North Carolina Bookwatch, Sundays, at 3:30 PM & Tuesdays, at 5 PM, on UNC-TV
Meet Our Host
D.G. Martin has hosted North Carolina Bookwatch since the series’ third season in 1999. A Yale Law School graduate and former Green Beret, Martin has been involved with public service and politics throughout his life, including stints as interim vice chancellor for Development & University Affairs at both the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and North Carolina Central University, work as the Carolinas director of the Trust for Public Land and a hard-fought 1998 campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate against John Edwards.
Watch North Carolina Bookwatch
- North Carolina Channel—Tuesdays, at 8 PM
- PBS NC—Sundays, at 3:30 PM, & Tuesdays, at 5 PM
The Tar Heel State's best and brightest writers visit with host D.G. Martin to talk about their latest books, their inspirations, their lives and the state's indelible imprint on their works. Check schedule listings or watch online anytime.
Next on North Carolina Bookwatch
Traveling North Carolina
Authors Anne Fitten Glenn, Stephen Compton, Steve Miller and Brent Martin join Arcadia Press' Jonny Foster to talk about NC history and culture from their specific focus and share ideas of where people can go to best see and experience those diverse topics.
Filmed on location at the Bookmarks Festival in Winston-Salem in 2019.
North Carolina Bookwatch's Traveling North Carolina premieres Sunday, January 17 at 3:30 PM, on PBS NC (formerly UNC-TV).
This Season on North Carolina Bookwatch
Content channel
Allan Gurganus, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Allan Gurganus talks about his break-out work & what else he's been working on.
Daniel Pierce, Tar Heel Lightnin'
Author Daniel Pierce gives us a history of moonshine in NC.
Emily Wallace, Road Sides
Filled with fun facts and imagery, Emily Wallace's, Road Sides, is a unique travelogue.
Doug Bock Clark, The Last Whalers
A small tribe is preserving their traditional way of life in Indonesia.
Liza Weiland, Paris, 7 A.M.
Set near the dawn of WWII, the novel focuses on the three life-changing weeks American poet Elizabeth Bishop spent in Paris in 1937.
Kathy Reichs, A Conspiracy of Bones
Author Kathy Reichs shares the 19th book in her long-running Temperance Brennan series.
Pam Kelly, Money Rock
Veteran Reporter Pam Kelley profiles a young, charismatic & generous man, known as Money Rock, who is one of Charlotte's most successful cocaine dealers.
William Darity, Jr. & Kirsten Mullen
Racism & discrimination have denied economic opportunity for African Americans for centuries. The authors explore overlooked options of the past & what can be done now.
Rufus Edmisten, That's Rufus!
Rufus Edmisten looks back on his life in the political arena & beyond.
Guidelines for Submissions:
The book must be:
- By a native or NC-based author and/or
- About or set in NC and/or
- About a subject that adds to a broader national conversation (an NC connection still helps)
Send books to:
North Carolina Bookwatch
PBS North Carolina
10 UNC-TV Drive, PO Box 14900
RTP, NC 27709-4900
Questions:
Email us at bookwatch@pbsnc.org
*Submission of books does not guarantee an appearance on North Carolina Bookwatch.
American Booksellers Association
Represents independent booksellers around America.
American Society of Journalists & Authors
Learn more about becoming a freelance author.
Book Industry Study Group
Examines trends and statistics in the book industry.
Literary Market Place
A great place to find an agent, publisher, PR firm and much more.
NC Live
Statewide cooperative of libraries, available to any NC resident with a library card.
North Carolina Writers' Network
One of the largest independent statewide literary service organization in the U.S.
The National Writers Union
A 6,500-member union committed to improving the lives of freelance authors.
Publishers Weekly
Online version of the weekly magazine offers author interviews and publishing information.
Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA)
A trade organization for independent booksellers in the South.
U.S. Copyright Office
Government agency which protects authors and their materials.
NC Literacy Association
Literacy information and resources across the state.
Bowker
Periodicals and Books-in-Print catalogs provided to many of the nation's largest libraries and publishers.