The Boston-based author makes her debut with “River East, River West."

Barbra Streisand spent a decade writing 'My Name is Barbra,' and fans and critics alike have heaped praise onto the 1,000 page book.

The author and historian joins The Culture Show to talk about his book, "Time's Echo," after a conversation with Michael J. Bobbitt on the state of the arts in Massachusetts

Our encore pick for Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.

Was law enforcement obligated to act after receiving a complaint about "Gender Queer"?

In this dual biography of two famous women whose sons changed the course of the 20th century, the award-winning historian Charlotte Gray breathes new life into Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt. Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons offers a fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made. 

Sara Delano, the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill, were both born into upper-class America in 1854. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill, a rising politician and scion of a noble British family. Deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father. As mothers, both woman turned their energies toward enabling their sons to reach the epicenter of political power on two continents. Set against one hundred years of history and filled with intriguing social insight, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons reveals how these two remarkable individuals with dramatically different personalities shaped the characters of their adoring sons, men who would go on to change the world. 

Bookish happenings across Massachusetts are sweeping in with the holiday season, with many to help gift-seekers ahead of Christmas and Hanukkah.

In the middle of a New England forest, a yellow house and the land on which it sits holds 200 years of personal and political history. This sweeping saga is author Daniel Mason’s latest novel, “North Woods,” the December selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.”

Kristin Hannah is a New York Times bestselling author of 20 novels including Firefly Lane (2008), The Nightingale (2015), The Great Alone (2017) and The Four Winds (2021).

Hannah shares her insights on writing, editing and more during this conversational Q&A. She has over 30 years of writing experience and is also excited to discuss her newest book The Women.

Set to release on February 6, The Women follows 20-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath during the turbulent, transformative era of 1960s America as she impulsively joins the Army Nurse Corps to follow her brother to war. The story reveals how America, and herself, have changed when she returns.

GBH is proud to present master of suspense Dean Koontz for January’s Beyond the Page virtual event! Dean Koontz is a New York Times bestselling author of many novels - including Star Quest (1968), Phantoms (1983), Watchers (1987), Odd Thomas (2003), The Silent Corner (2010), The House at the End of the World (2023) and many more!

Koontz shares his insights, tips and tricks for the writing and editing process. He also shares more information about his newest book The Bad Weather Friend, releasing this February. This novel follows follows Benny Catspaw, a man who’s perpetually sunny disposition is tested when he loses his job, his reputation, his fiancée, and his favorite chair. He’s not paranoid. Someone is out to get him. He just doesn’t know who or why. Then Benny receives an inheritance from an uncle he’s never heard of: a giant crate and a video message. Benny plunges into a perilous high-speed adventure, the likes of which never would have crossed the mind of a decent guy like him.

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