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Indie Bookseller Will "Not Complain About Amazon Anymore"

Tom Holbrook is the co-owner and manager of the independent RiverRun Bookstore in Portsmouth and one of our partners for the writers on a New England Stage series.  Tom recently sent out an email...

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Word Of Mouth: 08.10.2013

Our weekly round-up of radio-tastic content...all in one jam packed hour. This week, This week, a suspicious case of fake comments on Amazon points to pro-telecom lobbyists, a bookseller explains why...

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Joyce Maynard: "The Word Most Consistently Used Is 'Shameless'"

Say the name "Joyce Maynard" and you’re likely to get some pretty visceral reactions…from those who’ve admired her career since her time as a reporter for the New York Times and her later syndicated...

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Word Of Mouth 08.24.13

The Saturday show bring you a spectacular mix of the best of Word of Mouth. On this week's show:Joyce Maynard stops by the studio to talk about her new novel After Her, and why the last thing she feels...

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Joyce Maynard On Salinger

After my interview with Joyce Maynard about her new novel, After Her, I asked her about the super-secret book and documentary on J.D. Salinger being released this fall. Was she interviewed for the...

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Writers On A New England Stage: Upcoming Events

The new season of Writers On A New England Stage includes events with Margaret Atwood, Bill Bryson, Woodrow Wilson biographer A. Scott Berg, and crime novelist Patricia Cornwell.The authors will read...

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Top 10 Stories From Last Week: Vanilla Vaccine; Vermont's Local Food Gamble

Here are the stories that got the most attention on NHPR.org last week. Did you miss them? Click below to read or listen!1. USDA Airdrops Vanilla Flavored Rabies Vaccines Over Eastern Forests2. Across...

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Update: Web Stream Issues Fixed

10:39: Our web streaming issues have been resolved. Again, our apologies for the outage. /RLGood morning!We are aware that our live stream is currently down, and are working to fix the problem. Our...

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Sanborn Regional High School All Clear After Lockdown

After a lockdown earlier today, Brian Blake, the Superintendent of Schools for the Sanborn Regional School district, posted this message on the Sanborn Regional High School's Facebook page:

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Earthquake Felt Across Central N.H.

10:14 Earthquake monitored in real time at 9:07 PM from the Weston Observatory. Link is here. 10:05 Map posted on the Weston Observatory site indicates epicenter located 5 Km northwest of Contoocook,...

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Apps You Should Download If You Live In New Hampshire

This week, NHPR's Amanda Loder is reporting a series of stories on New Hampshire's emerging app development economy. (What's that, you ask?

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Slideshow: Peak Foliage Around New Hampshire

Ask and you shall receive. We asked our listeners and contributors to send us favorite foliage shots from around the state. We're around peak right now, and this is how it looks. Have more photos to...

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Cell Phone Records Yield Few Clues In Search For Missing Teenager

Investigators say the last call made on a missing New Hampshire girl's cellphone was at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, about four hours after she was last seen.

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What's The Most Famous Book Set In New Hampshire?

According to this map posted on BusinessInsider.com, John Irving's Hotel New Hampshire is the most famous book set in New Hampshire. But what about Peyton Place? A Separate Peace? Or Irving's other...

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Note To Online Listeners: Livestream Test In Progress

We are currently testing a new stream encoder here at the station. If you have issues with your stream please contact me at rlavoie@nhpr.org.This test will continue until some time Friday afternoon,...

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Slideshow: Skiing In N.H. In The 1930s

While looking for a photo to illustrate a Word of Mouth story on the history of skiing in N.H., I happened upon this gem on Flickr. The photo is of photographer Pam Brooks Crowley's father and his...

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Community Advisory Board Pre-Meeting Listening And Feedback: Special Series

This fall, NHPR programmed a station-wide series called "How We Work: Five Years Later." The series was a multi-media, multi-department effort, with stories by NHPR reporters, episodes of The Exchange...

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NHPR's Best April Fool's Pranks

Public radio has a long history of pranking listeners on April 1st. Like the time listeners complained in droves to NPR about a story on farming whales in huge pools in Bellesville Illinois. And that...

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Ear To The Ground: What Are You Doing In Your Garden This Weekend?

Spring in New Hampshire is, well, not always the most satisfying season. This week alone, we've had weather ranging from frigid rain to warm-enough-to-use-the-sunroof.What gets a lot of us through the...

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Joyce Maynard: "The Word Most Consistently Used Is 'Shameless'"

Say the name "Joyce Maynard" and you’re likely to get some pretty visceral reactions…from those who’ve admired her career since her time as a reporter for the New York Times and her later syndicated...

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