Manchester City Library » New England http://manchesterlibrary.org Manchester, NH's Online Library Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:00:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 That Reminds Me of a Story: Yankee Humor and the New England Storytelling Tradition http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/1738 http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/1738#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 16:28:22 +0000 Steve Viggiano http://manchesterlibrary.org/?p=1738 Good stories never die, they evolve from teller to teller. New England has a rich and ongoing storytelling tradition from folklore to Bert and I to stories about your family, your life, or the town you live in. On Thursday, April 15 at 7 p.m., humorist Rebecca Rule will prime the pump with stories she’s collected at small-town gatherings, often at historical societies and libraries, over the last ten years, plus a classic or two. Our discussion will be the stories that listeners offer up, and as one story leads to another — humorous, serious, thought-provoking, or just plain entertaining — we practice and preserve our stories and tradition. And laugh, a lot.

Rebecca Rule tells and gathers stories in New England, especially New Hampshire. Her books include The Best Revenge: Short Stories; Could Have Been Worse: Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies; and a new book Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to New Hampshire. She hosts the New Hampshire Authors Series on NH Public Television.

This program is made possible by a grant from the NH Humanities Council. Call Steve Viggiano at 624-6550 x 323 for more information.

]]> http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/1738/feed 0 An Evening with the Author: Archer Mayor http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/1558 http://manchesterlibrary.org/read/1558#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:01:22 +0000 Steve Viggiano http://manchesterlibrary.org/?p=1558 Mystery fans, treat yourself to a visit with Archer Mayor, author of the highly acclaimed, Vermont-based mystery series featuring detective Joe Gunther. Mr. Mayor will be reading from and autographing his new novel, The Price of Malice, on Thursday, October 29th at 7:00 PM in the library auditorium. Copies of the book will be available for purchase, supplied by Gibson’s BookStore.

This event is free and open to the public.

Chicago Tribune has described the Joe Gunther series as “the best police procedurals being written in America.” Mayor is the 2004 winner of the New England Independent Booksellers Association Award for Best Fiction—the first time a writer of crime literature has been so honored—as well as a death investigator for Vermont’s Chief Medical Examiner, and a Deputy Sheriff for Windham County, VT.

- Sponsored by The Manchester City Library Foundation

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