BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

We learnt he mysterious history of the 160-year-old stagecoach in Greenfield, we talk with local author M.J. Beasi about their debut book, "I Was a Teenage Death God," and find hope in the big picture with Mr. Universe.

Media Lab participant, Au'dahcey Hickson, interviews Emely Rumble, author of "Bibliotherapy in the Bronx."

Media Lab participant, Davien Landrau, interviews Nicholas Day, author of "A World Without Summer" and "The Mona Lisa Vanishes."

NEPM's Media Lab Summer Cohort has been busy with new projects. Last week they conducted on camera interviews with local youth book authors.

"The Sister Detectives" is a bilingual storybook, in Chinese and English, penned and illustrated by two sisters from Orange, Massachusetts, with guidance from their elders.

Northampton writer Nicholas Day is author of "The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the birth of a Global Celebrity."

We dance with BCUC for Live Music Friday, wrap up our collaboration with the Media Lab Fellows and their series "Books for Young People", celebrate Dare Bottleshop & Provision's 2nd birthday with a tour of Beaujolais, and introduce you to a new voice in jazz here at NEPM.

We head to Leverett to chat with drink wine with Ken Washburn and find out about their inagural Harvest Festival, Kaliis gets interviewed about her book "Sir Morien: A Tale of a Knight of The Round Table" by Media Lab Fellow Jeremiah Merced, young guitar phenom Louie Phipps joins us for Live Music Friday to celebrate his second album, and we explore the incoming crops at Riverland Farm in Sunderland.

There has been devastating news in Israel and Gaza in recent days — with some areas now fully at war. That was not the case over the summer, when Serenitee Graham, a Ludlow High School student in NEPM's Media Lab, interviewed Hannah Moushabeck about her new book, "Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine."

The Media Lab is interviewing western Massachusetts authors of books for young readers. Next up: Kaliis Smith, co-author of "Sir Morien: The Legend of a Knight of the Round Table."