A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Local Author Jon David Discusses 'The Morgalla Chronicles'

The first of the Morgalla Chronicles, a new epic fantasy series by Jon David is out now: ...Morgalla is a woman trapped between worlds, accepted in neither. A woman with a good heart and a dark secret: she's a demon from Hell. Nobody's perfect.  Born and raised in southeast Michigan, Jon David's series features a misunderstood demon heroine. The Savage Peak, book one, is his debut novel. Upcoming titles include Diary of a Lonely Demon, The Shadow of Hell, and War of the Dark One.  https://www.morgalla.net/about-the-author.html

https://bit.ly/2OERutj 

Author & Illustrator Ryan Estrada (The Kind, Banned Book Club, Student Ambassador)

Ryan Estrada is an artist, author, and adventurer based in Busan, South Korea, but he was born and raised in Metro Detroit. His graphic novels include Banned Book Club, Student Ambassador: The Missing Dragon, and Broken Telephone. He has worked on Star Trek, Popeye, and Garfield, but he is best known for grainy copies of his comic Learn To Read Korean in 15 Minutes that you saw on 9gag with thirty watermarks and his name scrubbed off. You can find his work at ryanestrada.com 

 

 

Local Author Interview: Joseph Harris - 'You're In The Wrong Place' (Michigan Notable)

Author Joseph Harris joins us to talk about his recent collection of short stories, 'You're In The Wrong Place,' which takes place predominantly in Ferndale and was recently named a Michigan Notable Book for 2021. 

In a thrilling interconnected narrative, You’re in the Wrong Place presents characters reaching for transcendence from a place they cannot escape. Charles Baxter stated that "Joseph Harris has a particular feeling for the Detroit suburbs and the slightly stunted lives of the young people there. . . . You’re in the Wrong Place isn’t uniformly downbeat—there are all sorts of rays of hope that gleam toward the end."

Stories by Joseph Harris have appeared in Midwest Review, Moon City Review, Great Lakes Review, The MacGuffin, Third Wednesday, Storm Cellar, and have received the Gesell, Tompkins, and Detroit Working Writers’ Awards for fiction. He holds an MFA from the University of Minnesota, an MA from Wayne State University, and a BFA from Emerson College.

Ms. Elissa's Ferndale Memories, Youth Librarianship & Spring Institute

Youth Librarian Elissa Zimmer joined us on the podcast during her last week here in Ferndale before moving on to a new position in West Michigan. But, since she is Vice-Chair of this year's Spring Institute for Youth Services, we are talking about that conference for librarians, as well as just taking a wistful stroll down memory lane--sharing thoughts on what makes this town, and its library, special. 

https://www.milibraries.org/spring-institute 

New Books in the 600's ("Applied Sciences")

Ferndale Librarian Michelle Williamson joins us to talk about new books in the non-fiction section, specifically with call numbers in the 600's. Williamson develops our collection of books that are categorized in the Dewey Decimal System (of the 600's), generally known as "applied sciences," but that certainly winds up covering A LOT! Gardening, cooking, crafting, cultural histories, and yes..., CATS! 

Craft - An American History: https://bit.ly/3audYFQ 
Red Sands: https://bit.ly/3dlttBL 
Nose Dive: https://bit.ly/2ON54uM 
A Cat's Tale: https://bit.ly/3qGEMbq 
Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: https://bit.ly/37oeZNF

Photographer Leni Sinclair Discusses Her Latest Exhibition & New Book

Leni Sinclair (born Magdalene Arndt) is an American photographer and political activist who lives in Detroit. She has photographed iconic rock and jazz musicians since the early 1960s, and she was a co-founder of the White Panther Party and the Detroit Artists Workshop. Her photos are currently exhibiting at Galerie Camille, for 'Come Together.' That exhibition was followed-up by another showing at MOCAD, in celebration of Sinclair's new book, 'Motor City Underground.'