Books

The 2025 Minnesota Book Awards celebrated Minnesota authors and books, plus a historic night for writer Kao Kalia Yang, who received three awards across three categories.

Author Patrick Strait joins “Area Voices” to talk about writing his latest book, "Home Club," which tells the story of the Acme Comedy Co.

Minnesota writer Andrea Gilats’ “Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity” is a companion to growing old.

Heidi Holtan talks with political scholars Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum about their new book, "Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos."

Sharon McMahon of Duluth is known as America's government teacher. Her new book is "The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Heroes Who Changed the Course of History from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement."

"How Women Made Music" by Alison Fensterstock, draws from NPR's "Turning the Tables" series and addresses the historical underrepresentation of women in music.

Author Steve Hoffman joins “Area Voices” to discuss his memoir “A Season for That: Lost and Found in the Other Southern France,” about his family's move to a tiny French village.

In a new series, KAXE connects with independent bookstores in Northern Minnesota to talk about local business, what’s popular and book related events in the region.

The latest Cork O'Connor mystery by William Kent Krueger titled "Spirit Crossing" explores the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous relatives.

Eleanor Spicer Rice’s new book is Your Pets’ Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets’ Wildest Behaviors. She is a senior science editor at Verdant Word and an award-winning author with a Ph.D. in entomology.