Between The Covers

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Airs at: Thu, 08/21/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Every third Thursday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

 

 

A weekly show featuring interviews with locally and nationally known authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

Hosted by Avvy Mar

 

 

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Novelist Susan Stoner discusses her PDX historical mystery: "Timber Beasts"

Airs at: Fri, 04/09/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Marianne Barisonek interviews Susan Stoner, author of Timber Beasts.  Stoner , general counsel at Portland-headquartered Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757 — worked in her free time to develop a series of historical mysteries set in the Portland of 1902. Now the fi... Read more

Between the Covers on 04/08/10

Airs at: Thu, 04/08/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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 Host Marianne Barisonek interviews Susan Stoner, author of "Timber Beasts"Set in Portland, OR, in the early 20th century, this mystery centers on the social, economic, and political imbalances of the robber baron era, with particular emphasis on the harsh inequities of ... Read more

Mystery writer Dana Stabenow: "A Night Too Dark"

Airs at: Thu, 04/01/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Dana Stabenow, author of A Night Too Dark, a mystery set in the Bush Country of Alaska.  Stabenow has produced works in the science fiction, mystery, and suspense/thriller genres. Many of her books are set in her home state of Alaska, where s... Read more

Chris Bohjalian on his novel: "Secrets of Eden"

Airs at: Thu, 03/25/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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On the March 25, 2010, airing of Between the Covers, host Crystal Leighty interviews Chris Bohjalian, the author of thirteen books, including the new novel, Secrets of Eden, a story of shattered faith, intimate secrets and the delicate exploration of the nature of sacrif... Read more

Author Audrey Niffenegger on "Her Fearful Symmetry"

Airs at: Thu, 03/18/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Audrey Niffenegger, author of Her Fearful Symmetry, a ghost story involving two sets of twins. Audrey Niffenegger is a visual artist and a guide at Highgate Cemetery. In addition to her bestselling debut novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, she is ... Read more

Annie Barrows, co-author of "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society"

Airs at: Thu, 03/11/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Annie Barrows, co-author of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society, a novel of love and intrigue on an island in the English Channel in 1946. Mary Ann Shaffer became interested in Guernsey while visiting London in 1976. On a whim, she ... Read more

Mentors, Muses and Monsters: Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives

Airs at: Thu, 03/04/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Writer and teacher Elizabeth Benedict talks about "Mentors, Muses and Monsters: Thirty Writers on the People Who Changed Their Lives." She edited the book, which features essays by Elizabeth Benedict * Robert Boyers * Jay Cantor * John Casey * Maud Casey * Christopher Ca... Read more

Author Matthew Flaming on "The Kingdom of Ohio," a speculative of science in 1900

Airs at: Thu, 02/25/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg interviews local writer Matthew Flaming, author of  The Kingdom of Ohio, a speculative about science in 1900. "The Kingdom of Ohio" is a love story set against New York City at the dawn of the mechanical age, featuring Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and J.... Read more

Portland novelist Bill Cameron on "Chasing Smoke"

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Portland writer Bill Cameron, author of Chasing Smoke, a police procedural set in Portland. A cancer-stricken homicide detective, Skin Kadash, looks into the apparent suicides of several people who were patients of the same doctor, who happen... Read more

Interview with Memoirist Mary Karr on Lit

Airs at: Thu, 01/28/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Laura McCandlish interviews acclaimed memoirist and poet Mary Karr, author of the bestselling The Liar's Club about her hardscrabble East Texas childhood and Cherry, her drug-laced, angst-filled coming of age story. With her characteristic dry wit, Karr now returns ... Read more