Nancy's Bookshelf
Wednesday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 8 p.m.
Each week host Nancy Wiegman talks to local, regional and national writers about their latest projects.
Latest Episodes
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"Cruisin’ the ‘Nade" takes you back in time to Chico in the 1960s.
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Retired Butte College instructor Phillip Hemenway has published a collection of his poems, Core Samples
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In a rebroadcast interview from thirteen years ago, Nancy’s Bookshelf honors NPR correspondent Don Gonyea’s forty-year career following his recent retirement.
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A history book about America’s first World’s Fair, which celebrated the nation’s 100th birthday.
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Google data editor Simon Rogers tells stories with Google’s data using questions that we ask. “How can I help?” “How to ask politely“ “Why is grief so lonely?” “How to boil an egg”
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Two local authors wrote novels about family after university careers.
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In her memoir "Midstream: A Life Remade in 50 Swims," fourth-generation Chicoan Kate Washington chronicles diving feet first into a new life.
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Chico author Douglas Keister‘s 49th book explores love, loss, and self-exploration. This novel features a 15th-century painting, The Garden of Earthly Delights, that hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
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Retired professor Pamela Geisel Plemmons is an expert in home orchard management, sustainable landscape practices, and integrated pest management.
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Stephan Talty's new book tells the true story of American archaeologists turned OSS spies who protected relics from Nazis during WWII.
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Two Chico authors— psychotherapist Natalie Stromberg and satirist Robyn Alana Engel.
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Two Chico authors recently released books tackling different topics, from a sci-fi thriller to loss and grief.