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12-16-23 Thriller Panel of Authors - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Thriller Panel guests Megan Collins, Peter Swanson, Rea Frey, Wendy Walker, Vanessa Lillie, and Kathy Reichs. Deborah Goodrich Royce and a panel of fantastic thriller fiction novelists talk about their books, their writing process, and the thriller genre.
About the Authors: 
Megan Collins is the author of Thicker Than Water, The Family Plot, Behind the Red Door, and The Winter Sister (Atria/Simon & Schuster). She received her B.A. in English and Creative Writing from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and she holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University, where she was a teaching fellow. She has taught creative writing at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts and Central Connecticut State University and is Managing Editor of 3Elements Review. A Pushcart Prize and two-time Best of the Net nominee, her work has appeared in many print and online journals, including Compose, Linebreak, Off the Coast, Spillway, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and Rattle. She lives in Connecticut. Her featured novel is Thicker Than Water.
Peter Swanson is the Sunday Times and New York Times best-selling author of eight novels, including The Kind Worth Killing, winner of the New England Society Book Award, and a finalist for the C.W.A. Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, Her Every Fear, an NPR book of the year; and his most recent, The Kind Worth Saving. His books have been translated into over 30 languages, and his stories, poetry, and features have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Atlantic Monthly, Measure, The Guardian, The Strand Magazine, and Yankee Magazine. A graduate of Trinity College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Emerson College, he lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and cat. His featured novel is The Kind Worth Saving.
Rea Frey is the multi-published, award-winning bestselling author of Not Her Daughter, Because You’re Mine, and Until I Find You, as well as four nonfiction books. She’s been featured in U.S. Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Popsugar, Hello Sunshine, Marie Claire, Parade, Shape, Hello Giggles, CrimeReads, Writer’s Digest, W.G.N., Fox News, Today in Nashville, Talk of the Town, and more. She is also the C.E.O. and founder of Writeway, where aspiring writers become published authors. Her weekly Writeway podcast deeply delves into the publishing industry and empowers writers to make informed career decisions. Her featured novel is The Other Year.
Wendy Walker is the author of the psychological suspense novels All Is Not Forgotten, Emma in the Night, The Night Before, Don’t Look for Me, and American Girl. Her novels have been translated into twenty-three foreign languages, topped national and international bestseller lists, and have been optioned for television and film. Wendy holds degrees from Brown University and Georgetown Law School. She is a former family law attorney with training in child advocacy and has worked in finance and several areas of the law. Her featured novel is What Remains.
Vanessa Lillie is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the author of the bestselling suspense novels Little Voices and For the Best. With fifteen years of marketing and communications experience, Vanessa hosts a weekly Instagram Live event with crime fiction authors and was a columnist for the Providence Journal. She lives on Narragansett land in Rhode Island. Her featured novel is Blood Sisters.
Kathy Reichs’s first novel, Déjà Dead, catapulted her to fame when it became a New York Times bestseller and won the 1997 Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Her other Temperance Brennan novels include Death du Jour, Deadly Décisions, Fatal Voyage, Grave Secrets, Bare Bones, Monday Mourning, Cross Bones, Break No Bones, Bones to Ashes, Devil Bones, 206 Bones, Spider Bones, Flash and Bones, Bones Are Forever, Bones of the Lost, Bones Never Lie, Speaking in Bones and the Temperance Brennan short story collection, The Bone Collection. In addition, Kathy co-authors the Virals Young Adult series with her son, Brendan Reichs. The best-selling titles are Virals, Seizure, Code, Exposure, Terminal, and two Virals e-novellas, Shift and Swipe. These books follow the adventures of Temperance Brennan’s great-niece, Tory Brennan. Dr. Reichs is also a producer of the hit Fox TV series Bones, based on her work and novels. Dr. Reichs is one of only 100 forensic anthropologists certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She served on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. She is currently a member of the National Police Services Advisory Council in Canada. She is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Dr. Reichs is a native of Chicago, where she received her Ph.D. at Northwestern. She now divides her time between Charlotte, NC, and Montreal, Québec. Her featured novel is Cold, Cold Bones.
For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.
 

12-17-23 Mystic River Chorale 2023 - Conducting Conversations

The Mystic River Chorale is the subject of this week's program with Frank Zilinyi, Artistic Director. We talk about what the Chorale has done in the last season and their concert coming up on Sunday, January 14th, at 4 PM, at Harkness Chapel at Connecticut College. For more information, you can go to www.mysticriverchorale.org

12-14-23 Take A Break - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about family gatherings becoming platforms for debate.

12-15-23 Traditional Christmas Songs w/ Local RI Artists - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring Local Rhode Island Artists and their interpretations of traditional Christmas Songs, along with some of their own Christmas songs. 

12-09-23 A Christmas Carol Radio Play 2023 (Rerecorded & Reproduced) - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

In this WCRI's Kids Hour, we invite you to a special radio play of A Christmas Carol that has been rerecorded and reproduced for 2023! This play was adapted for radio from Charles Dicken's novella by Anthony E. Palermo. We hope you enjoy...from your friends at WCRI & Newport Classical!

12-07-23 Overdoing - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane talks about taking things one at a time.

12-08-23 Vocalist Tony Bennett - Jazz After Dinner

This week, Joe is featuring vocalist Tony Bennett from his 2008 Columbia Records recording, "A 'Swingin' Christmas - with the Count Basie Orchestra.” 

