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Thomas Fox Averill shares his Christmas Novel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Thomas Fox Averill discusses his award-winning novel, A CAROL DICKENS CHRISTMAS, that weaves the influences of Charles Dickens and traditional Vict...

Bought by WRKF and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
InsideApp210324: Children's Authors Discuss Creativity, Appalachia, And Diversity , 3/18/2021
From: West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Series: Inside Appalachia
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This week’s episode of Inside Appalachia features several children's authors, including Cynthia Rylant, who wrote "When I Was Young In The Mountain...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
December Festivals
From: New Letters on the Air
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We feature literature and commentary about the December holiday season from our rich archives. The late Rabbi Gerald Kane discusses the origins of ...

Bought by WDCB and WDCB


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Karama Neal and Judge Olly Neal
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
Caption: Karama Neal (left) with Judge Olly Neal (right).
Judge Olly Neal tells his daughter how discovering African American author Frank Yerby's books in his school library turned him around academically.

Bought by Allegheny Mountain Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2019
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 2
Jack and the Beanstalk
From: dan dewes
Series: By Kids For Kids Story Time
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Join young Jack as he climbs a giant beanstalk to a magic castle in the clouds. Meet a hen that lays golden eggs and a harp that sings by itself. A...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 19, 2018
  • Length: 13:00
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 3: Always Tomorrow
From: Criminal
Series: This is Love
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A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.

  • Added: Mar 27, 2018
  • Length: 24:49
Maurice Sendak
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Maurice Sendak's self-portrait with Mickey Mouse, Credit: Maurice Sendak
Children's author Maurice Sendak was a big collector of Disney paraphenalia

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :59
An Impossible Enchantment
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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Join us for the perfect bedtime story full of kings, queens, princes, princesses, fairies, merfolk, giant eagles, trained cats, magic, and lessons ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
TSR15-04 Sierra Hull
From: Tent Show Radio
Series: Tent Show Radio
Caption: Tent Show Radio
Born and raised in Byrdstown, Tennessee Sierra Hull attended Pickett County High School before accepting a Presidential Scholarship to study at the...

Bought by KALH, KMSU, WRNC-LP, WDSE, KSRQ and more


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 9
Numberlys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens
From: Nancy Klingener
Caption: Marilyn Colburn of Provincetown, Mass., author of "Maudie & Sophie," the first novel published by the Provincetown Public Press, Credit: Nancy Klingener
The Provincetown Public Library, a tiny library at the end of Cape Cod, has become the first public library in the country to create its own digita...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "Two Reasons To Keep This Poem"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Two Reasons To Keep This Poem." The Beat is a daily reminder that...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Mary Finch - "Let's Go On A Lark Together"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 01:39
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Debbie Miller on writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Debbie Miller
Songwriter Debbie Miller discusses her approach to writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the mo...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 03, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Music Played in His Head and He Began to Dance
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Storytelling, like radio, brings pictures to the mind of the listener and allows each one of us to imagine what we hear. Radio Curious visits with ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia and Paul's Valentine, Credit: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYAP, KAAD-LP, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 28
Loser
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Zinkoff's classmates have branded him a loser...but he just may show everyone that any name can someday become "hero."

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
Sonata #1 For Riley Red
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Rachel and her friends believe rescuing a circus elephant will be the "one great deed" that will right their world.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Tale of Despereaux
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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He was a mouse deeply in love with a human princess named Pea, which presents some serious problems but makes for a great story!

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KTNA, and KUHB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 5