What We're Reading

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


212 Pieces

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Dubbed the “King of Midwestern novels” by Entertainment Weekly, J. Ryan Stradal is the author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest, The Lager Queen, an...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 11:57
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The Minnesota Book Awards is an exciting event, and not just because of the drama and fanfare and anticipation of the winners. Ultimately, it is a ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 09:26
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Learn about new books and events from the Brainerd and Bemidji public libraries. Also, readers chime in on favorite books about the great outdoors.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 09:35
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This week on What We're Reading, Grand Rapids Area Library children's librarian Tracy Kampa shared two new picture books on tough topics for kids a...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2023
  • Length: 09:41
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Windswept is a middle-grade fantasy about a girl named Tag who must save the children of her world from being windswept, taken by the wind not to b...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 13:01
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Grand Rapids Area Library children's librarian Tracy Kampa reviews and recommends new children's books for What We're Reading. Our children's libr...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 08:43
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MN writer Paul Radomski's new book focuses on what is arguably Minnesota’s favorite fish, the walleye. In addition to being a writer, Paul is a fis...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 13:33
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Mark Christensen is a recently retired professor of English at Bemidji State University, is active in local theater, and has just published a new c...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2023
  • Length: 10:51
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Learn about new books and events from Ara at the Bemidji Public Library and Amanda at the Brainerd Public Library.

  • Added: Feb 17, 2023
  • Length: 06:13
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The 2023 American Library Association Youth Media Awards has just wrapped up and we are joined again by Grand Rapids Area Library’s Children’s Libr...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 10:03
  • Purchases: 1
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On this edition of What We're Reading: Tracy Kampa, Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library gets us pumped up for the upcoming Americ...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 07:57
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The end of the year is a good time to look back and reflect on the previous year and this is no different when it comes to books! Maybe you kept up...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 11:00
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Grand Rapids Area Library Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa gives us the scoop on new and noteworthy children's books for What We're Reading. Today'...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 08:28
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Grand Rapids Area Library Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa gives us the scoop on new and noteworthy children's books for What We're Reading. Toda...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2022
  • Length: 10:41
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On this next installment of What We're Reading we get to hear voices from our community of readers. Jane Freeman, Dan G., Sandy Hennum, and Melissa...

  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 11:00
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John Owens is a freelance illustrator and teaches at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of the picture book One Summer Up North; his new...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 10:46
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Marcie Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Reservation and a MN award winning author, poet and playwright, and community arts activist....

  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 10:01
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Grand Rapids Area Library Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa reviews and recommends these new children's books: Forever Cousins, by Laurel Goodl...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 07:26
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Angela Tedesco is a farmer who has recently retired after 17 years of running one of the first community supported agriculture farms in central Iow...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2022
  • Length: 12:27
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Grand Rapids Area Library Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa gives us the scoop on new and noteworthy children's books for What We're Reading. Tracy ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 10:10