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Lexivore Podcast, Episode 22 – Literary Festivals

In this episode of Lexivore, Mary and Renee discuss literary festivals, awards and pilgrimages. We discuss our favorite awards and book lists, some of the biggest literary festivals in the world as well as those close to home, and our own personal literary (wish list) pilgrimages.  We enjoyed chatting about our favorite awards and which books we don’t think award worthy. 

We also briefly talk about library events and programs, including the county-wide Summer Quest program and which programs we are most excited for.  We also chat about what we have been doing and reading, our new plan for rotating podcast recording now that there’s three of us (Megha and Mary next, and we will go from there). And we include a brief teaser for our next episode, where we will be discussing spooky reads for fall with a Special Guest.  

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it Here!

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Lexivore Podcast Episode 17 – Music and Books

Episode seventeen of Lexivore, has Megha and Renee tackle music, and pairings of music with books. We discuss our own genre preferences for music, briefly touch on the music our library has to offer, and discuss a few authors who use music – either directly in their books like Mercedes Lackey or in the background processes of writing like Rainbow Rowell.

We also discuss some works that are paired by subject, like the Hamilton Soundtrack with a history book, “The Good Fight: Feuds of the Founding Fathers”, or mood, like Miles Davis’s “Birth of the Cool” with R.O. Kwon’s “The Incendiaries”, or by theme, Sharon Van Etten’s “Are We There” pairing with Sally Rooney’s “Normal People”, and add a few more suggestions and recommendations along the way.

We hope you enjoy our podcast! You can listen to it Here!

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Lexivore Podcast Episode 15 – Interlude for Current Events

In episode 15 of Lexivore Megha and Renee take a detour from our regular book discussions to chat about current events, how the library is continuing services during these times, how we personally are doing (and what we are doing nowadays as well).

We also have some suggestions for our listeners with books to read, mental health resources to look over, in honor of mental health month, and some ideas for projects that might help pass the time while we all are spending so much time at home.

We had a lot of fun making this podcast, it was helpful to talk some of these things through so we hope you will find it useful to hear as well – though please forgive us if the sound wavers in a few places, we were dealing with unfamiliar recording technology.

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it Here!

 

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Lexivore Podcast Episode 13 Graphic Novels

The thirteenth episode of Lexivore, the first of season 3, has Renee and Megha starting the year with an episode about Graphic Novels!  We discuss the nonfiction graphic novel The Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan With Doctors Without Borders by Lefevre, Guibert, and Lemercier, and touch on several other graphic novels, mentioning some for children, young adults, and adults, including both fiction and nonfiction.  We also talk about about graphic novels in general – starting with some of the reasons graphic novels should be considered real reading, who might like them (mostly, anyone) and some of the benefits that come from including graphic novels in collections in libraries and schools, in summer reading recommendations and book discussions, and on one’s own to-read lists.

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it here!

Transcript is Available Here!

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Lexivore Podcast Episode 11 Children’s Literature

In Episode 11 of Lexivore, Renee and Megha are joined by two guests, local authors – Becky Loescher who writes children’s picture books and poetry, and Cindy Noonan who writes historical fiction for children. We discuss writing, publishing, and the writer’s group they are both members of, and then a few of their works – Cindy Noonan’s book Dark Enough to See the Stars and a poem by Becky Loescher called To Be or Not To Be, which is about writing, grammar rules, and writing mentors, and we also talk some about children’s literature.  We also include a brief mention of the topics for next episode, which will include a holiday gift giving guide and some recommendations for interesting eclectic nonfiction.

We hope you enjoy our podcast!  You can listen to it here!