Author and environmental activist Jennie Romer helped push for plastic bag bans in California and New York. Her latest book, “Can I Recycle This? A Guide To Better Recycling And How To Reduce Single-use Plastics,” explores and answers questions about the dos and don’ts of the recycling world.

Poet Lucinda Watson shares work from her first book of poetry, "The Favorite," published by Golden Antelope Press. Also, Northern California writer Meghan Turner shares details about her collection of poetry with "Auburn & Ink: Poetry by Meghan Irene Turner."

Jennifer Jewell is the creator and host of the national award-winning, weekly public radio program and podcast, Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History & the Human Impulse to Garden.

Local author and poet Joan Goodreau presents her latest work, “Where to Next?" which explores everything from the personal effects of the California wildfires to the current COVID-19 pandemic.Also, author and medical journalist Michael Castleman dives into his latest, Sizzling Sex for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Maximize Erotic Pleasure at Any Age.

Author Echo Heron is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author. Born in Troy, New York, her work tackles many genres, including fiction, mysteries, and historical fiction.

Dr. Kathleen Gabriel is a native Chicoan and graduate of Chico State. She is currently an Associates Professor at the university and has authored various books and articles on underrepresented students.

Nancy's Bookshelf revisits a conversation with retired professors Roger Lederer and Carol Burr who wrote and illustrated The Birds of Bidwell Park. Now they have collaborated on a guide to the trees of Bidwell Park.

Award-winning playwright and author Lynn H. Elliott shares details on his multicultural universe and coming of age novel, The Crossingway.

Sport is unscripted drama. Author Carson Medley spent a year observing the Chico State basketball team and its inspirational coach, and has now written a book about that season. This week, Nancy digs through her archives for a conversation with the author of Through the Red Door: The Eternal Season of Coach Clink and the Division II Chico State Wildcats.

J.R Henson is a fourth generation Paradise resident and survivor of the Camp Fire. He chats with Nancy about his third book, The Camp Fire: Dreams, Nightmares, Hopes.