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NHPR Reads: NHPR Reads is a blog series published on the second Thursday of the month dedicated to poetry, prose, and everything in between. Follow along for a staff-curated list of what we’re reading that month and read along with us!
Writers on a New England Stage: Half lecture, half intimate conversation, Writers on a New England Stage brings world-class authors to New Hampshire to read from their latest works and talk about themselves, their creative process, and their stories.
Authors on Main: Authors On Main is a partnership of Gibson's Bookstore, NHPR and the Capitol Center for the Arts, bringing world-class authors to Concord, NH.
Check This Out: From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.
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NHPR Reads is a blog series published on the second Thursday of the month dedicated to poetry, prose, and everything in between. Follow along for a staff-curated list of what we’re reading that month and read along with us! -
NHPR Reads is a blog series published on the second Thursday of the month dedicated to poetry, prose, and everything in between. Follow along for a staff-curated list of what we’re reading that month and read along with us! -
Sara PlourdeNHPR Reads is a blog series published on the second Thursday of the month dedicated to poetry, prose, and everything in between. Follow along for a staff-curated list of what we’re reading that month and read along with us! -
Sara PlourdeNHPR Reads is a blog series published on the second Thursday of the month dedicated to poetry, prose, and everything in between. Follow along for a staff-curated list of what we’re reading that month and read along with us!
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Legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade joined NHPR Senior News Editor Casey McDermott in March 2024 to discuss her book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America. -
The Music HallAuthor Chuck Palahniuk joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley in September 2023 to discuss his book, Not Forever, But For Now. -
Dan Tuohy/NHPRHeather Cox Richardson joined Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, on Sept. 29, 2023 to discuss her book Democracy Awakening. -
Will ZimmermannColson Whitehead joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel, Crook Manifesto, the second in a trilogy that began with Harlem Shuffle.
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Michael Cunningham joined us at Bank of New Hampshire Stage in Concord, NH on November 27th to discuss his latest novel, Day. He was interviewed by Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy. -
Ann Patchett joined us at Bank of New Hampshire Stage in Concord, NH on August 8th to discuss her latest novel, Tom Lake. She was interviewed by local author Katrina Kenison and NHPR's Morning Edition host Rick Ganley.
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Vauhuini VaraFrom New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new 7-part literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors. -
Host Rachel Barenbaum sat down with New Hampshire librarians to discuss their favorite reads from 2023. -
Maxwell Collyard, 2022This week on Check This Out, host Rachel Barenbaum sits down with Emma Törzs, author of "Ink Blood Sister Scribe." -
You may know Ayana Mathis from her debut novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Published 11 years ago, the excitement and noise around that debut took up all the space and energy Mathis had to write fiction. Her new second novel is called The Unsettled. It’s a mother-daughter-son story that braids two narratives - one from the south and one from the north.
