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Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Vikki and Margo
Today’s episode is all about what’s better a series or a standalone novel?
What we have been reading and listening to:
Vikki has been reading:
- Clock Dance, Anne Tyler
Vikki has been listening to
- Pilot TV Podcast
Margo has been reading:
- Midwinter Break, Bernard MacLaverty
- Milkman, Anna Burns
- Sir Walter Scott’s Waverley, Jenni Calder
New and forthcoming adult books:
- Fallen Angel, Christopher Brookmyre
- The Book of Dreams, Nina George
- Stone Mothers, Erin Kelly
- The Lost Ten, Harry Sidebottom
- The Rosie Result, Graeme C Simsion
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- Doodle Cat Wears a Cape, Kat Patrick, Lauren Farrell (Illustrator) (0-5)
- Mystery on the Ostrich Express, Laura James, Emily Fox (Illustrator) ((5-7)
- Space Chase, Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore (7-9)
- Tilly and the Bookwanderers, Anna James (9-11)
- The Boy Who Steals Houses, C G Drews (Teen)
DVD recommendations:
- A Star is Born (15)
- Venom (12)
Our Reading Agony this week:
“I want to learn a musical instrument. I’m not sure where to start, Can the library help?
- Music Theory for Dummies, Michael Pilhofer
- The Everything Music Theory Book, Marc Schonbrun
- How to play guitar in 10 easy lessons, Dan Holton
- How to Play Piano, James Rhodes
- Trumpet For Dummies, Jeffrey Reynolds
| Staff quote of the day “Can I help you off with those Paws” |
Our Discussion was all about the virtues of a standalone novel versus a series
Did You Know?
Library members can access Ancestry the online family history database for free from library computers.
Ancestry is the world’s largest online library of family history information, containing thousands of databases and billions of indexed names. There are record collections from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and other areas, as well as census, Birth, Marriages and Deaths, military, immigration and parish records. You can find out more about what is available at www.ancestry.co.uk
Coming Soon:
Get It Loud in Libraries brings Punk Band Rascalton to Denny Library on Sunday 14th April in this all-ages, intimate afternoon show. They’re unlikely to play a venue this small again!
Rascalton have leapt from the basements of Glasgow’s Punk/garage scene to tour the UK and Europe, closing 2018 with a sold out hometown headline appearance at St. Luke’s. They’ve appeared with BBC Introducing and played a bunch of festivals, including Electric Fields. We’ll catch them hot off their appearance at SXSW in Austin Texas. Find Rascalton on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
Non-alcoholic bar. Doors 2.30pm.
Buy ticketsTickets are available in person at Denny Library and online at Ticketlab and See Tickets, priced £7 + booking fee. Under 12s, library members and Young Scot card holders are eligible for discounted tickets .
Thank you for listening to the Library Love podcast, we hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and if you did, then join us on rate and review us on Apple so that more people can find out about us. We love to hear from you and if you’d like to get in touch with us, or if you’ve got a Reader Agony of your very own then go to www.librarylovefalkirk.com, Falkirk Libraries on Facebook or @LibFalkirk on Twitter