Video Channels

Monica Wood, Ernie's Ark: Stories. Literary Fiction: Pushcart Prize-Winning fiction writer, Monica Wood, reads from her new collection of linked short stories set in a small milltown in northern Maine. (Shuffle Step, 9 minutes).

Mary Roach shoots the moon 'Packing for Mars'. Bestselling author of quirky science books about cadavers, sex, and the afterlife unpacks little-known essential facts of life astronauts cope with in outer space in her new book, 'Packing for Mars.'

Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain dish foodies, restaurants, chefs, cookbooks, and TV food shows. Celeb chef and cookbook author Mario Batali and iconoclast restaurant criticAnthony Bourdain chew the fat at the 2008 Miami BookFair International.

Kids authors flock to NY for a week of reading, writing, and a little arithmetic. The annual migration of book people to BookExpo America brings over 1,000 authors, including one of the largest gatherings of children's authors,together with booksellers, publishers, and distributors from all over the world to talk about books of all kinds and all formats.

Kurt Aldag: The Moral of the Story. Kurt Aldag, founder of the iReadNet video book tour and author news network, tells a little story with a moral and an invitation to authors everywhere.