NBPL Podcasts North Bay Library

Bethany sits down with UK author Cathy Wilson to talk about her latest book Emily Carr and Raven: In the Darkness of Her Dreams. They chat about writing, what inspired the book and how she works long distance with her fellow author and artist Ruth MacLean, who is based in Ontario.



Notes:

Emily Carr and Raven: In the Darkness of Her Dreams available here:

https://www.ailsapress.com/product/emily-carr-and-raven/

Bethany and Rebecca sit down to talk tropes - what are they, some favourites and not-so-favourites.



Notes:

TV Tropes

Archive of Our Own

February is the shortest month, but it's also known for giving us the blues...

...but we have a cure foe that! Dramatic Readings!

What is a Dramatic Reading, you ask? Take a listen and find out.



Books mentioned in this episode:

The Laird Take a Bride by Lisa Berne

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flowers

Requiem for a Mezzo by Carola Dunn - find the audiobook here

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

In this episode, Bethany sits down with her co-worker, Rebecca, to talk about Dungeons and Dragons in the library. They talk about what table top role playing games (TTRPGs) are great, and why they fit in library (both on and off-line) and how to get started playing.

We talk about fiction a lot as librarians - but non-fiction deserves some time in the spotlight too!

In this episode, Bethany goes over a selection of titles from a list of Staff Picks.

All titles mentioned in this episode are available through the NBPL in print, audiobook or e-book format via e-reading apps like Libby and cloudLibrary.

Find the full list here: 

Titles from this episode:

Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga

Redrum the Innocent by Kirk Makin

Bird by Bird: some instructions on writing and life by Anne Lamott

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Woman Who Wasn't There: the true story of an incredible deception by Robin Gaby Fisher

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

Word by Word: the secret life of dictionaries by Korey Stemper (ebook on Libby)

Gather 'round everyone, we've got a spooky tale to tell...

We had a great response to our Spooky Halloween Short Story contest and our winner has been chosen!

As part of the prize, the winner could choose to have their story read on a special episode of the podcast, so here we are!

We hope you enjoy!



If you would like to read the other entries, we've put them together in an anthology available here.



Many thanks to everyone who entered and gave permission to have their story published.