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Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Tanya and Daryl. You can find the books at our library catalogue
Today’s episode is all about comedy women in print. All of the books mentioned can be found on our library catalogue at
What we have been reading and listening to:
Tanya has been reading:
- People and Permaculture by Looby Macnamara
- Guards, Guards by Terry Pratchett
Daryl has been reading:
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- The Paper and Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie
New and forthcoming adult books:
- Why You Should Read Children’s Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell
- Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- Blue Moon by Lee Child
- The Institute by Stephen King
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- Where’s the Butterfly? By Sam Taplin (0-3 yrs)
- Florence and the Mischievous Kitten by Megan Rix (4-6 yrs)
- The Secret Jungle by Adam Blade (7-9 yrs)
- Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange (9-12 yrs)
- Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (Teen)
DVD recommendations
- Pokemon Detective Pikachu (PG)
- Rocketman (15)
Our Reading Agony this week:
‘My child thinks the Junior Fiction books are too young for them, but can I start to let them read teen fiction. Can you offer any advice?’
If you are ever feeling stuck and are worried that your child is still too young for some of the topics brought up in our teen fiction, then feel free to ask us for any recommendations or read them yourself first. Some examples:
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
- Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
- Meg Cabot – The Mediator series and Airhead series
- My Hero Academia series (manga)
- Lumberjanes (graphic novel)
Staff quote of the day ‘Here, you can have your own stress cactus’ – it’s knitted
Our Discussion was all about funny women in print. We picked some we liked, plus we recommend looking at the Comedy Women in Print Award for some more ideas https://www.comedywomeninprint.co.uk/
- Caitlin Moran – Moranthology; How to be a woman; Moranifesto
- The Guilty Feminist: From our noble goals to our worst hypocrisies by Deborah Frances-White
- Sara Pascoe – Sex power money; Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
- Susan Calman – Cheer up love; Sunny side up
- Sue Perkins – Spectacles; East of Croydon
Did you Know? Our Writing Rammy continues until 31st Oct – The Writing Rammy is open to all ages, from 5 to 105! Taking part couldn’t be easier; just write a short piece of fiction or poetry on a theme of your choice.
We’re encouraging the whole family to have a try. In fact, we are setting the families in the wider Falkirk area a direct challenge: get as many members of your family to write a story as you can and send them in. You could claim our special Family Rammy prize at our award ceremony!
Entries will be judged by a panel of library staff and a winner and runner up will be chosen in each of the following categories: 12 and under; 13 – 17; 18+; Family Rammy (best family entry)
Thank you for listening to the Library Love podcast, we hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and if you did, then subscribe to our podcast. We love to hear from you and if you’d like to get in touch with us, then go to our blog LibraryLoveFalkirk.com, @LibFalkirk on Twitter, or Falkirk Libraries on Facebook or Instagram. Bye