12-10-23 Shannon Corey, Singer, Composer, Pianist & Teacher- Conducting Conversations

This week, we feature Shannon Corey, singer, composer, pianist, and teacher. We'll listen to music examples from her Holiday CD, "I Wish I Had A River." We'll also discuss her career and how she has had the opportunity to travel the world singing. For more information, you can go to www.shannoncoreymusic.com

12-02-23 Holiday Music Classics with Tay & Em - WCRI‘s Kids Hour

On this month's episode of WCRI's Kids Hour, hosts Jamie and UCONN Nursing Students Taylor and Emily listen to holiday music classics like Last Christmas, I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas, music from The Grinch, Wonderful Christmastime, and many more!

12-02-23 Wood River Health-Physical Therapy - The 95.9 Company Break

This month's The 95.9 Company Break welcomes Wood River Health President and CEO Alison Croke and Dr. Ryan Collins, Hope Valley Director of Physical Therapy. Since 1976, Wood River Health has provided high-quality, affordable medical, dental, and social services to southwestern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut communities. A private, non-profit Community Health Center, its providers and staff are devoted to delivering quality patient care to our patients. For more information, call 401-539-2461 or visit www.woodriverhealth.org

12-01-23 Vocalist and Pianist Ray Charles - Jazz After Dinner

On this week's Jazz After Dinner, Joe features Vocalist and Pianist Ray Charles from his 1985 Columbia Records recording titled “The Spirit of Christmas.” 

11-30-23 Lost & Found - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane is looking back over generations.

12-3-23 Jamestown Community Chorus - Conducting Conversations

This week, The Jamestown Community Chorus is the subject of the program with B. J. Whitehouse, Music Director. We talked about their successful season last year and listened to some selections from the planned Holiday concerts held on Saturday, December 9th and 10th, at the Jamestown Recreational Center. For more information, you can call 401-207-0771 or go to www.jamestownchorus.com

11-23-23 Home for the Holidays 2023 - WCRI Special Programming

In this special three-hour radio program from WCRI, you'll hear holiday music by artists, groups, and ensembles from southern New England. You'll listen to Shannon Corey, Boston Brass, Ensemble Altera, The United States Coast Guard Band, Seth MacFarlane, and many more. This is the perfect program for decorating the tree, cooking that holiday meal, or to get you in the holiday spirit!

11-23-23 Chorus of Westerly Holiday Pops Radio Program 2023 - WCRI Special Programming

The Chorus of Westerly Holiday Pops Radio Program is a unique show on WCRI to kick off the holiday season. You'll enjoy an hour of beautiful seasonal music performed by the Chorus of Westerly and the Pops Festival Orchestra. Your hosts for this program are Music Director Andrew Howell and Executive Director Ryan Saunders. For more information about the chorus or tickets to upcoming concerts, call (401) 596-8663, or go to www.chorusofwesterly.org ​

11-23-23 Award-Winning Journalist Katie Couric-Going There - Ocean House Author Series

Join Ocean House owner, actor, and bestselling author Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation with Katie Couric (@katiecouric). Katie is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), which has raised more than $700 million for cancer research. Couric was the first woman to solo anchor a network evening newscast, serving as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 2006 to 2011, following 15 years as co-anchor of NBC’s Today show. In 2017, she founded Katie Couric Media (KCM), which has developed a number of media projects, including a daily newsletter, “Wake-Up Call”, a podcast, “Next Question”, digital video series, and several documentaries. 
Going There is a heartbreaking, hilarious, and brutally honest memoir that shares the deeply personal life story of a girl next door and her transformation into a household name. For more than forty years, Katie Couric has been an iconic presence in the media world. In her brutally honest, hilarious, heartbreaking memoir, she reveals what was going on behind the scenes of her sometimes tumultuous personal and professional life – a story she’s never shared until now. Of the medium she loves, the one that made her a household name, she says, “Television can put you in a box; the flat-screen can flatten. On TV, you are larger than life but smaller, too. It is not the whole story, and it is not the whole me. This book is.” Find out more about Katie and Going There at katiecouric.com. For more information on Deborah Goodrich Royce and the Ocean House Author Series, visit deborahgoodrichroyce.com.

11-26-23 The Major Oak of Sherwood Forest - This Old Tree

Host Doug Still looks at The Major Oak of Sherwood Forest in this month's episode of This Old Tree. Sherwood Forest in the County of Nottinghamshire lays claim to a world-famous tree, The Major Oak. It may have harbored Robin Hood and his merry men or perhaps people like them. Admirers from around the world visit the beloved English oak drawn by the legend. Two Sherwood Forest National Nature Reserve guests help describe why the tree is so special. One is Paul Cook, the Warden tasked with maintaining the woodland and the landscape. The other is the Sheriff of Nottingham, or, that is, Richard Townsley, a tour guide and local authority on Robin Hood. Thanks to the legend, there's an aura around this tree, but the allure and lasting popularity of England's arboreal icon has become about so much more. 

11-23-23 Gratitude - A Walk In The Park

In this week's A Walk In The Park with Jane Andrews...Jane indicates that it is okay with things not being perfect.

11-26-23 URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival - Conducting Conversations

The URI Holiday Extravaganza Music Festival is the subject of this week's program with David Gilliland, Artistic Director. We discussed the concerts that will be presented on December 2nd and 3rd at the URI Fine Arts Center. The event will feature over 180 performers. For more information, you can go to https://web.uri.edu/music/events

11-24-23 Vocalist & Bassist Dick Lupino - Jazz After Dinner

This week on Jazz After Dinner, Joe is featuring Vocalist and Bassist Dick Lupino from his 2011 cd titled “December Songs.”