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NHPR Books combines all the literary content produced by New Hampshire Public Radio. Tune in for author interviews from our series Writers on a New England Stage, Authors on Main, and Check This Out!

Jul 10

Jenny Lawson

Authors on Main brings world-class writers to Concord, N.H. In this episode, beloved author Jenny Lawson visits the Capitol Center for the Arts to sit down with NHPR’s Rebecca Lavoie and discuss her latest book, How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay. This conversation was recorded live on April 1, 2026.
Jul 3

Check This Out: Find your next summer read

Some favorite authors offer their suggestions for summer reading, plus host Rachel Barenbaum has some books by New England authors to recommend.
Jun 25

Check This Out: Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & 'Names Have Been Changed' plus Katherine Center

This debut novel is about an itinerant Singaporean ex-con hiding from her past in different countries. And on our Book Biz segment, author Katherine Center reflects on her 20-year publishing career.
Jun 18

Check This Out: Portia Elan & 'Homebound' plus the boom in audiobooks

The debut novel "Homebound'" features four lives entangled across time by a computer game, saved to a floppy disk in the 1980s. And on our Book Biz segment, how audiobooks are changing publishing.
Jun 11

Check This Out: Bar Fridman-Tell & 'Honeysuckle' plus book critic Ron Charles

An unsettling debut novel blending romance, horror, and fairy tale elements, with nods to Frankenstein, plus in our Book Biz segment, the future of literary criticism.
Jun 5

H.M. Wolfe & 'Daggermouth' and why romance rules publishing

A viral dystopian romance set in a corrupt surveillance state, following a mercenary who botches the assassination of the president’s son. And on the Book Biz segment, the romance genre as the engine of publishing.
May 28

Check This Out: Susan Donovan Bernhard & 'Westerly'

A sweeping family saga that traces the intertwined lives of three generations of women, moving from war-torn Germany and Ireland to coastal Maine.
May 21

Check This Out: Tolani Akinola & 'Leave Your Mess at Home' plus the Book Biz

In this debut novel, we meet a Nigerian-American family set on a crash course towards each other. Plus, on our Book Biz segment, the role of agents in publishing today.

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NHPR Books combines all the literary content produced by New Hampshire Public Radio. Tune in for author interviews from our series Writers on a New England Stage, Authors on Main, and Check This Out!