Martha's Vineyard Archives

Topic: Books

Elaine Pace

July 23rd, 2008 12:30pm
Tags: Books

Elaine Pace, island author and writing coach, talks about her most recent book, "Why People Come to Martha's Vineyard, and Why They Stay."

Daniel Robb

July 22nd, 2008 2:43pm
Tags: Boating, Books

The author talks about his new book, "Sloop," his love for boats, boat restoration and life on the water.

Renowned Author Alan Dershowitz

July 15th, 2008 12:00pm

Author/attorney speaks about his latest novel, Is There A Right To Remain Silent? Coercive Interrogation and the Fifth Amendment After 9/11.

Photographer Nancy Ellison

July 14th, 2008 2:22pm
Tags: Books

Photographer Nancy Ellison talks about her newest book of gorgeous ballet photographs, "In Classic Style", as well as her Vineyard paintings and photographs.

Author of "Curveball"

July 14th, 2008 12:41pm
Tags: Books

Pulitzer Prize winner and LA times writer Bob Drogin talks about his new book "Curveball: Lies, Spies, and a Con Man Who Caused a War." Curveball was an Iraqi informant who became the chief source of the misinformation about weapons of mass destruction and Sadam Hussein.

Margot Datz--Artist, Illustrator, Author

July 14th, 2008 12:35pm
Tags: Books

Datz was a sculptor for 8 years, and has painted numerous murals before writing and illustrating her new book, "A Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids."

Chilmark Librarian Ebba Hierta

July 13th, 2008 10:11am
Tags: Books

Ebba Hierta, Director of the Chilmark Public Library--A 125 year old institution--gives Islanders a heads up on all of the fun upcoming events at the library.

Medieval Fiction Writer, Nicole Galland

July 9th, 2008 3:38pm
Tags: Books

The medieval writer (and Martha's Vineyard native) discusses her new novel, "Crossed," a fiction novel about the Crusades, and draws an interesting parallel between the Crusades and the War in Iraq.

Discoverer of "Lucy"

July 8th, 2008 11:22am
Tags: Books, History

Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson talks about the "missing link" he found 30 years ago, a skeleton of a direct human ancestor over 3.2 million years old.

Crime Writer Kathryn Fox

July 7th, 2008 8:15am
Tags: Books

"I've been surrounded by crime since I was a child," said crime writer Kathryn Fox on her new thriller, "Skin and Bone."

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