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After almost 40 years in the used and rare book trade, Gary Goodman closed shop at St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater MN, and he’s just wri...
- Added: Feb 19, 2022
- Length: 12:52
Featuring writers Seressia Glass, Naomi Krupitsky, Kevin Birmingham and Jean Chen Ho. Also Children's Book contributor, Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Feb 19, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
Ray Suarez interviews acclaimed author Barbara Walter about the risk factors than can contribute to the outbreak of violence and civil war.
Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WHCP-LP Cambridge
- Added: Feb 16, 2022
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 4
A top 10 countdown of our favorite WWR authors and interviews, best children's books of the year, and looking towards 2022.
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 59:59
On today’s show…You ever have the urge to escape? To get in your car and just drive and keep on driving? That’s what Phoebe Fox’s main character di...
- Added: Jan 01, 2022
- Length: 59:57
Author Anne Helen Petersen discusses her new book, "Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home," written with her partn...
Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 23, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
On October 5th, 2021, all three public library systems in New York City eliminated late fines. The change was 125 years in the making, and it made ...
Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 21, 2021
- Length: 24:18
- Purchases: 1
Our show is Presenting Fernando Pessoa with translator and biographer Richard Zenith. This first of two episodes focuses on Pessoa’s “breakout” yea...
- Added: Dec 07, 2021
- Length: 58:35
Time now to check in again with Tracy Kampa. She is the Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library. Tracy is also our Children’s Books C...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 11:23
Lecia Cornwall is the acclaimed Canadian author of 15 historical romance novels. Her newest story is a WWI-set historical fiction about a female do...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 08:06
Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
Topic 1: Before we had encrypted emails and security envelopes, people would protect their correspondence with fancy folding. Topic 2: How have J.R...
Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP
- Added: Nov 23, 2021
- Length: 51:39
- Purchases: 5
We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 59:55
Alice Henderson’s love of wild places inspired her new thriller series, which begins with A Solitude of Wolverines, as well as her novel Voracious,...
- Added: Nov 15, 2021
- Length: 25:47
In 2018 historian and writer Nathaniel Philbrick, his wife Melissa, and their dog Dora took off on a road trip to trace George Washington’s route a...
- Added: Nov 06, 2021
- Length: 11:48
On today's programme: Assault on democracy: a brutal attack claims the life of a British parliamentarian. Food for thought: Frankfurt plays host to...
- Added: Oct 21, 2021
- Length: 59:00
David Hill is a writer from Hot Springs, Arkansas. His work has appeared regularly in Grantland and The Ringer, and has been featured in The New Yo...
- Added: Oct 18, 2021
- Length: 14:16
KBFT Native Writing Fest Series is a Live Community Writers Event & Interview with the world's most notable writers! In this segment we meet with B...
- Added: Oct 11, 2021
- Length: 05:39
Topic 1: A memoir about autism written by a mother and daughter. Topic 2: The Story of Cascatelli's Invention. Topic 3: Familylect; the dialect you...
Bought by KSTK, WYAP, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and GCR (Global Community Radio)
- Added: Oct 06, 2021
- Length: 51:38
- Purchases: 5
Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa Talks New Books!
- Added: Oct 01, 2021
- Length: 15:24
In the middle of the 20th century, a ten square block area in North Gowanus was home to the largest Mohawk settlement outside of Canada. We hear ab...
- Added: Sep 30, 2021
- Length: 28:17
This week on the show: Geopolitical realignment - AUKUS and the fallout from France’s nuclear snub-marine. Digging for trouble: we get to the botto...
- Added: Sep 23, 2021
- Length: 59:00
Historian Anthony W. Wood discusses his new book, "Black Montana
Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877-1930."
Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Sep 15, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
You’ll hear from authors Megan Abbott, Grady Hendrix, Maggie Smith, Jeffrey Kluger, and also Children’s Librarian Tracy Kampa will tell us about so...
- Added: Aug 29, 2021
- Length: 59:59
