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Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Lynne and Tanya
Today’s episode is all about our love of poetry. All of the books mentioned can be found on our library catalogue
What we have been reading and listening to:
Tanya has been reading and listening to:
- Mindfulness in Knitting by Rachael Matthews
- How to Raise a Feminist by Allison Vale
Lynne has been reading:
- Anna Mazzola – The Storykeeper
- WTF podcast with Marc Maron
New and forthcoming adult books:
- Agency by William Gibson
- Tidelands by Philippa Gregory
- A Little Hatred: Book One (The Age of Madness) by Joe Abercrombie
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- So Lucky by Dawn O’Porter
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- Oi! Puppies by Kes Gray (0-4 yrs)
- Hubert Horatio: How to Raise Your Grown-Ups by Lauren Child (5-7 yrs)
- Amelia Fang and the Lost Yeti Treasures by Laura Ellen Anderson (7-9 yrs)
- We Are The Beaker Girls by Jacqueline Wilson & Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) (9-11yrs)
- The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne (Teen)
DVD recommendations
- The Queen’s Corgi (PG)
- John Wick Parabellum (15)
Our Reading Agony this week: ‘I’ve been asked to speak or say a poem at my aunt’s funeral. Help!’
- Lament : Scottish poems for funerals and consolation by Lizzie MacGregor
- Poems and readings for funerals by Julia Watson
- In loving memory : a collection for memorial services, funerals and just getting by by Sally Emerson
- The good funeral guide by Charles Cowling (a chapter on how to write a tribute)
Staff quote of the day ‘Have I said anything hilarious this week? Probably’
Our Discussion was all about National Poetry Day on 3rd October (look out for the multi-lingual postcards). We discussed our favourite poems and why poetry is wonderful. Tanya read Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll and Lynne raved about Edwin Morgan (and lots more)
Did You Know? There are poetry collections in all our libraries, but it’s well worth a visit to Grangemouth Library which has a special poetry collection which is pretty amazing.
Coming soon in October, we’ll be running some Big Climate Conversation discussions around climate change and what Scotland can do about it in our libraries – these will feed into the Scottish Government’s climate change work. Keep your eyes open on social media or drop us a line if you’d like to get involved if you’re in the Falkirk area.
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