CHAPTER A DAY BOOKLIST
View information about every book we've read in the past thirty years using our Chapter a Day Booklist!
REMEMBERING KARL SCHMIDT
A special program celebrating the life of WPR's Karl Schmidt.
COMING NEXT
"The Philosopher’s Flight" by Tom Miller
Monday, May 7 through Friday, May 25, 2018. Read by Norman Gilliland.
Tom Miller creates a story of historical fantasy set during World War I that mixes romance, gunplay, and social awareness into a steampunk adventure. This is the debut novel from this Wisconsin native.
(Simon & Schuster; ISBN-10: 1476778159 | ISBN-13: 9781476778150
THEME: Aram Khachaturian: Secret Mission: “Surrender” by Armenian Philharmonic/Loris Tjeknavorian
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 , Wisconsin Public Radio host of "The Midday" and "Old Time Radio Drama." Author of "Sand Mansions," and most recently, "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