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Fairfield What Are You Reading? Podcast

Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each month or so we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. What we’re reading, what we’ve just finished, what we’re excited about coming soon. Most of the books will be new, some will be older. The group will focus on books we love and hopefully you will too. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is trading their

  1. 6 SEPT

    Episode 39: Music's Sound, Trapped in a Snowglobe, and Huck's Friend

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services, and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Mary: Maria by Michelle Moran The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan The Stolen Child by Ann Hood   also mentioned: The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand The Life Impossible by Matt Haig A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty Jen: None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber Powerless by Lauren Roberts Snowglobe by Soyoung Park Elaine: James by Percival Everett How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin Long Island by Colm Toibin Philip (up and coming): Our Evenings by Alan Holinghurst Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune Rough Pages by Lev AC Rosen When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar

    38 min

  2. 22 JUL

    Episode 38: Go Yankees, Eat Your Vegetables, and Summer Titles Literally

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian, Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan: The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne The Yankee Way: the untold inside story of the Brian Cashman era by Andy Martino Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: a history by William Alexander  Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp Sandwich by Catherine Newman A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd Jessica: The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones  Once Upon A Time by Elizabeth Beller  One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware  She’s not Sorry by Mary Kubica  Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Bébé day by day : 100 keys to French parenting by Pamela Druckerman Leslie: Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell The Midnight Feast by Lucy Roley The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (current audio) The Singer Sisters by Sarah Seltzer By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult The Sequel by Jean Hanff (talked about with Jess) Philip Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George After Oz by Gordon McAlpine Lark Ascending by Silas House

    40 min

  3. 23 MAY

    Episode 37: D-Day Anniversary, Colum's Another Mother, and Art World Literary Fiction

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Sue: THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST  by Jana Milbocker D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche Due out in October AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024  BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024  DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips  THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024 Other titles: On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic Out May 14, 2024 MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O’Connor Out February 2024   #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge   Out in April   An American in Paris #2 Led me to…  WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'S GREATEST TREASURE Don Kladstrup INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman out June 25, 2024 bestselling author of Bird Box LOOKING FORWARD TO: THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny         October 29 BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville                August 6 author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck. THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNE SERIES: CERULEAN CHRONICLES (#2) SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 Claudia: American Mother by Colum McCann & Diane Foley Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley Funny Story by Emily Henry Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear Philip: In Tongues by Thomas Grattan Wildful by Kengo Kurimato Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick

    36 min

  4. 23 APR

    Episode 36: Robot Dogs, Piano's Journey, and Animal Germs

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Tamara Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs by Heather L. Montgomery One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly Looking forward to: The Infinity Rainbow Club Series (3 in a series) by Jen Malia and Peter Francis Stefanie The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation): An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla Piano Wants to Play by Colleen Kong-Savage Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo and Carmen Mok Looking forward to: The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez Emily Dogtown by Gennifer Choldenko and Katherine Applegate Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto Rise of the Green Flame: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah and Natasha Nayo Looking forward to: Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch) Book 1 of 2: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch by Coco Simon and Manuela Lopez The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate Karen's Sleepover: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #8) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina Summer Reading coming soon!

    31 min

  5. 23 FEB

    Episode 35 One Book One Town (OBOT) 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair Guest: Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT Reading Committee Member Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley.

    18 min

  6. 30 JAN

    Episode 34: Blueberry Mysteries, Protecting Our Animal Friends, and a Mother/Son Roadtrip

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, and Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Jan Fisher: Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson The Fury by Alex Michaelides The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin Mary Coe: The Hunter by Tana French (also talked about the 1st book in the series, The Searcher) The Official MIND Diet by Dr. Martha Claire Morris and Laura Morris The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The Fury by Alex Michaelides My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor Amy Peck: Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb  Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of Pioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds by Anders Gyllenhaal and Beverly Gyllenhaal Philip Bahr: Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper

    32 min

  7. 19/12/2023

    Episode 33: Our Favorite Books for 2023

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: All Podcast Staff. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023. Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager The General and Julia by Jon Clinch Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian: Big by Vashti Harrison Simon sort of says by Erin Bow Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian: The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James Jessica Stevens: The Ferryman by Justin Cronin Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services 20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Tom Lake by Ann Patchett The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea The Celebrants by Steven Rowley The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/ One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/ Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor

    57 min

  8. 06/11/2023

    Episode 32: Missing Person Thriller, Advice from a Centenarion, and SF 50's Historical Fiction

    Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org    Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great! This month's FPL staff picks: Claudia Silk: The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club book 4) by Richard Osman The Well-Lived Life: A 102 Year Old Dr.'s Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey xoxo Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby The Golden Gate by Amy Chua  The Second Chance Year by Melissa Weisner (12/5/23 release date) The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (1/24/23 release date)  Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis  The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis    Elaine Barrie: Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena The Spectacular by Fiona Davis The General and Julia by Jon Clinch (11/14/23) Philip Bahr: The Bell in the Fog by Lev LC Rosen

    35 min
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Welcome to Fairfield, What Are You Reading, a next-book podcast from Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, CT. Each month or so we gather a group of library staff together for a conversation about books and reading. What we’re reading, what we’ve just finished, what we’re excited about coming soon. Most of the books will be new, some will be older. The group will focus on books we love and hopefully you will too. Imagine you come to the library, ask a librarian for a next read, a couple more staff stop by, and soon everyone is trading their

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    Fairfield Public Library
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    39
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