The Bookshelf Podcast
1) The Bookshelf: The Little-Known History Of Violence At New England's African American Schools
The history of school desegregation in America has long been centered around the southern United States.
2) The Bookshelf: Monadnock Literary Journal Brings Regional Writers Together
The second issue of the literary journal Monadnock Underground is set to release next week. The collection brings together more than a dozen pieces of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, mostly by local ...Show More
The Bookshelf: Monadnock Literary Journal Brings Regional Writers Together
05:00 | Feb 29th, 2020
3) The Bookshelf: Meredith Tate Takes On The Difficult Subject of Rape
In Concord-native Meredith Tate’s new novel, a young woman is kidnapped after a drug deal goes badly. To summon help, she has an out-of-body experience. Her quest to give her sister clues about where ...Show More
4) The Bookshelf: A Sexual Assault Survivor Learns to Thrive in Lisa Gardner's New Novel
One day, while hiking in the Georgia mountains, a couple finds the bones of a human body buried many years ago. The discovery prompts a search for answers: why was this person killed? Who did it? And ...Show More
5) The Bookshelf: N.H. Poet Laureate Will Be Your Reader
Alexandria Peary is New Hampshire’s new poet laureate, and she’s ramping up her work as the state’s official advocate for poetry and the literary arts more broadly. As part of her work as poet laureat...Show More
6) The Bookshelf: Keene Author Recalls 'Cub' Reporting Days in Graphic Memoir
When Cindy Copeland was in seventh grade in the early 1970s, an English teacher encouraged her to become a writer. Shortly after that, the Keene resident landed an internship as a “cub reporter” with ...Show More
7) The Bookshelf: Author John Brighton Remembers the Sullivan County of the 1960s
When New Hampshire author John Brighton was six years old, his family bought a lakeside farm in Washington, a small town in New Hampshire's Sullivan County.
The Bookshelf: Author John Brighton Remembers the Sullivan County of the 1960s
04:59 | Dec 20th, 2019
8) The Bookshelf: Poet Marie Harris and 'Desire Lines'
If you've ever been on a college campus or a public park, you may have seen desire lines. Those are those well-worn paths carved by travelers who, for whatever reason, preferred a route that diverged ...Show More
9) The Bookshelf: N.H. Writers Face the National Novel Writing Month Challenge
This November, writers across the world are participating in National Novel Writing Month. Organized by a non-profit, its goal is to encourage anyone who has dreamed of writing a book to just do it......Show More
The Bookshelf: N.H. Writers Face the National Novel Writing Month Challenge
04:10 | Nov 22nd, 2019
10) The Bookshelf: Author Alex Myers Challenges Gender Norms in New Novel
Novelist Alex Myers came out as transgender in the mid-90s, when society's understanding of what it means to be transgender was less clear than it is today.