The Chuckanut Radio Hour is coming to Lynden for the very first time! We are thrilled to welcome Janie Chang back to discuss her newest novel, “Dragon Springs Road.”
Shanghai, 1908. Seven-year old Jialing is abandoned in the courtyard of an ancient estate. As a Eurasian child, she is rejected by Chinese and Europeans alike and finds only two allies: a Fox spirit and Anjuin, daughter of the family that moves into the estate. Jialing grows up during the tumultuous early years of Republican China, always hopeful of finding her mother. But she is drawn into a murder at the periphery of political intrigue, a relationship that ruins her friendship with Anjuin, and a forbidden affair that brings danger to the man she loves.
Janie Chang draws upon family history for her novels. Her first novel, “Three Souls,” was a finalist for the 2014 BC Book Prizes fiction award nominated for the 2015 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. “Dragon Springs Road” is her second book.
Tickets for the Chuckanut Radio Hour are $5 and will soon be available at Village Books and BrownPaperTickets.com. Receive a free ticket with pre-purchase of “Dragon Springs Road” (OR if you’ve already bought the book, with each paid ticket you’ll receive a $5 voucher to spend on Village Books merchandise at the show).
The Chuckanut Radio Hour, a recipient of Bellingham’s prestigious Mayor’s Arts Award, is a radio variety show that began in January 2007. Each Chuckanut Radio Hour includes guest authors, musicians, performance poet Kevin Murphy, Cascadia Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes, and episodes of “As the Ham Turns” serial radio comedy, not to mention groaner jokes by hosts Chuck & Dee Robinson and announcer Rich Donnelly. The Chuckanut Radio Hour’s first guest was Erik Larson and has since included Alexander McCall Smith, Elizabeth George, Cheryl Strayed, Sherman Alexie, Tom Robbins and Garrison Keillor, among many others.
The Radio Hour airs every Friday at 7 a.m., Saturday evening at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 9 p.m. on SPARK RADIO, KMRE 102.3FM. Co-sponsored by the Claire VG Thomas Theatre, 12th Street Shoes and Westside Pizza.
