"walking on water," by randall kenan, our guest. thank you very much for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. a. >> to redesigneredesigned booknotes web site now features over 800 notable nonfiction authors interviewed about their books. there you can be all the programs, look at transcripts and use this searchable database to find links to the authors logged, facebook page and twitter feed. booknotes.org a helpful research tool and a great way to watch and enjoy the authors and their books. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the 31st annual key west literary seminar is in florida from january 10 to the 20th. this year seminars focused on biographies of writers from the past two centuries. february 14 through the 17th is the savannah book festival in georgia. edit thomas, dave barry and many more will speak at this annual festival. watch booktv for live coverage then during the second week of march, booktv will be live from the tucson festival of books in arizona. among