Wordy Birds

Fri, Sep 30, 2011

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Liz Humes | Friday Noon – 12:30pm

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Books are wonderful and deeply rewarding but the truth is most people don’t read -very often. They’re also expensive and time consuming. Wordy Birds is a program about books and ideas that airs every Friday at noon on WRIR. Host Liz Humes has read a book a week since February 2005, when the first version of Wordy Birds debuted on WRIR 97.3 FM.

The program brings to the airwaves both local and international best-selling authors. The only limitation in topics covered is that the interviews are done face to face. It’s not high-brow book radio, it’s a book show for people who don’t read, hosted by someone that does. In turn you get researched informed conversations that are informed, engaging and sometimes funny.

An archive of Wordy Birds can be found on www.wordybirds.org. Publicists and authors interested in interviews can email Liz at liz(dot).(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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This week's Guest

Climb under the covers with a flash light and your head phones during this week's program. WRIR's own Phil Ford stopped into the studio with co-editor Beth Brown to discuss their new book, Richmond Macabre: Nightmares from the River City. The book is a collection of short horror tales written by local writers who used Richmond, VA as the back drop.

"These fifteen tales of ghosts, vampires, zombies and unnameable terrors dare you to peer into the shadows of the River City, but you must first be certain you are prepared to glimpse the horrors that lie within."

http://www.richmondmacabre.com/

Wordy Birds will also feature a short interview with Katharine Herndon, chair of the James River Writers conference committee. She'll be discussing the upcoming writing conference, held at the Library of Virginia on October 6th through the 8th.

http://www.jamesriverwriters.org/index.htm