A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Grady Hendrix - How To Sell a Haunted House

This week on the podcast, we're talking to one of the most unique and imaginative authors on the contemporary horror scene: Grady Hendrix. The bestselling author of Horrorstor, The Final Girl Support Group and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampire Slaying is back with his latest, How to Sell a Haunted House. We talk about bringing some fun and emotional substance back to the horror genre while still making space for utterly creepy things like reanimated taxidermied squirrels and demonic puppets! 

MI Right to Read Miniseries- Part One

We're here today, once again, to talk about attempts to ban books from libraries. We'll look back at last year, especially some of the instances that made headlines, but we'll also talk about the rights that library patrons have when it comes to intellectual freedoms and privacy. We are also fairly caffeinated on this episode, and we certainly did our best to keep things a bit light. For more information, though, on MLA's task force for intellectual freedoms, visit MI Right to Read. https://www.mirighttoread.com/ 

Adaptations...that are actually GOOD

We always hear how "the book was better..." But sometimes the film or tv adaptation is actually QUITE GOOD. And perhaps even sometimes the adaptation is BETTER!? 

Titles discussed include:
Lock & Key (series) 
Dune (films)
The works of Elmore Leonard
Practical Magic (film)
Crazy Rich Asians (film) 
Anihilation (film)
Jurassic Park (film)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
Atonement (film)
Persepolis (animated film)

Interview with artist Mike Ross

Detroit-based painter/artist/musician Mike Ross currently has new/recent works up on display inside the Ferndale Library. Ten years ago, to the day, January 12, 2013, Mike's first-ever solo show was also hosted here in the library, and it was on that occasion that Mike initiated an interesting experiment. He passed out 60 small shreds of canvas, the cut-up remains of a recently-finished painting that had not been revealed or displayed to anyone/anywhere, and he instructed everyone who attained a piece of canvas to "come back to the library in 10 years to assemble the painting." Well, we talk about that, and we talk about a LOT of other artful topics, as well. 

To see more of Mike's work, click here: www.mrossart.com 

Author Interviews - Lisa Scottoline & Jonathan Evison

It's our last recap/rerun episode of the year, looking back to conversations we had with Lisa Scottoline (author of 'What Happened About The Bennetts') and Jonathan Evison (author of 'Small World'). 

We'll be back in the New Year with a new season of conversations and interviews! 

Author Interviews: Brit Bennett & Mohsin Hamid

This week, we're listening back to two of our favorite interviews from 2022: Brit Bennett (The Vanishing Half) and Mohsin Hamid (The Last White Man). 

Stay tuned for more author interview in 2023, including chats with Grady Hendrix, C.J. Box and J. Ryan Stradal!