A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Librarians on Screen

Today, we're talking about our favorite and least favorite depictions of librarians (& libraries) on screen, through movies and television, from The Mummy to the Music Man! 

”Let’s Learn Something! Let’s Have Fun!”

Today, we're talking about what it was like to become a Youth Librarian in the midst of a pandemic, whilst also reflecting on everything we learned from visiting our libraries during childhood. We also talk about how the Kids Corner is built for kids, and what it means when a librarian says "reading is reading!" Joining us on this episode is youth librarian Mary Grahame Hunter, who develops our non-fiction collection for young readers, joins librarian Kricket Hoekstra (who has previous experience as a teen librarian). 

Lisa Scottoline - What Happened to the Bennetts

Bestselling legal thriller author Lisa Scottoline returns to the podcast, discussing the common thematic elements that are threaded through all of her books, no matter what the genre or elevator pitch may be... She's also specifically discussing her latest book, What Happened to the Bennetts, about a family that has to be taken into the Witness Protection Program. The name of this book's villain is also nearly identical to the name of our podcast host, so we also ask about that... 

James Kennedy - Dare To Know

This former Michigander, now based in Chicago, recently published his first novel for adult readers and it's a time-bending/mind-bending amalgam of a corporate thriller, existential futurism, philosophic psychedelia, quantum mechanics, and, yes, romance! | James Kennedy is the author of The Order of Odd-Fish and the founder and director of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. Before becoming a writer, he was a software engineer with a degree in physics and philosophy, subjects he continues to explore in his writing.

https://jameskennedy.com/books/ 

Kelsey Ronan - Chevy in the Hole

Author Kelsey Ronan joins us to discuss her debut novel Chevy in the Hole, a series of interconnected vignettes spanning generations of two families living in Flint throughout WWII, the Civil Rights Movement, and the recent Water Crisis. At the heart of Ronan's book is a love story, and most importantly, a story of resilience. Kelsey grew up in Flint, Michigan. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in several notable literary reviews. She's the former writer in residence of the Hub City Writers Project, and currently teaches for Inside Out Literary Arts. https://us.macmillan.com/author/kelseyronan 

Classic Literature

Host Rodi Brown welcomes Librarians Sarah Bowman and Kricket Hoekstra to the podcast to discuss #classicliterature, and it inevitably becomes a bit of a takedown of #ernesthemingway, although gents like #johnsteinbeck and #fscottfitzgerald are also..., well, let's say scrutinized through a modern lens... We discuss what we love about the classics, what we can't stand about the classics, and so much more!