WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. June's pick teams up with the Transforming Health Summer Read project to select A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy by Sue Klebold. Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, pens her account of living with grief in the hope that others can recognize a child struggling with mental health issues. The Pick of the Month is available at local libraries and Midtown Scholar in Harrisburg. Learn More at TransformingHealth.org.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. May's pick is The Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep. In this stunning story of an Alabama Serial Killer, Cep reveals the origin of a true-crime novel that the To Kill a Mockingbird author never published.
Signed copies are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg. Cep will visit the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on June 18th for a book signing and discussion.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. April's pick is The Presidents by Brian Lamb and Susan Swain. Available on April 23th, this case for the best and worst of America's Presidents is based on interviews collected over the authors' decades long tenures at C-SPAN.
Lamb and Swain will be at Midtown Scholar Bookstore on Sunday, April 28 from 4-6pm for a book signing and discussion moderated by WITF's Scott LaMar. RSVP below.
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WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. March's pick is The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein. Rothstein examines the history of how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas across the country.
Rothstein will be at Midtown Scholar Bookstore on March 27th for a discussion and book signing.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. February's pick is Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James. This epic fantasy novel which has been dubbed "an African Game of Thrones" explores what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child.
The Pick of the Month is available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. January's pick is Homer's The Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson. This fresh, authoritative version of the Greek epic comes alive in an entirely new way, in the first English translation by a woman.
Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. December's pick is Underdogs: The Philaelphia Eagles' Emotional Road to Super Bowl Victory by Zach Berman. As a Philadelphia Enquirer beat reporter covering the Eagles, Berman brings unique scope to this unlikely story through his on the ground reporting.
Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. November's pick is Our Towns by James and Deborah Fallows. This positive and provocative view of America was compiled over five years as the husband and wife authors travelled across the country in a single engine prop airplane.
WITF's Pick of the Month is available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. October's pick is Code Girls by Liza Mundy. Mundy's award-winning account of the American women who secretly served as U.S. Army and Navy codebreakers during World War Two offers a glimpse into a hidden chapter in American History.
Singed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
Liza Mundy will make an appearance at The Midtown Scholar during the Harrisburg Book Festival on Saturday, October 13th at 6pm. Mundy will take the stage with WITF's Scott LaMar to discuss her fascinating book and a "story of courage and determination that makes you want to work harder and be better." This conversation will be recorded to air at a future date on WITF radio. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. For planning purposes please register below. Book signing to follow discussion.
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Join book lovers of all ages for an advance screening of PBS's highly anticipated television series The Great American Read. WITF, in partnership with Midtown Scholar Bookstore, invites you to this special preview screening that includes a peek at two special features produced by WITF--one highlighting the work of Pulitzer Prize winning Pennsylvania author John Updike and another profiling children's book author Jean Craighead George. After the screening, stick around for a talk back session with local authors and professors.
The event is free, but registration is requested. Reserve your spot using the form below.
"The Great American Read" is an eight-part television and online series designed to spark a national conversation about reading and the books that have inspired, moved, and shaped us. Hosted by Meredith Viera, the series premiere of "The Great American Read" will air on WITF TV September 11 at 8pm.
THE GREAT AMERICAN READ
Preview Screening & Talk Back Session
Monday, September 10 | 6:30-8p
Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg
Watch the Launch Special
America's 100 best-loved books are revealed, launching the campaign & the nationwide vote.
Major production funding for The Great American Read is provided by
Anne Ray Foundation, A Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropy
Engagement funding provided by
the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Anne Ray Foundation, A Margaret A Cargill Philanthropy
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WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. September's pick is An American Marriage by Tayari Jones. Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream but are ripped apart when Roy is arrested for a crime his wife knows he didn't commit.
Singed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
Tayari Jones will make an appearance at The Midtown Scholar during the Harrisburg Book Festival on Thursday, October 11th with a discussion on the book, audience Q&A and book signing.
WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. August's pick is the children's book The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates. A longtime illustrator, June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance.
"A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the 'other.'" --Kirkus Reviews
"A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion." --Booklist
"This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work...A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home." --School Library Journal
Signed copies of the Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. July's pick is From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein. This compulsively readable, behind-the-scenes memoir takes readers inside the Obama White House, through the eyes of a young staffer learning the ropes, falling in love, and finding her place in the world. In 2012, Beck Dorey-Stein is working five part-time jobs and just scraping by when a posting on Craigslist lands her, improbably, in the Oval Office as one of Barack Obama's stenographers. The ultimate D.C. outsider, she joins the elite team who accompany the president wherever he goes, recorder and mic in hand. On whirlwind trips across time zones, Beck forges friendships with a dynamic group of fellow travelers--young men and women who, like her, leave their real lives behind to hop aboard Air Force One in service of the president. As she learns to navigate White House protocols and more than once runs afoul of the hierarchy, Beck becomes romantically entangled with a consummate D.C. insider, and suddenly the political becomes all too personal. Against the backdrop of glamour, drama, and intrigue, this is the story of a young woman making unlikely friendships, getting her heart broken, learning what truly matters, and, in the process, discovering her voice.
Signed copies of the WITF Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore and WITF are pleased to welcome former White House Stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein to Harrisburg! Dorey-Stein will discuss her new memoir, From the Corner of the Oval. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow discussion. This event is free and open to the public!
WITF is partnering with Midtown Scholar Bookstore on a Pick of the Month. Read along with us and discover books we think you'll like. June's pick is Circe by Madeline Miller. Circe is a bold retelling of the Goddess's story which manages to be both epic and intimate in its scope and recasts the most infamous female figure from the Odyssey as a hero in her own right.
Signed copies of the WITF Pick of the Month are available at Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
]]>It's the WITF and Midtown Scholar Pick of the Month! May's Pick teams up with the Transforming Health Summer Read project to select Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opaite Epidemic by acclaimed journalist Sam Quinones. Using Portsmouth, Ohio as a case study, Quinones details how the unfettered prescribing of pain medications, and an influx of heroin, is bringing communities to their knees.
The WITF Pick of the Month is available at local libraries and Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg.
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