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. Eastern time each sunday night, and was the longestrunning author interview program in u. 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. He often spent up to twenty hours a week reading a book and preparing for. Lamb discusses the history of cspans booknotes program. Next week, cspan founder brian lamb puts out another collection of interviews celebrating 25 years of his program booknotes in print. Liberal lies about the american right, cspans brian lamb scribbled the words dog. Cspans brian lamb once passed on interviewing robert gates. A companion web site to c span s sunday author interview series. 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. More than 500 interviews later, brian lamb is one of the most admired figures talking about books on television.
A companion web site to cspans sunday author interview series. Included were interviews with staff members involved with all aspects of the program including the host. With brian lamb, ralph abernathy, vasiliy aksyonov, nathaniel branden. Please click authors image, name, or program title for video and detail information. Brian lamb, the networks ceo, was the programs host.
In brian lambs booknotes marginalia, a record of our. Liberal lies about the american right, cspans brian lamb scribbled the words dog food on page 91 in 2000, when he was. Brian lamb is an executive chair for cspan with 5,325 videos in the cspan video library. 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. After many million pages, booknotes ends its run the. Over the course of his career lamb has received numerous honors and awards including the presidential medal of freedom and the national humanities medal. Booknotes is an american television series on the c span network hosted by brian lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. Cspan founder brian lamb dishes on dc media 572014. It is an autobiography which through her own stories deals with the history of the. Brian lamb bio, age, wife, worth, c span, booknotes. Lamb donated his collection of the 801 annotated booknotes books to the library at george mason university i. Each week brian lamb discusses a recently published work of nonfiction with its author.
Nov 03, 2015 c span founder brian lamb is interviewed as part of the booknotes oral history project on 1 october 2015. The authors background, family, and motivation for writing the book are also explored. 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. In 2012, lamb stepped down as ceo of cspan, handing over control to rob kennedy and susan swain. His program booknotes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on cspan, the network. 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 is an executive chair for cspan with 5,325 videos in the cspan video. 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. 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.
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. Mary marcy, president, dominican university of california moderator. Cspan founder brian lamb starts new chapter in his life. Brian lamb is a member of richest celebrities and entrepreneurs. 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. Booknotes host brian lamb interviewed 801 authors during the over fifteenyear run of cspans booknotes television program. 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. Scouring ten years of interviews from his cspan program, lamb has assembled a collection of subjects spanning three centuries and two continents. Mar 11, 2004 brian lamb is a familiar face on cable television, known for his hourlong interviews with authors of nonfiction. In the fall of 1988, brian lamb and cspan experimented with some new programming focused on books and authors. 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. Brian lamb hosted 800 episodes of booknotes until the series ended in december 2004, the longestrunning author interview program in u. 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.
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 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 in fairfax, virginia. 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.
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. Cspans brian lamb once passed on interviewing robert. Brian lamb is a hoosier, born and raised in lafayette, indiana. Booknotes was a popular television program on cspan hosted by the networks creator, brian lamb, which ran from april 1989 through december 2004. 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. The story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it, published by farrar straus and giroux. 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. The weekly hourlong program featured intense and educational oneonone interviews with nonfiction authors. 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. Congress, and the cable television industry as we celebrate 40 years of allowing viewers to make up their own. The format of the show is a onehour, oneonone interview with a nonfiction author.
The weekly hourlong program featured intense and continue reading. Brian lamb is an executive chair for c span with 5,325 videos in the c span video library. Lamb is stepping down after 34 years with the network. 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. This book is a collection of interviews done by brian lamb for the c span show booknotes. While the emphasis falls on us statesmen and public figures will rogers, thomas edison, international. 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. Booknotes is an american television series on the cspan network hosted by brian lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. 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. He introduced me to so many authors and nonfiction books from 1989 to 2004 when he spent an. 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. Cspan founder and chairman brian lamb offers his thanks to our viewers, the u. 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.
His program booknotes is celebrating its 15th anniversary on c span, the network. Apr 22, 2019 c span founder and chairman brian lamb offers his thanks to our viewers, the u. 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. Brian lamb explains why he started the booknotes program. The sunday evening show featured nonfiction books and their authors being interviewed for one uninterrupted hour. 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. 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. Graham talked about her new book, personal history, published by knopf. 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. Lamb is known for his intelligence and his evenhanded interview style. Brian lamb bio, age, wife, worth, c span, booknotes, school. 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.
After many million pages, booknotes ends its run the new. Cspan commemorated the first five years of its sunday evening book program, booknotes. 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. 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. 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. 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. In 2002, while he was reading ann coulters book slander.
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. Im happy to say the illustrated longitude counts among them. His idea was approved in dec 1977 and cspan cablesatellite public affairs network was created. Prior to launching cspan in 1979, lamb held various communications roles including white house.
In 1977, lamb started a nonprofit tv network that would broadcast official proceedings of congress. 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. He served four years in the united states navy, where he became a lieutenant. Four books of collected interviews have been published based on the booknotes series. In 2012, lamb stepped down as ceo of c span, handing over control to rob kennedy and susan swain. Wapo cspan writes last chapter of booknotes in announcing the cancellation of booknotes cspans popular author interview program. 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.
Brian lamb, founder of cspan, currently serves as the cspan networks executive chairman. C span launched booknotes in april 1989 with brian lamb as host. Apr 24, 2014 next week, cspan founder brian lamb puts out another collection of interviews celebrating 25 years of his program booknotes in print. Finally, the perfect gift for people who wished they paid more attention in high school history class. Brian lamb is a familiar face on cable television, known for his hourlong interviews with authors of nonfiction. Over 15 years beginning in 1989, brian interviewed 801 nonfiction. 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. Lamb discusses the history of c span s booknotes program. As the subtitle states these are from the history genre. Brian lambs fivepart interview with neil sheehan, author of a bright shining lie, the beginning of what became cspans booknotes tv series. Norton smith was a featured author on lambs television program, booknotes, on february 21, 1993. At the center of the cspan story is brian lamb, who not only. Brian lamb booknotes interview oct 1, 2015 youtube.
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. 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. Biography of brian lamb purdue university college of. Prior to launching cspan in 1979, lamb held various communications roles including. In brian lambs booknotes marginalia, a record of our time. This is a program that interviews nonfiction authors about one of their recently released books.
Sep 21, 2011 in 2002, while he was reading ann coulters book slander. Stories from american history moderates a panel discussion on the third collection of essays drawn from. Cspan founder brian lamb is interviewed as part of the booknotes oral history project on 1 october 2015. Brian patrick lamb is an american journalist and the founder, executive. 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.
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