Kathleen Holt
Coordinator, HPPR Radio Readers Book ClubKathleen Holt has served High Plains Public Radio—in one way or another—since its inception in 1979. Currently “quasi-retired,” she volunteers as Coordinator of the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. As a former HPPR staff member, Holt worked with a board committee to establish Legacy and Endowed Funds to provide for public radio into the future. Holt’s community development projects have upgraded the signals for many of HPPR’s translators, including KCSE (Prowers County, Colorado) and KONQ established with a partnership with Dodge City Community College to bring full time public radio to the area. “The thing I love best about the book club is re-connecting with many HPPR supporters across the High Plains, while also meeting new public radio friends across the five-state region," Holt says. "It’s not only about friends, but those friends are readers ready to explore the issues we all face living and working in our region.”
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The 2023 Spring Read: In Touch with the World takes a different spin this week with four juvenile or young adult selections from around the world.
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This Mournable Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga is the ninth book in the 2023 Spring Read. Set in Zimbabwe, it is the story of Tambudzai navigating both job and personal worlds in a country that has been changed by years of conflict and racial divide.
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In Touch with the World ends Week Eight with a bonus book --The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad published in 2011. The book outlines the story of Tor Baz, a young boy descended from both chiefs and outlaws and as he moves between tribes in Pakistan and Afghanistan, he becomes the Wandering Falcon.
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When “in touch with the world” was announced as the theme for the 2023 Spring Read for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club, I was excited about the possibility of reading fiction that described life in Ukraine.
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This week’s series features The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko. The book is one of the most read Ukrainian book by intellectuals and writers, and although it is lengthy, it holds the status of such classics as War and Peace.
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The first Jo Nesbo book I read was Nemesis.Hello, this is LuAnn O’Hair. I am an English teacher in Woodward, Oklahoma.
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Book Series Seven is comprised of three books, all mysteries written by Jo Nesbø, probably one of the most well-known Scandinavian crime writers, or at least well-known outside Scandinavia.
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This is Donna Miller and Kitten with another book for your consideration. I can’t remember how I learned about this book, but since we are so interested in China I wanted more information.
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This series of books will all be set in or apply to China, although the series features two or more books as selected by Radio Reader BookByte contributors. First up will be Banished! By Han Dong, published in 2008.
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The Little Prince is young, but the messages of the book may be challenging for young readers.