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Tag: Great American Read
AUTHOR RUSSELL BANKS HAS A MINI-SERIES IN THE WORKS
Author Russell Banks, who is no stranger to seeing his novels get the Hollywood treatment (The Sweet Hereafter, Affliction), is anticipating another adaptation of one of his books. As the Keene, New York resident reflects on the 20th anniversary of his book Cloudsplitter, a fictionalized text about the abolitionist John Brown and his family,…
To Kill A Mockingbird named America’s Best-Loved Book | Great American Read
And the winner is… PBS revealed that To Kill a Mockingbird was voted by viewers as America’s BEST-LOVED novel during the “Grand Finale” of the Great American Read on Tuesday, October 23. Voting opened in May and concluded earlier this month, generating more than 4 million votes to decide the winner of America’s best-loved novel.…
“AUTHORS and their HOMETOWNS” online
Enjoy “Authors and their Hometowns” online! To celebrate the upcoming finale of The Great American Read on October 23, the producers of Authors and their Hometowns have made their show available to view. Footage from the Mountain Lake PBS “Spotlight” piece “Almanzo’s Home” appears on this nationally distributed PBS show. Authors and their Hometowns, the companion documentary to The Great American…
A Few of Our Favorite Books…
As we enjoy The Great American Read Tuesdays at 8 PM this month on Mountain Lake PBS, some of us would like to share our favorite novels with you. Russell Banks talks about an older book that is timely today. Bethany C. Morrow talks about a compelling work of literature. Paul Larson discusses…
Almanzo Wilder’s Farm in Malone on a National Show
LOCAL INTEREST, NATIONAL SHOW! Footage from the Mountain Lake PBS “Spotlight” piece “Almanzo’s Home” will appear on a nationally distributed PBS show this fall. Authors and their Hometowns, the companion documentary to THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, explores real locations that have inspired works of literature. Fans of Anne of Green Gables, for example, know that a real house…
Mountain Lake Journal | October 5th
How will a new revamped NAFTA affect trade between the US & Canada? What will come with a new era in Canadian Politics as voters choose a new leader and party? Plus our Paul Larson sits down with Adirondack author Russel Banks to talk about why he loves to write. All this and more on…
The Great American Read Continues Tuesday at 8 p.m.
The Great American Read is back! Explore the ways that America’s best-loved novels answer the age-old question, “Who Am I?” From life lessons to spiritual journeys, these books help us understand our own identities and find our place in the world. Airs Tuesday Sept 18 8/7c. Don’t forget to check out Jane Eyre and plenty…
Great American Read Ballot Box – Vote for your favorite book!
There are lots of great novels on The Great American Read list that you’ll find on our website at mountainlake.org. PBS has put out a list of America’s 100 best-loved novels to go with The Great American Read – an 8-part series airing this fall here on Mountain Lake PBS that celebrates the joy of…
Author Kate Messner’s Time-traveling Dog Makes Waves
Plattsburgh author Kate Messner says she will change a novel based on early reader feedback of her drafts, if she thinks it will improve a book. This certainly happened after a New Orleans man told the children’s book writer that he wanted much more help from her fictional time-traveling dog in the rescue efforts from…
What makes a being “human?”
Author Bethany Morrow discusses issues of humanity with producer Paul Larson, as they talk about her book MEM, a work of speculative fiction. It is set in the art deco world of Montreal in the 1920s, but a different version of the ’20s, where memories sometimes get housed in specially created living beings, when those…
