From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new seasonal literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum div...
Check This Out: Alison Espach & 'The Wedding People'
"The Wedding People" is a novel about depression, love, one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.
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Check This Out: Yael van der Wouden & 'The Safekeep'
"The Safekeep" is a story of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961; an exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past.
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Check This Out: N.H. Librarians recommend their favorite books of 2024
Looking for a good book to read by the fire or to give as a gift? Tune in to hear three NH librarians offer their takes on their favorite books of 2024.
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Check This Out: Cherry Lou Sy & 'Love Can't Feed You'
A tender yet searing debut novel about intergenerational fractures and coming of age, following a young woman who immigrates to the United States from the Philippines and finds herself adrift between familial expectations and her own desires.
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Check This Out: Ferdia Lennon & 'Glorious Exploits'
An unlikely production of Euripides in a prison quarry, set in ancient Greece with a contemporary Irish accent. As funny as it is moving, the novel is an ode to the power of art in a time of war and brotherhood in a time of enmity.
From New Hampshire Public Radio and the Howe Library in Hanover, New Hampshire, Check This Out is a new seasonal literary series where host Rachel Barenbaum dives deeply into the works of emerging and diverse authors.