Books and Brews

Brian Noyes left a successful career in publishing to open the Red Truck Bakery with two locations in rural Virginia.

WMRA's April Books & Brews will feature Brian Noyes, founder of the Red Truck Bakery and author of Red Truck Bakery Cookbook and The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook.

WMRA's March Books & Brews will feature Mary Ann Zehr, discussing Doors Cracked Open: Teaching in a Chinese Closed City.

WMRA's February 2025 Books & Brews will feature Rebecca Kaufman, discussing I'll Come To You at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg.

WMRA's January Books & Brews will feature Earl Swift, discussing Hell Put To Shame: The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery.

WMRA's December 4, 2024 Books & Brews will feature David Hirschman, discussing The Tenacious Bloom.

James Madison University professor of history Evan Friss writes about the history of the American bookstore in his new book called The Bookshop.

WMRA’s November Books & Brews was presented in partnership with The Virginia Center for the Book and featured Evan Friss, discussing The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore at Pale Fire Brewing in Harrisonburg, VA.

WMRA’s October 2024 Books & Brews featured Abigail Cutter, discussing "The Last of What I Am."

WMRA’s September 2024 Books & Brews featured Jonathan Mingle, discussing "Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America's Energy Future."