The Bookshelf
The Bookshelf features authors from around New Hampshire and the region, as well as books about New Hampshire by authors from anywhere. Covering mostly fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, it also features literary conferences, events and trends.
Hosted by Peter Biello, The Bookshelf airs every other Friday on All Things Considered.
What's on your bookshelf? Let us know by sending an email to books@nhpr.org.
Latest Episodes
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Speculative fiction is all about the world that could be. It takes cues from science fiction and fantasy. From H.G. Wells to Margaret Atwood, authors have…
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Concord-resident Virginia MacGregor's latest novel, Before I Was Yours, is the story of a young Kenyan boy, Jonah, who is brought to England under…
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On a recent morning, in the hazy heat, poet Mark DeCarteret opened up Water Street Books in Exeter, where he works, as what he calls "book clerk…
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In his first novel, Edinburgh, Dartmouth college professor Alexander Chee wrote about a difficult subject: child sexual abuse."Part of the reason why I…
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Before his death last month, former poet laureate Donald Hall was preparing to publish his final book, a collection of short essays on life as he…
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It has been a hot week in New Hampshire but the heat has not kept poet hope Jordan Hope from her daily walk on a hiking trail in Canterbury between I-93…
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This week on The Bookshelf from NHPR, a conversation with Daniel Palmer about his new book, The First Family.In the new novel by Hollis resident Daniel…
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The Bookshelf: Poet Matt W. Miller on Metaphorical Drowning, BreathingThis week on The Bookshelf from NHPR, a conversation with Matt W. Miller about his new book, The Wounded for the Water.Daily life can be stressful.…
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This week on The Bookshelf from NHPR, novelist Elisabeth Hyde discusses her new novel, Go Ask Fannie. In this novel, Murray Blair and his three adult…
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New York Times best-selling author and Peterborough resident Elizabeth Marshall Thomas is out with a new book. It's called, "The Hidden Life of Life," and…
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