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<title>Books: &quot;Friends in a Storm&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 9, 2013) A new children&apos;s book by Canton writer Mary Sue Seymour includes illustrations by a young artist from Ogdensburg.   Friends in a Storm tells the story of Squirrel, who gets locked out of his house during a rainstorm, and is befriended by Owl. Todd Moe spoke with author Mary Sue Seymour and 12-year-old artist Samantha Flynn, who created the illustrations for the book.  Seymour says she wrote the story while teaching a kindergarten class in Hammond.Mary Sue Seymour and Samantha Flynn will sign copies of their book, Friends in a Storm, at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton from 1-3 pm on Saturday. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21953/20130509/books-quot-friends-in-a-storm-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers: Terry Tempest Williams, &quot;When Women Were Birds&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 30, 2013) Our guest is well-known essayist and poet Terry Tempest Williams, talking about her most recent book, When Women Were Birds, Fifty-Four Variations on Voice - a collection of short essays on memory, faith and voice. Williams&apos; work is steeped in the landscape and lore of Utah and the West where she has lived and worked most of her life. Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and Betsy Kepes join the conversation [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21892/20130430/readers-amp-writers-terry-tempest-williams-quot-when-women-were-birds-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers: George Bilgere, &quot;The White Museum&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 26, 2013) Our guest is George Bilgere, author of The White Museum, Haywire, The Good Kiss and other collections of poetry. A new collection, Imperial, is due out this fall from University of Pittsburgh Press. He is probably best known to the public radio audience through his frequent (37 times) contributions to The Writer&apos;s Almanac, through his 2011 appearance on A Prairie Home Companion, or through his own radio program Wordplay, an offbeat mix of poetry, comedy, and an ongoing exploration of the possibilities of the spoken word. Ellen Rocco and Dale Hobson host. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21874/20130426/readers-amp-writers-george-bilgere-quot-the-white-museum-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers: Siobhan Fallon, &quot;You Know When the Men Are Gone&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 23, 2013) Author Siobhan Fallon talks with Ellen Rocco, Chris Robinson and Phil LaMarche about her collection of stories on the lives of military families, You Know When the Men are Gone, before an audience at Fort Drum&apos;s Robert C. McEwen Library. This collection of loosely related stories is set at Fort Hood, in Texas, and deftly explores how army families are affected by the absence of their soldiering husbands and fathers. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21850/20130423/readers-amp-writers-siobhan-fallon-quot-you-know-when-the-men-are-gone-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Cabin Fever Reading Call-in</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 26, 2013) What books are helping you stay sane until the sun returns? Callers, visitors and NCPR staff share their picks with Readers &amp; Writers co-hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, and with guest book maven John Ernst. A compiled list of titles will be available at this location within a few days of broadcast. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21694/20130326/cabin-fever-reading-call-in">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers: Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise Built in Hell</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 15, 2013) Our guest is National Book Award winner Rebecca Solnit, author of A Paradise Built in Hell.  Even if you haven&apos;t read the book, you will relate to the thread of her thesis: that people generally respond well in the face of disaster. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21458/20130215/readers-amp-writers-rebecca-solnit-a-paradise-built-in-hell">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>How one Adironack mystery novel came to be</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 7, 2013) Like the protagonist in his debut novel, Here Be Monsters, Jamie Sheffield spent his childhood in New York City, and &quot;escaped&quot; to the Adirondacks later in life.   Sheffield spent most of last summer writing his mystery that pitches Tyler Cunningham, an unconventional hero, into a criminal whirlwind for which he is unprepared. Todd Moe talks with the Lake Clear writer about his first book, and the process of writing and publishing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21400/20130207/how-one-adironack-mystery-novel-came-to-be">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books:  &quot;Man of War&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 26, 2012) What would it have been like to fight in the Roman Legion or row a cargo boat down the St. Lawrence River, or march to Stalingrad during World War II?  Charlie Schroeder writes of his experiences as a re-enactor in his book, Man of War. Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talked with Schroeder from his home in Hong Kong. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21143/20121226/books-quot-man-of-war-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books: &quot;Eating the Bread of this World&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 18, 2012) North Country visual artist and sculptor Becky Harblin included her poetry in a recent exhibit at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.  At the opening, poet and publisher Albert Glover asked if he could publish the poems.  The result of their collaboration is a slim book of poetry titled, Eating the Bread of this World.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talks with Becky Harblin about her new book. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21099/20121218/books-quot-eating-the-bread-of-this-world-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books: Waterfalls of New York State </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 12, 2012) New York is home to the most famous waterfall in the world, Niagara Falls, but the state also boasts more than 2,000 other waterfalls.   Todd Moe talks with David Schryver, co-author of the new book, Waterfalls of New York State.  It celebrates over 100 of the more scenic falls.David Schryver will sign copies of his book Thursday night (6 pm) at the Dexter Public Library, and Saturday (3 pm) at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21059/20121212/books-waterfalls-of-new-york-state">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books:  &quot;London Underground&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 11, 2012) Canton writer Chris Angus has written another historical thriller.  