Whether you're venturing out into the world or hanging out on your porch, summer is better with a good book. On Friday mornings through August, we’ll feature an interview with an author from New England who’s got a new novel out for those lazy days in the sun. As the season progresses, you can hear each interview archived here and start your summer reading list.
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When writer Kaitlyn Greenidge heard about a 19th century woman who became one of the first Black female doctors in New York state, she knew she wanted to… -
“Blue Desert” is the first novel by Northampton, Massachusetts, writer Celia Jeffries.It's the story of Alice George, a young English woman who is… -
Our summer fiction series continues now with a suspenseful eco-fiction story called "Waiting for the Night Song." It's the debut novel from author Julie… -
The writer Gregory Brown describes his novel "The Lowering Days" as a love letter to where he grew up in Maine. The novel is the story of indigenous land… -
In her creative life, Andrea Hairston covers a lot of ground. She teaches theater and Africana studies at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.… -
In "Riot Baby" — a new novel from New Haven writer Tochi Onyebuchi — a young Black girl named Ella discovers she has powers that can help rid the world of… -
Author Debra Jo Immergut describes her third novel, "You Again," as part mystery, part thriller, part literary fiction.Immergut, who writes and teaches… -
The characters in Holyoke, Massachusetts, writer Sara Rauch's short stories largely live and work around western Massachusetts. But also in Vermont and… -
For his first novel, “Ring On Deli,” Eric Giroux used a bit of his own teen experience working at the local Market Basket, a family-owned New England… -
Kicking off our annual summer ficiton series: a novel about a mother-daughter connection and the role of creativity and beauty in human survival. "The…
