Episodes

  • Check This Out: Alison Espach & 'The Wedding People'

    Check This Out: Alison Espach & 'The Wedding People'
    Dec 27 2024
    "The Wedding People" is a novel about depression, love, one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Yael van der Wouden & 'The Safekeep'

    Check This Out: Yael van der Wouden & 'The Safekeep'
    Dec 18 2024
    "The Safekeep" is a story of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961; an exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: N.H. Librarians recommend their favorite books of 2024

    Check This Out: N.H. Librarians recommend their favorite books of 2024
    Dec 13 2024
    Looking for a good book to read by the fire or to give as a gift? Tune in to hear three NH librarians offer their takes on their favorite books of 2024.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Cherry Lou Sy & 'Love Can't Feed You'

    Check This Out: Cherry Lou Sy & 'Love Can't Feed You'
    Dec 6 2024
    A tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own desires.
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    49 mins
  • Check This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'

    Check This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'
    Nov 30 2024
    An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war and brotherhood in a time of enmity.
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'

    Check This Out: Elizabeth Gonzalez James & 'The Bullet Swallower'
    Nov 23 2024
    Based on (mostly) true events, "The Bullet Swallower" is a magical realism western about violence and revenge, a story that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors, and whether it is possible to be better than our forebears.
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    49 mins
  • Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'

    Check This Out: Sarah Brooks & 'The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands'
    Nov 16 2024
    In this historical fantasy novel, a group of passengers set out on the Trans-Siberian Express train, in a journey across a magical landscape known as “the Wastelands.” Can they trust each other even as the rules seem to be changing?
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    50 mins
  • Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'

    Check This Out: Essie Chambers & 'Swift River'
    Nov 9 2024
    This debut novel uncovers the story of three generations of African Americans, whose lives span the 20th century and reveal a much larger picture of prejudice and abandonment, love and devotion.
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    48 mins