Listen Every Thursday Evening

Lauren Kessler is our guest this week on Yellowstone Public Radio. Tune in Thursday evening at 6:30 for The Write Question, or listen online.

Hear poems from Chris Dombrowski's new collection, BY COLD WATER, this week on Montana Public Radio -- Thursday evening at 7:30 or online.

From The New Yorker: Publish or Perish

Here's an excerpt from an article in the current issue of The New Yorker:

David Rosenthal, the publisher of Simon & Schuster, says that his company is racing “to embed audio and video and other value-added features in e-books. It could be an author discussing his book, or a clip from a movie that touches on the book’s topic.” The other major publishers are working on similar projects, experimenting with music, video from news clips, and animation. Publishers hope that consumers will be willing to pay more for the added features. The iPad, Rosenthal says, “has opened up the possibility that we are no longer dealing with a static book. You have tremendous possibilities.” , says that his company is racing “to embed audio and video and other value-added features in e-books. It could be an author discussing his book, or a clip from a movie that touches on the book’s topic.” The other major publishers are working on similar projects, experimenting with music, video from news clips, and animation. Publishers hope that consumers will be willing to pay more for the added features. The iPad, Rosenthal says, “has opened up the possibility that we are no longer dealing with a static book. You have tremendous possibilities.”

Read the article online.

Laura Bell

Wyoming has a fine new memoir to add to its literary canon: CLAIMING GROUND, by Laura Bell.

Many notable writers have praised Bell's book, including William Kittredge: “In a sheep wagon, called an ark, parked under cottonwoods along a creek in Wyoming, Laura Bell began the life she came west to find. Decades later, after seasons spent with sheep and cows and horses and dogs, after a failed marriage and death and grief, she now works to protect the place of her heart as a conservationist. Love, she says, never seems to be enough until we decide that it is. This is a wonderfully written, refreshing story.”

Bell grew up in Tennessee and Kentucky, then took her search for a place to call home to Wyoming and Utah before settling in to work for the Nature Conservancy in Cody.

Laura Bell will be a guest on The Write Question in late May. Hear The Write Question every Thursday evening on Montana Public Radio (7:30) or Yellowstone Public Radio (6:30).

Charlotte Kasl promotes empowerment

Charlotte Kasl writes with specific goals: to help you "find your authentic voice, trust your internal wisdom, open yourself to new learning and understand ourselves and others within a cultural context."

Kasl is the author of 8 books, including If The Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path

Find out more about Charlotte Kasl and her books at her Web site: www.charlottekasl.com

Craig Lancaster, author of 600 Hours of Edward

During November 2008, Craig Lancaster wrote 80,000 words for National Novel Writing Month. Those words became his first novel: 600 Hours of Edward.

Edward Stanton, Lancaster's main character, has Asberger Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He lives alone, and he likes it that way. But, then he meets a young boy and the structure of his carefully constructed world, with its safe routines, begins to crumble.

You're probably thinking, "Borrriinnggg!" But you'd be wrong.

Find out more about Craig Lancaster (very interesting publishing story there) and Edward Stanton Thursday evening, April 15. Listen on Montana Public Radio at 7:30 or on Yellowstone Public Radio at 6:30. Or listen online from MTPR.org.

Jeanette Ingold: Paper Daugher

Jeanette Ingold's new novel, Paper Daughter, is the seventh book she's written for young adults. But Paper Daughter is also quite capable of capturing and holding the attention of most adults. That's because, in addition to fine writing, Ingold's diligent research into the Chinese Exclusion Era in the U.S. gives her story a rich and realistic depth.

Hear Chérie Newman's conversation with Jeanette Ingold during The Write Question, Thursday evening at 7:30 on Montana Public Radio.

OR LISTEN ONLINE.

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