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March 10, 2010 - Lisa See

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:54:19 -0800

Rosemary Manchester interviews Lisa See, and gives listeners an opportunity to hear her discuss her work. Lisa See, a particular favorite of California audiences and author of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and Peony in Love, has recently published a new novel, Shanghai Girls.

February 10, 2010 - Redwood Writers

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:54:19 -0800

Redwood Writers, the local branch of the California Writers Club, includes many of the emerging writers in the area. The organization, open to all writers, meets monthly and sponsors workshops, conferences, writing classes and seminars. In addition, writers are encouraged to seek ways to publish and market their work. Host Rosemary Manchester talks with members of the Redwood Writers about their writing and discusses their published work.

January 13, 2010 - Thomas Hardy

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:54:15 -0800

Rosemary Manchester and Michele Anna Jordan discuss Thomas Hardy, focusing on The Return of the Native and other works.

December 9, 2009 - A Holiday Celebration of Books!

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:08:01 -0800

Rosemary Manchester and Suzanne Lang host a live conversation about literary gifts for holiday giving. In-studio guests review this year's publishing highlights, and we'll take your recommendations of favorite books to give, and the best book you read all year. It's a Literary Salon on the air, and you can wear your pajamas!

November 11, 2009 - Chester Aaron, Stefanie Freele, Beth Carpel

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:48:52 -0800

A Novel Idea celebrates a bounty of stories and writers with three authors this month. Occidental's ever-astonishing Chester Aaron, has been awarded a 2009 Moonbeam Award in Young Adult Historical Fiction for his recently re-published novel, Gideon, a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, and the uprising at the concentration camp of Treblinka.

Stefanie Freele's work has been called "micro fiction" for its clarity and brevity. Sensitive and unruly, sincere and absurd, Stefanie Freele's Finding Strays is a collection of fifty short stories about children, family, relationships, and oysters. Freele is the fiction editor of the Los Angeles Review and an editor of SmokeLong Quarterly.

Writer and photographer, Beth Carpel's "biker book" Assembling Georgia is the story of a Minneapolis chicken-factory worker who begins receiving motorcycle parts through the mail. Who is sending her the parts, why, and how it changes both their lives is at the heart of this twisting tale full of humor and emotional depth.

October 14, 2009 - Barbara Baer

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:18:24 -0700

Barbara Baer, editor and publisher of Floreant Press, introduced her new book, Grisha the Scrivener, at the Sonoma County Book Festival in September. the story is set in the former USSR, where Barbara lived for some time, and concludes in contemporary, independent Russia. Barbara is a prominent member of the local literary community, and has won national journalism awards for essays and fiction. Grisha the Scrivener is her first novella.

September 9, 2009 - Sonoma County Book Festival

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:30:35 -0700

A Novel Idea celebrates the Sonoma County Book Festival

August 12, 2009 - Jonah Raskin - Field Days

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:50 -0700

Jonah Raskin - Field Days

July 8, 2009 - Chuck Kensler / Choteau Creek

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:21:58 -0700

Joseph Iron Eye Dudley is the author of Choteau Creek, A Sioux Rememberance, which the Washington Post Book World calls "a quiet, loving memoir." Rosemary Manchester, host for A Novel Idea, has invited Chuck Kensler, who has some good stories of his own, to be her guest in a discussion of Choteau Creek.

June 10, 2009 - Christina Sunley

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:52:21 -0700

Christina Sunley and The Tricking of Freya.

May 13, 2009 - Mark Sloan M.D.

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:48:07 -0700

Mark Sloan M.D. - Birth Day

April 8, 2009 - Margit Liesche

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 9 Apr 2009 18:38:51 -0700

Hollywood Buzz with Margit Liesche

March 11, 2009 - Eva Rutland

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:12:53 -0700

Eva Rutland - When We Were Colored

February 11, 2009 - Sheri Reynolds

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:33:15 -0800

Sheri Reynolds and her latest book The Sweet In-Between

January 14, 2009 - Francis Dinkelspiel

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:28:13 -0800

Francis Dinkelspiel and her latest book Towers of Gold

Dec. 10, 2008 - Lizann Bassham

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:48:36 -0800

Lizann Bassham and her latest book One of Another

Nov. 19, 2008 - Bart Schneider

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:36:33 -0800

Bart Schneider and his latest book The Man in the Blizzard.

Oct. 8, 2008 - Mira Katz

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:24:53 -0800

Rosemary Manchester and Mira Katz on To Kill a Mockingbird

Sep. 24, 2008 - Radio Sketches

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:54:27 -0700

Radio Sketches: It's a Sin to Kill a Mockingbird with David Kipen, Robin Metalitz, Sally Briggs, Dave Casey, Bart Schneider, Veronica Bowers and Robin Watters.

Aug. 13, 2008 - James Tipton

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:04:17 -0700

Rosemary in conversation with James Tipton - author of a Novel of the French Revolution, Annette Vallon. Annette was the over of English poet William Wordsworth.

July 9, 2008

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:02:48 -0700

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June 11, 2008 - O'Brien, Francis

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:49:32 -0700

Scott O'Brien, author of Kay Francis, I Can't Wait to Be Forgotten talks with Rosemary about pre-code, the movies, and actress Kay Francis.

May 14, 2008 - Ehret, Beowulfians

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:20 -0700

Rosemary Manchester, Terry Ehret and her "Beowulfians" rediscover the beauty and power of the ancient epic, Beowulf.

April 9, 2008 - Hayward, Records

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:49:26 -0700

Rosemary Manchester with Clane Hayward on her book The Hypocrisy of Disco and John Records of the Committee on the Shelterless.

March 12, 2008 - Smith, Heglund, Wilson

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:36:16 -0700

Alexander McCall Smith, Jean Heglund, and JJ Wilson with Rosemary Manchester and Suzanne Lang.

Feb. 13, 2008 - Poniatowska, Martinez, Kikus

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:00:08 -0700

Celebrated Mexican author, Elena Poniatowska discusses her life and work with Elizabeth Martinez, translator of Lilus Kikus, and host Rosemary Manchester.

Jan. 9, 2008 - Lessing

robin_pressman@krcb.org — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:50:16 -0700

Rosemary Manchester and Jonah Raskin on Doris Lessing.