Summer reading with Alaskan authors | Talk of Alaska Rewind

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Alaskans for illustration to battalion successful arsenic overmuch nosy arsenic imaginable during our gloriously agelong summertime days and extended bouts of backyard, beach, vessel and campsite clip is made each nan amended erstwhile you person a awesome book to relax with. Readers cognize really books create magical doorways into different worlds and different worldviews that heighten your imagination successful ways that scrolling online will ne'er match. If you want to instrumentality to location grown books, Alaska has galore awesome authors and a wide scope of selections from thrillers to romance to science. On this Talk of Alaska, we revisit our 2023 speech pinch Alaskan authors and librarians to talk book recommendations for Summer reading.

Note: This section is simply a rebroadcast of a erstwhile episode.

LISTEN:

HOST: Lori Townsend

GUESTS:

• Lily Tuzroyluke – Indigenous writer, writer of Sivulliq: Ancestor
• Jamey Bradbury – Alaskan writer, writer of The Wild Inside
• Meneka Thiru – Community engagement librarian, Anchorage Public Library

Resources:

• Alaska Library Network
• Libby App – Free ebooks and audiobooks from your library
• Anchorage Public Library website
• Summer Discovery | Anchorage Public Library

Authors and books mentioned during this show (plus a fewer extras):

• Jerry Flu
• The Dishonorable Dr. Cook: Debunking nan Notorious McKinley Hoax by Bradford Washburn
• Sara Eliza Johnson
• Joseph Holt
• Daryl Farmer
• Gerri Brightwell
• Seth Kantner
• Tom Kizzia
• John Messick
• Marc Cameron
• Lolo Paige
• Writing connected nan Edge: An anthology of modern Alaska stories edited by David A. James
• Judy Ferguson
• Alaska Rough Diamonds by Rick Stanfield
• The Book of Timothy: The Devil, My Brother, and Me by Joan Nockels Wilson
• Stephanie Marie Thornton
• Andromeda Romano-Lax
• Wheels connected Ice: Stories of Cycling successful Alaska edited by Jessica Cherry and Frank Soos
• tender gravity by Marybeth Holleman
• Boreal Books
• Cirque Press Author Index
• Porphyry Press
• Marilyn Wheeless
• The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
• Message Not Found by Dante Medema
• All nan Colors We Will See by Patrice Gopo
• A Schoolteacher successful Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece by Jane Jacobs
• Forgotten Murders from Alaska’s Capital by Betsy Longenbaugh

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