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Former Strafford book collector looks to re-home 17,000 volumes

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterJune 13, 2023

Caroline Cook (Courtesy photograph)

Novelist profiles a Dartmouth pioneer

by Matt Golec For the Valley NewsNovember 6, 2022

Satirist Andy Borowitz, author of "Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber," of Hanover, N.H., will appear at the Hopkins Center in Hanover, on Oct. 11, 2022. Photographed outside his Etna, N.H., home on Wednesday, Oct., 5, 2022. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Art Notes: Satirist Andy Borowitz sets sights on politics’ cult of ignorant personality

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterOctober 6, 2022

David Roberts, of Meriden, N.H., reads “The Cellist” by Daniel Silva as he walks on the track around Carver Field at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden on Monday, August 22, 2022. Roberts walks for exercise nearly every day and tries to find ways to keep himself entertained. “Walking is boring,” he said, “but if I have a good book I’m happy.” (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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One-track mind

by Staff Report August 24, 2022

Betsy Cheney, of Newport, N.H., looks through the children’s books available at the little free library in Colburn Park in Lebanon, N.H., on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Cheney tries to check out the library at least once a week, and said she likes to look at the art in the children’s books because “it’s just so delightful.” (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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A little look at the Little Free Library

by Staff Report July 28, 2022

An excerpt from Emily Zea's book "A Bird's Eye View of Woodstock's History." The cartoonist will be speaking at Bookstock in Woodstock, Vt., on June 24, 2022. (Courtesy Emily Zea)

Bookstock slate has high-profile authors tackling diverse topics

by Nicola Smith For the Valley NewsJune 22, 2022

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Art Notes: Bad treatment of the good book leads to Norwich exhibit

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterMay 18, 2022

Kim Wilson reads a book as she lays in the shade under an umbrella at her home in Lebanon, N.H., on Monday, May 9, 2022. Wilson’s family members have been recovering from COVID-19 that they contracted over Easter weekend and Wilson said she has still been feeling tired. “Reading is a good way to rest,” she said. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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Half & half

by Staff Report May 16, 2022

Author Jodi Picoult in a July 2021 photograph. (Photo by Tim Llewellyn)

Art Notes: Jodi Picoult’s latest novel explores how life has shifted in the pandemic

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterNovember 26, 2021

Author Ernest Hebert at his home in Westmoreland, N.H., on Thursday, July 29, 2021. When he started reading American classics, Hebert thought Hemingway was precious, Faulkner was a windbag, and The Great Gatsby was just about the worst book he had ever read. "I wanted to read about characters like myself," said Hebert, who went on to populate his Darby Chronicles Series with working class characters. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Art Notes: Ernest Hebert’s novels have had as tough a life as his characters

by Alex Hanson Valley News Staff WriterAugust 4, 2021