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Sarah Lavender talks about our Summer Reading plans and programs. And we get a handful of book recommendations from Sarah, Mary Vermillion and even your host, Neil! If you listen carefully, you can hear the birds singing. Summer is going to be really fun! Summer Reading at WCLS Explorations Summer Programs Summer Reading at WCLS … Read more

Update on the Sumas Library with Cayla Samms, Jonathan Jakobitz talks about events at Blaine Library and Emma and Marie talk about Young Adult fiction in a jam-packed episode. Donate to Sumas Library Recovery Fund Blaine Library Events Sumas Events Jonathan’s recommendations Barely Adulting Book Club

Stories from the Public Library Association Conference in Portland OR and we ask What Does Amy Think About Poetry for National Poetry Month.

We get a look behind the scenes at Whatcom READS with Emma Radosevich who interviewed author Michael Christie in Deming, Amy Jones who attended our author’s Mount Baker Theatre presentation and the author himself, Michael Christie backstage at the theatre before his presentation.  See videos of many of our Whatcom READS presentations at whatcomreads.org/videos

The first week of March is the culmination of a season of WhatcomREADS events as Greenwood author Michael Christie comes to town for 4 in-person and one live streaming event. We talk to Village Books owner and steward, Paul Hanson about the independent bookstore’s role in WhatcomREADS and we talk with our own graphic designer Amy Jones … Read more

WCLS Teen Services Coordinator Tamar Clarke talks about Whatcomics and A Forest of Words, our annual teen art and poetry publications. We are also joined by Sorrel Thoerner, a WCLS patron, high school student and artist who talks about why Whatcomics is important for teens. 

In this first episode of 2022, Rose Momsen and Neil discuss our streaming music service, Freegal and Ann McAllen, Chair of our Whatcom READS community-wide book club talks about this year’s book, Greenwood by Michael Christie and all the events surrounding the upcoming author visit. 

You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. And we couldn’t make our podcast without breaking out in laughter. As an end-of-year reward to our faithful listeners, we present some of our broken eggs. Here’s to many more omelettes in 2022! “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.Because if … Read more

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