on the cspan network hosted by brian lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. Nov 03, 2015 c span founder brian lamb is interviewed as part of the booknotes oral history project on 1 october 2015. After many million pages, booknotes ends its run the. While the emphasis falls on us statesmen and public figures will rogers, thomas edison, international. Cspans brian lamb once passed on interviewing robert. More than 500 interviews later, brian lamb is one of the most admired figures talking about books on television.
Please click authors image, name, or program title for video and detail information. Lamb retired as founding ceo of c span last year, and he donated his entire library from the booknotes program to george mason university in fairfax, virginia. The weekly hourlong program featured intense and educational oneonone interviews with nonfiction authors. Over 15 years beginning in 1989, brian interviewed 801 nonfiction. Dec 04, 2004 brian lamb, host of c span s bestknown program, booknotes, will end run after 801st show with interview of mark edmundson, author of why read lamb, 63, c span s chief executive, says finding. Lamb is known for his intelligence and his evenhanded interview style. Lamb is not only chairman and chief executive officer of cspan, but also host of cspans booknotes, televisions only regular weekly national program devoted to. Scouring ten years of interviews from his cspan program, lamb has assembled a collection of subjects spanning three centuries and two continents. His idea was approved in dec 1977 and cspan cablesatellite public affairs network was created. In the fall of 1988, brian lamb and cspan experimented with some new programming focused on books and authors. Lamb discusses the history of cspans booknotes program. Brian lamb, the founding ceo of cspan, was the host of booknotes since its inception in 1989, and has read each of the more than 600 books that the program has featured. The authors background, family, and motivation for writing the book are also explored. Cspan founder and chairman brian lamb offers his thanks to our viewers, the u.
Brian lamb is a member of richest celebrities and entrepreneurs. In 2002, while he was reading ann coulters book slander. Cspans brian lamb once passed on interviewing robert gates. Graham talked about her new book, personal history, published by knopf.
Brian lamb explains why he started the booknotes program. Stories from american history moderates a panel discussion on the third collection of essays drawn from. Cspan founder brian lamb starts new chapter in his life. Brian lamb, cspan, and booknotes brian lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of the cablesatellite public affairs network cspan, a television network dedicated to delivering united states government activities and events, and other public affairs content to the american television viewer. Booknotes is an american television series on the c span network hosted by brian lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.
Prior to launching cspan in 1979, lamb held various communications roles including white house. After 15 years and interviews with nearly 800 authors, cspan founder and ceo brian lamb has decided to close the covers on booknotes, the sundayevening program devoted to authors and their books. Back in the day when i owned a television set, sunday evenings at eight oclock would find me watching booknotes, hosted by brian lamb on cspan. Over the course of his career lamb has received numerous honors and awards including the presidential medal of freedom and the national humanities medal. Brian lamb is an executive chair for cspan with 5,325 videos in the cspan video. After many million pages, booknotes ends its run the new. Prior to launching cspan in 1979, lamb held various communications roles including.
Writers and their stories from cspans author interviews 1997 is more unified and satisfying. As the subtitle states these are from the history genre. He often spent up to twenty hours a week reading a book and preparing for. Brian lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of the cablesatellite public affairs network c span, a television network dedicated to delivering united states government activities and events, and other public affairs content to the american television viewer. Brian lamb, the founding ceo of c span, was the host of booknotes since its inception in 1989, and has read each of the more than 600 books that the program has featured. Lamb made a point of reading each book in its entirety before each interview so that he could discuss it in detail with the author. Brian lambs fivepart interview with neil sheehan, author of a bright shining lie, the beginning of what became cspans booknotes tv series. In 2012, lamb stepped down as ceo of cspan, handing over control to rob kennedy and susan swain. Brian lamb, the founding ceo of cspan, has been the host of booknotes since its inception in 1989 and has read each of the more than six hundred books that the program has featured. Brian lamb bio, age, wife, worth, c span, booknotes. Includes an extensive online archive dating from 1989 up to the present of author interviews in texttranscript form, with many excerpts also available in audio andor video realplayer format. Jul 02, 2004 so c span s brian lamb, host of the networks booknotes, isnt even going to try even though the new booknotes book is called booknotes on american character publicaffairs. Booknotes was a popular television program on cspan hosted by the networks creator, brian lamb, which ran from april 1989 through december 2004.
He introduced me to so many authors and nonfiction books from 1989 to 2004 when he spent an. It is an autobiography which through her own stories deals with the history of the. Sep 21, 2011 in 2002, while he was reading ann coulters book slander. Congress, and the cable television industry as we celebrate 40 years of allowing viewers to make up their own.