After Words is an Americantelevision series on the C-SPAN2network's weekend programming schedule known as Book TV. The program is an hour-long talk show, each week featuring an interview with the author of a new nonfiction book. The program has no regular host. Instead, each author is paired with a guest host who is familiar with the author or the subject matter of their book.[1]
The program airs on Saturday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, with encores on Sunday at 12 p.m. and at 9 p.m., and Monday at 12 a.m.[2]
The program is an hour-long author interview-based talk show, focusing on non-fiction writers, with different participants each week.[3] On each program an author is interviewed about their book by a guest host who is an expert on the topic of the book. The goal of this format, as stated by C-SPAN, is to put a "different spin" on the usual format of author interview programs.[1]After Words is now a weekly part of Book TV's schedule, along with History on Book TV, Book Parties and Festivals, Public Lives and Encore Booknotes.[9]
References
^ abcJim Milliot (January 10, 2005). "BookTV Eyes More Original Programming". Publishers Weekly.
^"After Words". C-SPAN.org. C-SPAN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2010.
^ abTony Biffle (December 5, 2004). "The Last Author Of One Last Book For One Final Hour". The Sun Herald.
