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<title>Book review: &quot;Peak Experiences&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 14, 2013) The mountains of the northeast attract hikers to their rocky summits.  What happens, though, when something goes wrong?  Carol Stone White collected over 50 essays in her new book, Peak Experiences - Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast.  Betsy Kepes as this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21977/20130514/book-review-quot-peak-experiences-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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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>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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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>Book Review:  &quot;Safekeeping&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 27, 2013) Vermont author, Karen Hesse, earned the Newbery Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.  Her new book for Young Adults is set in Vermont and explores a world gone wrong.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Safekeeping. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21702/20130327/book-review-quot-safekeeping-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 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>The stories behind ski hills of the past</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 15, 2013) For every ski area that&apos;s survived, like Titus Mountain or Mt. Pisgah in Saranac Lake, there are dozens of ski hills that didn&apos;t.Jeremy Davis has been documenting them all over New York and New England. He&apos;s researched the stories of more than 700 lost ski hills. He&apos;s written several books about them, including Lost Ski Areas of the Southern Adirondacks.Davis told David Sommerstein he became interested in ski areas of the past as a boy, when his family was taking a ski trip to New Hampshire. They drove by an abandoned ski area. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21622/20130315/the-stories-behind-ski-hills-of-the-past">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Canton students talk about a 500-page novel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 1, 2013) Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, is the subject on the latest edition of the Readers &amp; Writers book club. We had nine Canton students, two teachers and Betsy Kepes, our NCPR book reviewer, in to lead the conversation. Don&apos;t let the number of pages scare you away—it&apos;s a remarkable book and generated a lively conversation. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21540/20130301/canton-students-talk-about-a-500-page-novel">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500</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: A Cold and Lonely Place</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 6, 2013) In the opening scene of Sara J. Henry&apos;s new novel, a body is found in Lake Flower, frozen into the ice near the village of Saranac Lake.  Betsy Kepes has this review of A Cold and Lonely Place. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21393/20130206/books-a-cold-and-lonely-place">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Review: girls in sports books</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 11, 2013) Two new books by writers with ties to the Adirondacks feature girls in elite level sports.  Betsy Kepes reviews Soccerland by Beth Choat and Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21234/20130111/review-girls-in-sports-books">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 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;Smart Guide to Freshwater Fishing&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 20, 2012) Freezing temperatures late last week didn&apos;t deter avid angler Mike Seymour from heading out for muskies on the St. Lawrence River. Seymour has been a licensed fishing guide in the North Country for over 25 years, and is a prolific outdoor writer.He&apos;s sharing some of his knowledge in a new book. The Smart Guide to Freshwater Fishing covers everything from fishing terms, to trolling to the best fishing times. Todd Moe spoke with Captain Mike about his new book, and love of fishing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21108/20121220/books-quot-smart-guide-to-freshwater-fishing-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 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>Book review: Half-blood Blues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 12, 2012) Each year, one Canadian author receives the Giller Prize, Canada&apos;s premier literary award for fiction in English.  In 2011, the novel Half-blood Blues by Esi Edugyan won the prestigious award.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21060/20121212/book-review-half-blood-blues">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 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>
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