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Holiday and Winter Reading List Upcoming Programs
Audio Program Archive
Co-hosts Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and John Ernst take your suggestions for books for holiday gift-giving and for winter reading.
This recent novel from Stewart O'Nan, who has been called the "bard of the working class," takes us into the lives of people who work at a restaurant that is going out of business. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, along with the Massena Book Club, talk to the author in this special on-the-road season, live from Massena Public Library.
Ann Patchett's latest novel Run was picked as a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Christian Science Monitor. She is also the author of Bel Canto and other critically acclaimed work. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, joined by the Glens Falls Reading Group, are live from the Red Fox Bookstore in Glens Falls.
Rebecca Barry's fiction novel, Later, At the Bar: A Novel in Stories, is set in a tavern in a small upstate community, filled with characters who will stay with you long after you finish the book. Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, joined by the North Country Public Radio staff book club, are live from the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.
Hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson are joined by John Ernst and your calls to compile a selection of the best warm weather books for this year's annual summer reading list. You can request an email or printed copy of the list from radio@ncpr.org, or by calling the station, 1-877-388-6277.
The author turns his omnivorous mind to the seemingly straightforward question of what we should have for dinner. To find out, Pollan follows each of the food chains that sustain us — industrial food, organic or alternative food, and food we forage ourselves — from the source to a final meal, and in the process develops a definitive account of the American way of eating.
This memoir is a compilation of immigrant family stories that begin with food, but turn out to be about something much larger: grace, difference, faith, love. It is the 2008 selection of North Country Reads, a regional "one book, one community" project. This edition of Readers & Writers was broadcast live from Jefferson Community College as part of the author's visit to libraries, classrooms and other community venues throughout the region. Martha Foley and Chris Robinson host.
Bonny Wolf, food commentator for NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday, writes about the country's regional and family food traditions-birthday cakes and dinner parties, Jell-O and meatloaf, crabcakes and Bundt cakes. Each chapter in Talking With My Mouth Full has recipes long used by the author, family and friends. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host.
When editor Michele Anna Jordan was offered a live sago worm at a farmers' market in Serian, Sarawak, she politely declined. It is the only food she has ever refused during cooking and eating adventures in dozens of countries on four continents. The stories included in this collection serve to show just a small portion of culinary experiences abroad to help steer you in a direction that will make you, and your stomach, happy. Martha Foley and Chris Robinson host.
Our Annual Winter Reading Call-in, a special two-hour edition of Readers & Writers. Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and guest John Ernst discuss their picks for the best winter reading this year. They are joined by callers and correspondents from throughout the region.
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Writing Contest for Young and Adult Writers
 Books Sontag On Sontag: Journals Record A Writer's Birth
In her journals, Susan Sontag exhibits the fierce intelligence that distinguishes her work — along with a vulnerability that may surprise. The result is an absorbing chronicle of emotional and intellectual self-discovery. Child's Autism Helps Author Write Mnemonic Book
British journalist Christopher Stevens talks about his new book, Thirty Days Has September: Cool Way to Remember Stuff. Stevens says the book is aimed primarily at children and was based on his experience teaching his autistic son. Why 'Animals Make Us Human'
Why you should adopt a black cat instead of an orange one? Do dogs need a pack leader or a poppa? And how do you to draw blood from an antelope without terrifying it? These are some of the questions animal advocate Temple Grandin answers in her new book.  Donna Marshall (right), plant manager of the Corning Canton plant, presents a check to Sandy Demarest. We thank the Corning Foundation for their support of Readers & Writers. With major support from
The books to be discussed are available at public libraries throughout northern New York and western Vermont or may be purchased at discount prices at the following participating bookstores. Please identify yourself as a listener to North Country Public Radio's literature series when you request the discount: The
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Readers
& Writers on the Air
January 21, Wednesday 7 pm: From the NCPR studios
February 5, Thursday, 7 pm: from the St. Lawrence County Arts Council, Potsdam
March 5, Thursday, 7 pm: with the High Peaks reading group, Lake Placid
April 2, Thursday 7 pm: 
April 21, Tuesday, 7 pm: from Lowville
May 13, Wednesday, 7 pm: from the Old Forge Library, Old Forge
May 21, Thursday, 7 pm: location TBA
June 18, Thursday, 7 pm: from North Creek
July 9, Thursday, 7-9 pm: Summer Reading List Call-in
