CHAPTER A DAY BOOKLIST
View information about every book we've read in the past thirty years using our Chapter a Day Booklist!
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT
COMING NEXT
"Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries" by Kory Stamper
Monday, December 9 through Friday, December 20, 2019. Read by Michele Good.
Word by Word brings to life the hallowed halls (and highly idiosyncratic cubicles) of Merriam-Webster, a startlingly rich world inhabited by quirky and erudite individuals who quietly shape the way we communicate.
(Pantheon; ISBN-13: 9781101870945 - ISBN-10: 110187094X)
THEME: Leroy Anderson, “The Typewriter”, Performed by the Eastman-Rochester “POPS” Orchestra, Frederick Fennell conductor, Mercury Records
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens
Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, December 25, 2019. Read by Ken Ohst.
From the 1979 Chapter a Day archives, Ken Ohst reads Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" which was published in December of 1843. It tells the story of bitter miser Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from visits by the ghosts from his past, present and future.
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing; ISBN-10: 1503212831)
THEME: “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by Charlie Byrd, The Charlie Byrd Christmas Album, Concord Records
THE 2019 NPR BOOK CONCIERGE
View NPR's annual interactive guide to 2019's great reads.
About Jim
Jim Fleming began his career at WPR as a student announcer in the 1960s. In addition to producing and hosting several award winning radio dramas and programs, Fleming also held a number of management positions. Read more
About Norman
Norman Gilliland is the Wisconsin Public Radio host of "The Midday" and "Old Time Radio Drama." He's also the author of "Sand Mansions," and "Midnight Catch."Read more
About Michele
Michele Gerard Good was born in Chicago and raised in northern Wisconsin. After graduating from Ripon College with a degree in theatre, she spent most of her life pursuing an acting career – studying “the Method” at The Actor’s Studio in London, voice with Marni Nixon in New York and...Read more
About Karl
Karl Schmidt was an Emeritus Professor at UW-Extension, and read for "Chapter a Day" off and on for 75 years. Among his other roles at WPR, Schmidt directed "Earplay," a radio drama that comprised much of NPR's programming of that genre during the 1970s. He died in April 2016.Read more
About Susan
Susan Sweeney is an emeritus theater professor at the University of Wisconsin. She has a long history in theater as well as singing and coaching voice and dialects throughout the United States. She has voiced over 20 books as a reader for Wisconsin Public Radio's long-running program "Chapter a Day."Read more