97.9 The Hill WCHL and Chapelboro.com are your headquarters for local news and local voices in Chapel Hill-Carrboro. Every Wednesday morning, Susan Brown joins 97.9 The Hill’s Aaron Keck for “Talking Books,” a weekly segment of book recommendations, of all genres and for all ages. (Susan’s now the head of strategic communications for the Town of Chapel Hill; she was formerly the director o the Chapel Hill Public Library and the town’s Community Arts and Culture department.)

Click here to listen back to the full Talking Books archive – and tune in to “This Morning with Aaron Keck” Wednesday mornings at 8:30 on 97.9 The Hill to hear those conversations live.


On a frigid day, Susan laments her kids’ winter wardrobe and Aaron gets crotchety – then they recommend books based on this day in history. Susan plugs a biography of Muhammad Ali, while Aaron makes an A-to-C connection for a classic study about the year 1967 in movies.

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