Writers on a New England Stage is a partnership of The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio. To view the schedule and purchase tickets, click here or call the box office at (603) 436-2400.
Half lecture, half intimate conversation, Writers on a New England Stage brings world-class authors to New Hampshire to read from their latest works and talk about themselves, their creative process, and their stories.
This award-winning series, launched in 2005, has presented such celebrated authors as Dan Brown, Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, USSC Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Judy Blume, Tom Brokaw, Jodi Picoult, and David McCullough; all on stage at The Music Hall’s Historic Theater in downtown Portsmouth, NH. Each literary evening features an onstage interview with a New Hampshire Public Radio host. Live music is performed by the award-winning house band Dreadnaught. Shows are rebroadcast on New Hampshire Public Radio - you can find broadcast episodes below.
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Author Ariel Lawhon joined NHPR's Rebecca Lavoie in November 2024 to discuss her latest book, "The Frozen River."
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Author Doris Kearns Goodwin joined NHPR's Rebecca Lavoie in June 2024 to discuss her latest book, "An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s."
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Legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade joined NHPR Senior News Editor Casey McDermott in March 2024 to discuss her book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America.
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Author Chuck Palahniuk joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley in September 2023 to discuss his book, Not Forever, But For Now.
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Heather Cox Richardson joined Civics 101 host Hannah McCarthy at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH, on Sept. 29, 2023 to discuss her book Democracy Awakening.
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Colson Whitehead joined Morning Edition host Rick Ganley on stage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth to discuss his latest novel, Crook Manifesto, the second in a trilogy that began with Harlem Shuffle.
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Geraldine Brooks joined All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa to discuss her latest novel, Horse.
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Half lecture, half intimate conversation, Writers on a New England Stage brings world-class authors to New Hampshire to read from their latest works and talk about themselves, their creative process and their stories.
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Half lecture, half intimate conversation, Writers on a New England Stage brings world-class authors to New Hampshire to read from their latest works and talk about themselves, their creative process and their stories.
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