In London Underground, a search for hidden treasures and artifacts leads several citizens beneath London&apos;s underground.  The novel includes secrets, spies, an ancient disease and a Nazi V-2 rocket.  He told Todd Moe that London is one of his favorite cities. Chris will sign copies of his book on Saturday, December 15th, at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton, from 1 - 3 pm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21052/20121211/books-quot-london-underground-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Books: &quot;American Youth&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 6, 2012) &quot;Readers and Writers&quot; co-host Chris Robinson talks with Phil LaMarche about his book, American Youth. LaMarche is a professor of English at SUNY-Canton and directs the Living Writers Series.His debut novel has won wide acclaim. It&apos;s the tale of a teenager in southern New England who is confronted by a terrible moral dilemma following a firearms accident in his home. This tragedy earns him the admiration of a gang of boys at his school.  It&apos;s been called a classic portrait of a young man struggling with the idea of identity and responsibility. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21019/20121206/books-quot-american-youth-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Former marketing consultant calls social media &quot;B.S.&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 5, 2012) There&apos;s no avoiding social media these days—even if you&apos;re not on the internet, TV commercials urge you to like companies on Facebook or follow them on Twitter, newscasters read influential people&apos;s tweets on the air, and if you&apos;re not on Facebook, well, you&apos;re in for a lot of funny looks. If you run a business or an organization, pressure to have an active social media &quot;presence&quot; can be intense—but the benefits you actually get from that presence may not be anywhere near as huge as what you were led to expect. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20967/20121205/former-marketing-consultant-calls-social-media-quot-b-s-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers: Louise Penny, &quot;The Beautiful Mystery&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 16, 2012) Our guest is Louise Penny, author of the award-winning Quebec mystery series, featuring inspector Armand Gamache and the idyllic town of Three Pines. Like all the previous books in the series, the latest, The Beautiful Mystery, is on bestseller lists across North America. It&apos;s also been nominated for CBC Radio&apos;s Canada Reads series. Jackie Sauter and Betsy Kepes host. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20911/20121116/readers-amp-writers-louise-penny-quot-the-beautiful-mystery-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Gift Books and Winter Reading Call-in</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Nov 8, 2012) Our annual winter books call-in is hosted by Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson, with guest book maven John Ernst. Callers and visitors share their favorite picks for holiday giving and reading on long winter nights. A compiled list of recommendations will be available soon at the Readers &amp; Writers Book Club. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20857/20121108/gift-books-and-winter-reading-call-in">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Vietnam vet reaches out to young soldiers with &quot;Facing PTSD&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 11, 2012) Tom Smith grew up in Connecticut, but his family has owned land in Keene Valley for four generations. He was drafted in 1968 and flew helicopters in Vietnam. Smith saw lots of combat, was shot down numerous times, and when he returned to the States, he says he was a changed person - easily irritated and angered. In the &apos;70&apos;s and &apos;80&apos;s he moved around, living in Alaska, Hawaii, California and then back in the Adirondacks.He turned to writing as a way of coming to terms with post-traumatic stress disorder. He calls his third book, Facing PTSD: a Combat Vet Learns to Live with the Disorder, an auto-ethnography.  It includes heartwarming stories of family and friends and also comical adventures. Tom and his wife, Kathy, have two sons.  He told Todd Moe that while he is still dealing with bouts of pain, anger and sadness, life is good. Todd spoke with Smith from his home in Keene Valley about his time in Vietnam, writing the book and reaching out to a new generation of &quot;wounded warriors&quot;. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20651/20121011/vietnam-vet-reaches-out-to-young-soldiers-with-quot-facing-ptsd-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Preview:  Kingston WritersFest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 26, 2012) Writers and readers are gathering in Kingston this week for the annual celebration of books and writing. NCPR&apos;s book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with artistic director Merilyn Simonds, who says the event includes with both emerging and world class authors. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20550/20120926/preview-kingston-writersfest">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Readers &amp; Writers, Mary Karr, &quot;Lit&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 25, 2012) Memoirist Mary Karr was our guest. She talked with hosts Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson about Lit, third in her series of personal explorations that began with The Liar&apos;s Club. Karr will read from her work at 7:30 pm tonight, September 25, in SUNY Canton&apos;s Kingston Theater. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20545/20120925/readers-amp-writers-mary-karr-quot-lit-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Books: &quot;Rising from the Swamp&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 11, 2012) The outdoors and natural beauty are draws for many communities in the Adirondacks.  According to the author of a new book, Rising from the Swamp, a source of pride for many in downtown Tupper Lake, aka the &quot;Swamp,&quot; is the legacy of its pioneer families.  Todd Moe talks with author and Tupper Lake native Carol Poole about the book and a decade of research into Tupper Lake&apos;s past. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20453/20120911/books-quot-rising-from-the-swamp-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Books: &quot;Taking Hart&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 29, 2012) A new novel, set on the St. Lawrence River, combines suspense and regional history.   Maggie Hockett&apos;s first book, Taking Hart, coincides with the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Geared toward young readers, the main character is a teenager searching for clues to disprove a  family legend.  Todd Moe talks with Hockett, who writes under the pen name M.A. Noble, about her book and writing career. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20389/20120829/books-quot-taking-hart-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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