A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Stephen Mack Jones - Dead of Winter / August Snow Series

Stephen Mack Jones is an award-winning playwright, and recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Detroit-based thriller novel August Snow, published by Soho Press. We're chatting about Detroit as a setting, the allure of the mystery genre, and crafting a compelling protagonist! https://www.stephenmackjones.com/august-snow-books 

 

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Megan Abbott - 'The Turnout'

Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author revered for her suspense writing that explores the dark underbellies and competitive atmospheres of intimate, powerful, and vulnerable spaces traditionally reserved for women. THE TURNOUT is a revelatory new psychological thriller set against the hothouse of a family-run ballet studio during an intense and fraught season. https://www.meganabbott.com/

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Thanks for listening! This podcast will continue to explore the evolving role libraries can play in their communities as well as featuring more conversations with authors and artists on the creative process. Stay tuned. 
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Ace Atkins - 'The Heathens'

Today, we're chatting with award-winning crime novelist (and journalist) Ace Atkins, about 'The Heathens,' his latest entry in the Quinn Colson thriller series. Atkins worked as a crime reporter in the newsroom of The Tampa Tribune before he published his first novel, Crossroad Blues, in 1998. Along with Colson books, he has also continued Robert B. Parker’s iconic Spenser character after Parker’s death in 2010. https://aceatkins.com/

Riley Sager - 'Survive The Night'

"Charlie Jordan is being driven across the country by a serial killer. Maybe...." Thus goes the setup for award-winning thriller author Riley Sager's latest, Survive The Night. Riley Sager is the pseudonym of a former journalist, editor and graphic designer. Now a full-time writer, Riley is the author of FINAL GIRLS, an international bestseller. "...Trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse played out on pitch-black roads and in neon-lit parking lots, Charlie knows the only way to win is to survive the night..."! 

Film Adaptations w/Brendan Kredell

You hear it all the time: "...the book was better!" Passionate fans of a particular novel tend to feel let down when it is adapted for the silver screen. But how much of that is subjective? Our experience with a novel is one of natural solitude and becomes not only a very intense connection (presuming we've enjoyed the novel) but also a very personal connection. Brendan Kredell, Assc. Prof. of Cinema Studies at Oakland University returns to talk about the heavy lifting all screenwriters/directors/actors have to do when translating a book to film. 

Also, we're teasing the eventual start-up of a new FILM DISCUSSION group, this fall! We hope you'll join us.