What We're Reading

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


213 Pieces

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Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa tells us about these prestigious awards.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2020
  • Length: 13:37
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Chad Dundas has a second novel published, it’s called "The Blaze," a thrilling mystery taking place in Montana.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2020
  • Length: 07:25
  • Purchases: 1
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Washington Post reporter and new Minnesota transplant, Christopher Ingram has written a book about his family's transition from the east coast to r...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Such a Fun Age is a debut novel from writer Kiley Reid. It’s a story “ about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-inte...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 11:27
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Community Member talks about favorite books -- Khalid Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 09:24
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Kate Winkler Dawson will tell us about the origins of forensic crime solving techniques, her new book is American Sherlock: Murder, forensics and t...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 12:54
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A clever & lighthearted story about a truth-telling notebook that brings 6 strangers together.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 10:22
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Minnesota writer Kathleen West’s debut novel is Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes--a story about a privileged high school, overworked teachers & mi...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2020
  • Length: 10:55
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We hear from authors Abi Dare, Liz Moore, and Sharon Cameron --they’ve all got new exciting novels to talk about, and we’ll hear another installmen...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2020
  • Length: 59:58
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We’ll hear from author Rachel Harrison--she’s written a female-centric horror story called The Return; Stephanie Wrobel explores a complicated moth...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 01:00:02
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We hear from writer Brooke Fossey on her debut novel about seniors in an assisted living facility coming together to help a troubled young woman, i...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 59:52
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We speak with local Bemidji State University professors on recommended books on racism, diversity, and racial justice.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jun 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:53
  • Purchases: 1
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We hear from authors Kristin Higgins, Anne Enright, and David Pepper--they all have new novels to tell us about, and later in the show we’ll hear f...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:54
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Staff Librarian and What We're Reading producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with writer Fiona Davis. Her new book is called The Lions of Fifth Avenue. It...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
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Centuries after Cinderella meets Prince Charming, girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this dark and imaginative retelling of the classic fair...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 13:31
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A sharp, sometimes painful, sometimes funny exploration of aging and friendship.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 14:28
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Part mystery and part historical fiction, but the best part?: It’s set in the New York Public Library.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
Caption: Author Jennie Fields, Credit: Anthony Scarlati
"Atomic Love" is Jennie Fields' new book. It’s a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of Chicago after WW2, where we meet Rosalind P...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 09:30
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In 1989, "The Pillars of the Earth", book 1 of the Kingsbridge series was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. The Kingsbri...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 12:13