As a leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressive politicians in the country, and as secretary of the navy during the First World War, he became one of t

Lee Craig: Josephus Daniels | NC Bookwatch

Jul 24th, 2013 26m 46s

Daniel Wallace: The Kings and Queens of Roam | NC Bookwatch

May 13th, 2013 26m 46s

Do you remember "The Big Fish" the wonderful novel by Daniel Wallace and how it made us suspend disbelief? Well he’s done it again with his latest novel, "The Kings and Queens of Roam” and he is here to tells us about that book and the magic he

Nortin Hadler, The Citizen Patient | NC Bookwatch

May 13th, 2013 27m 46s

We all know that our health care system is in trouble, but who's responsible? Nortin Hadler says that it is you and me and that we have a duty to understand the existing system and to visualize what the outcome of successful reform might look l

Georgann Eubanks, Literary Trails- East | NC Bookwatch

May 13th, 2013 27m 46s

The third and final volume of the Literary Trails of North Carolina” series establishes Georgann Eubanks as the master guide to our states literary history. She's already taken us to Murphy and now in “Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina:

Vicki Lane: Under the Skin | NC Bookwatch

May 13th, 2013 26m 46s

She lives on a farm in mountainous Madison County north of Asheville & sets her popular novels right there on the farms and small towns were she & her husband have lived since moving there from Tampa, Florida, in 1975. We will find out how sh

Stanley Riggs: The Battle for North Carolina's Coast | NC Bookwatch

May 13th, 2013 27m 39s

One thing that most North Carolinians share is a love for our coast. We know our coast is fragile, but do we love it too much to protect it and how can we know what is best to do. Retired East Carolina professor Stanley Riggs will talk to us a

Pam Durban: The Tree of Forgetfulness | NC Bookwatch

Apr 15th, 2013 26m 46s

In The Tree of Forgetfulness, writer Pam Durban, winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award, continues her exploration of southern history and memory. This mesmerizing and disquieting novel recovers the largely untold story of a brutal Jim Crow-era

Jill McCorkle: Life after Life | NC Bookwatch

Apr 15th, 2013 26m 46s

Award-winning author Jill McCorkle takes us on a splendid journey through time and memory in this, her tenth work of fiction. Life After Life is filled with a sense of wonder at our capacity for self-discovery at any age. And the residents, sta

Ping Fu: Bend not Break | NC Bookwatch

Feb 15th, 2013 26m 46s

Ping Fu knows what it’s like to be a child soldier, a factory worker, and a political prisoner. To be beaten and raped for the crime of being born into a well-educated family. To be deported with barely enough money for a plane ticket to a bewi

James Dodson: American Triumvirate

Feb 14th, 2013 26m 46s

In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how the

Tim Gautreaux: The Missing | NC Bookwatch

Feb 14th, 2013 26m 46s

A masterful novel set in 1920s Louisiana, The Missing is the story of Sam Simoneaux, a floorwalker at a New Orleans department store. When a little girl is kidnapped on Sam’s watch he is haunted by guilt, grief, and ghosts from his own troubled

Sheila Turnage: Three Times Lucky | NC Bookwatch

Feb 14th, 2013 26m 46s

A hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime. Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed

Emily Colin, The Memory Thief | NC Bookwatch

Jan 25th, 2013 26m 46s

A young woman begs her mountain climbing husband not to take on Mount McKinley in Alaska, but he goes anyway, promising "I will come back to you." But, as she feared, he falls to his death. Still, that promise to return is haunting and how it i

David Cecelski, The Fire of Freedom | NC Bookwatch

Jan 22nd, 2013 27m 46s

David Cecelski’s book, The Waterman's Song, introduced us to Abraham Galloway an ex-slave from Wilmington who became an incredible leader of Blacks in North Carolina during the Civil War and later in state government. I became fascinated with G

Bland Simpson, Two Captains from Carolina | NC Bookwatch

Jan 11th, 2013 26m 46s

Two North Carolina Watermen: One a talented captain, but enslaved and badly treated. The other a Naval Officer who had his own set of challenges as he served first the United States and then the Confederacy. Nobody could bring these two togethe

Kevin Duffus, War Zone: WWII Off the NC Coast | NC Bookwatch

Jan 7th, 2013 26m 46s

DG Martin talks with Kevin Duffus about his book War Zone: World War Two Off the North Carolina Coast. War Zone tells the story of the little talked about war that waged off the coast of the Tar Heel state and the soldiers, sailors, and citizen

Erik Lars Myers, North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries | NC Bookwatch

Jan 7th, 2013 26m 46s

Author Erik Lars Myers' "North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries" showcases 45 brewpubs and breweries that can be found across the state. The book highlights information about the history of each location and their lineup of beers. Host DG Martin

Woody Durham, A Tar Heel Voice | NC Bookwatch

Jan 7th, 2013 26m 46s

Woody Durham was the "voice of the Tar Heels" for 40 years and in his autobiography "Woody Durham: A Tar Heel Voice", Durham reveals the stories of his life and his thoughts on college sports. Many North Carolinians experienced Tar Heel sports

Terry Roberts, A Short Time To Stay Here | NC Bookwatch

Jan 7th, 2013 26m 46s

DG Martin interviews Terry Roberts about his latest novel, "A Short Time To Stay Here." Roberts' book tells the story of love and war from a backdrop of a German internment camp at the Mountain Park Hotel in Hot Springs, North Carolina during W

Jill McCorkle & Lee Smith | NC Bookwatch

Jan 7th, 2013 28m 26s

DG Martin sits down to talk with Jill McCorkle & Lee Smith about their upcoming books in this special edition of NC Bookwatch. Jill McCorkle's next book Life After Life will be coming in the Spring 2013. Lee Smith's "Guests on Earth" will be co

David Rowell, The Train of Small Mercies | NC Bookwatch

Dec 11th, 2012 26m 46s

In 1968 a train carrying the body of the assassinated Robert Kennedy carried his body from New York to Washington, D.C. for burial beside his slain brother. Millions lined the route and at each place the train passed people were living their li

Diane Chamberlain, The Good Father | NC Bookwatch

Dec 10th, 2012 26m 47s

Can a psychotherapist take the insights she learns from her profession and use them as a novelist to create characters whose real strengths and weaknesses come together to make compelling fictional characters? I think the answer is yes and I be

Heather A. Williams Help Me to Find My People: | NC Bookwatch

Nov 16th, 2012 26m 46s

One of the greatest horrors of slavery was the breakup of families. A new book tells another chapter in that story" how separated families attempted to find each other and reunite" before and after the Civil War. And we will learn about some of

John J Sullivan, Pulphead: Essays | NC Bookwatch

Nov 16th, 2012 26m 46s

Wilmington, NC resident John J. Sullivan’s recent book "Pulphead: Essays." gained national critical attention in 2011: A "New York Times" notable book; a "Time" top 10 nonfiction book;and one of "Library Journal's" best books. What is it about