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On The Point, we talk with three authors who will be at this year’s Nantucket Book Festival . Mindy Todd hosts.

WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran rounds up the top local news stories of the week with several area journalists. Joining Sean this week are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; and Barry Stringfellow of the Martha's Vineyard Times. Among the

WCAI, in partnership with 20 Summers , presents Daughters and Fathers: Alysia Abbott and Joan Wickersham in Conversation . This event was recorded live on May 13 th at the Hawthorne Art Barn. The two a uthors have both written critically acclaimed memoirs about the fathers they loved and lost too soon. In Fairyland , which won an ALA Stonewall Award, Abbott chronicles her Haight-Ashbury upbringing with an openly bisexual father who succumbed to AIDS. Wickershams's The Suicide Index , a National

This month's BOOKS show on The Point comes to you live from the Boston Public Library, where our host Mindy Todd talks about books with a theme of libraries and librarians. With Mindy are guests Andrew Maloney, reader service librarian at the Boston Public Library; and Jill Erickson, head of reference and adult services at Falmouth Pubic Library.

Being different, especially for a kid, can be a liability. Whether it’s your interests, your appearance or the way you talk, standing out can make you a target for teasing, taunting and bullying. Made by Raffi is a new children’s book that explores being different; both the challenges and the joys. Joining Amy Vince in The Point Studio is author Craig Pomranz . He will be singing books at the Crown & Anchor on Friday, June 2, 2:30 - 3:30 pm

Lauren Wolk ‘s debut novel Wolf Hollow received a Newberry Honor. Her latest work Beyond the Bright Sea is just out. On The Point, Mindy Todd talks with Wolk about her new book, an historical novel set on Penikese Island, and how she balances writing with a full time job.

Ethiopia is a country rife with ethnic and religious conflict, where many women live under constant threat of violence. A remote rural community in northern Ethiopia is modeling a different way of life; it’s called Awra Amba. Joining Mindy Todd on The Point to talk about this unique village and the vision of tolerance and inclusion is Salem Mekuria , a documentary filmmaker and a seasonal resident of Oak Bluffs. She has visited the community on several occasions, and has produced a short film

WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran rounds up the top local news stories of the week with several area journalists. Joining Sean this week are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Michael Rausch of the Bourne Enterprise; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; and George Brennan of the

What do Abigail Adams, Lizzie Borden, Cape Verde, and John F. Kennedy have in common? All are part of the rich fabric of Cape and Islands history. We’ll discuss some of the intriguing and surprising historical figures, and stories of our region that are part of Tales of Cape Cod Summer Lecture Series .

The Cape Symphony has partnered with the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum to present a Centennial Memorial Concert that will include music, personal accounts, historic videos, and images. On The Point, Mindy Todd hosts Jung-Ho Pak, a rtistic director and conductor of the Cape Symphony. The John F. Kennedy Centennial Memorial Concert by the Cape Symphony is this Sunday, May 28 th