Libraries aren’t as quiet as they used to be. A podcast for library lovers and the library curious. Book chatter with librarians, community perspectives and author interviews
Episodes
Friday Jan 26, 2024
Friday Jan 26, 2024
This week, Jeff and Mary Grahame are looking back at their recent presentation at the Michigan Library Association's annual conference--a session on HOW we talk about Intellectual Freedoms with our library patrons. At that conference, our podcast hosts were greeted by Matthew Lawrence, who currently works at the Herrick District Library. Lawrence was the interim director of the Patmos Library in 2022, right in the thick of that library, weathering a flurry of book challenges that eventually resulted in the library being defunded. (Its millage was recently renewed in November of 2023). Suffice to say, we had a lot to talk about!
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Our staff provides reading recommendations from our non-fiction sections! We have three librarians on this panel discussion providing their favorites among the many recently added titles, covering the arts, the sciences, the histories, and everything in between!
Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell
Alice Neal: People Come First - MetPublications
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon
You Are History: From the Alarm Clock to the Toilet, the Amazing History of the Things You Use Every Day by Greg Jenner
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought this Through? by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
On Photographing Peoples and Communities by Dawoud Bey
A First Guide to Cats / Dogs by Dr. John Bradshaw
How Music Works by David Byrne
Detroit in 50 Maps by Alex B. Hill
Renegades: San Francisco in the 1990s by Chloe Sherman
A Rome of One's Own by Emma Southon
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Join our staff on a (tabletop) adventure, doing a quick play-through of a Role-Playing Game that's available here in our library. We have quite a few options, actually, which we'll list off at the end of this episode. Listen to find out whether or not our three competing panelists can work together to forge intergalactic peace and solve a cosmic coffee embargo, when they play "Fate!"
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Saturday Dec 16, 2023
Flashing back to our very first episode, ever! This podcast started four years ago (nearly to the day!) This weekend, we're listening back to our debut, when we sat down with local author Josh Malerman, discussing his 2019 novel, Malorie. For more information on Josh, visit his website. www.joshmalerman.com But, you can also find more information on the Friends of the Ferndale Library, the volunteer organization that made this podcast a reality, here: www.ferndalefriends.org
Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
A look back at some of the highlights from our conversations with bestselling authors, including Lucy Clarke, C.J. Box, Steven Rowley, Grady Hendrix, Riley Sager, and J. Ryan Stradal. You can dive back into our recent episodes to hear the full interviews with each of these authors.
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Friday Dec 01, 2023
Looking for some year-end reading recommendations? Tune in for our latest episode where we hear from several members of our staff, providing a wide variety of selections from various genres.
Titles & Staff include:
Rodi - Every Rising Sun by Jamila Ahmed
Kricket - Impossible People: A Completely Average Recovery Story by Julia Wertz
Damon - Dear Mothman by Robin Gow
Mary Grahame - When The Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
Julia - Chlorine by Jade Song
Erin - Witch King by Martha Wells
Jeff - Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
Pietro - The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
Drew - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Sam - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke