Welcome to our new Afternoon Keynote here. Im jim elliott editorial director of Publishers Weekly and with me as chris finding author of a new book how free speech save democracy just out the last few weeks from stairford. Press ive now chris for probably better than 30 years carly. Hes executive director of the National Coalition against censorship and before that. He had a long stint overseeing American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. And so chris. I thought maybe we would begin there and talking about, you know, maybe some of you earlier background how you got interested in this whole free speech moving and how that will they keep the country free. Ive been doing this for over 40 years now. And i got involved in the early 80s i was looking for a job after i left graduate school. And i found an ads on ad in the New York Times when they used to have classified ads and it was for a coordinator for a First Amendment trade association. I had no idea what that was. But it soun
About the business of publishing. In a few minutes, Publishers Weekly editorial director jim milliyet will join to discuss the upcoming publication of the house january 6th committee report. But first, heres some of the latest stories from the publishing world. In her new book about donald trump, confidence man, New York Times political reporter Maggie Haberman includes material from three sit down interviews with the former president. One exchange in particular has gotten a lot of attention in the wake of the fbis august raid on the former president s mar a lago. Haberman writes that trump, quote, demurred when i asked if he had taken any documents of note upon departing the white house, quote, nothing of great urgency. No, he said. She also writes that the former president was, quote, sometimes stunned at his own bakkers fervor, telling aides, quote, theyre f ing crazy. That book will be released on october the fourth. And longtime npr Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg published
The upcoming publication of the house january 6th committee report. But first, heres some of the latest stories from the publishing world. In her new book about donald trump, confidence man, New York Times political reporter Maggie Haberman includes material from three sit down interviews with the former president. One exchange in particular has gotten a lot of attention in the wake of the fbis august raid on the former president s mar a lago. Haberman writes that trump, quote, demurred when i asked if he had taken any documents of note upon departing the white house, quote, nothing of great urgency. No, he said. She also writes that the former president was, quote, sometimes stunned at his own bakkers fervor, telling aides, quote, theyre f ing crazy. That book will be released on october the fourth. And longtime npr Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg published a book about her friendship with the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Politico headlined their review of that book. Quote,
House january 6th committee report. But first, heres some of the latest stories from the publishing world. In her new book about donald trump, confidence man, New York Times political reporter Maggie Haberman includes material from three sit down interviews with the former president. One exchange in particular has gotten a lot of attention in the wake of the fbis august raid on the former president s mar a lago. Haberman writes that trump, quote, demurred when i asked if he had taken any documents of note upon departing the white house, quote, nothing of great urgency. No, he said. She also writes that the former president was, quote, sometimes stunned at his own bakkers fervor, telling aides, quote, theyre f ing crazy. That book will be released on october the fourth. And longtime npr Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg published a book about her friendship with the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Politico headlined their review of that book. Quote, Nina Totenberg had a beautiful
Stairford. Press ive now chris for probably better than 30 years carly. Hes executive director of the National Coalition against censorship and before that. He had a long stint overseeing American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. And so chris. I thought maybe we would begin there and talking about, you know, maybe some of you earlier background how you got interested in this whole free speech moving and how that will they keep the country free. Ive been doing this for over 40 years now. And i got involved in the early 80s i was looking for a job after i left graduate school. And i found an ads on ad in the New York Times when they used to have classified ads and it was for a coordinator for a First Amendment trade association. I had no idea what that was. But it sounded like me, you know, that sounded like a great opportunity. I i was very interested in in the issue at one point. I thought i was going to be a reporter. Um, but i grew up in the 60s and free speech, you know w