BOOKS

We chat with local author Sarah Sawyer about her new book, "The Undercurrent," hear live music with Twisted Pine, and explore the cosmos with Mr. Universe.

Three novelists come together to talk about one classic book, "Moby-Dick," a story which figures into their own writing.

We speak with local author Jedediah Berry about his new novel, "The Naming Song," inspiring civic community conversation at Image Cinema, and Mr. Hameed tells us about the Universe.

Banning books hurts us all, says western Massachusetts author and illustrator Grace Lin.

Owner and baker, Jonathan Stevens said he wants everyone to experience the art of making and breaking bread.

We speak to NYT bestselling authorAngela DiTerlizzi about her new book, "The Curious Why," reflect on the life of legendary actor James Earl Jones, and check on the progress of a new mural in Turners Falls.

We talk with local author Nicholas Day about his book, "Nothing," take a tour of a new exhibit at the Springfield Museums that displays the intimate life of Frida Kahlo through archival photography, and McGovern with Rep. Jim McGovern.

We chat with local author David Daley about his new book, "Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections," and learn about how we can find hope in regenerative farming.

The author and professor Andrea Hairston describes her latest book, “Archangels of Funk," as "Afro-funk-tastic cyber-punk with a hoodoo twist."

We head over to Yellow Stonehouse Farms for the latest CISA Local Hero Spotlight, chat with writer and comedian Dulcé Sloan about life and her new book, and sympathize (empathize?) with the Word Nerd.