Books

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead visits the Capitol Center for the Arts to sit down with NHPR’s Julia Barnett and discuss the third and final novel in his Harlem trilogy, Cool Machine.

Join Daniel Mason & Rachel Barenbaum at Writers on a New England Stage in NH for an intimate reading and conversation on their creative process and stories.

Jenna Bush Hager and Shannon Garvey join NHPR's Rebecca Lavoie on The Music Hall stage in Portsmouth, NH, to discuss Hager's publishing journey and Garvey's debut novel, June Baby.

Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade joins NHPR's Rick Ganley to talk about her book "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government"

Matt Haig joined NHPR's Jackie Harris at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on June 1 to discuss his book The Midnight Train.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout joins NHPR's Casey McDermott to talk about her novel The Things We Never Say.

Recorded before a live audience at the Music Hall in Portsmouth, on April 4, 2026.

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.

Some favorite authors offer their suggestions for summer reading, plus host Rachel Barenbaum has some books by New England authors to recommend.

This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.