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Hello and welcome to the Falkirk Libraries podcast with Vikki, Anna and Tanya
Today’s episode is our 50th podcast and we are discussing our love of libraries and our wonderful childhood memories of using libraries. All of the books mentioned can be found on our library catalogue
What we have been reading and listening to:
Vikki has been reading:
- The Hunting Party, Lucy Foley
- The Family Gift, Cathy Kelly
- The Lying Room, Nicci French
Tanya has been reading:
- Hardcore 24 by Janet Evanovich
- SOS: What you can do to reduce climate change by Seth Wynes
Anna has been reading and listening to:
- Milk and honey by Faye Kellerman
- 13 minutes to the moon podcast by the BBC
New and forthcoming adult books:
- Victim 2117, Jussi Adler-Olsen
- The Lost Lights of St Kilda, Elizabeth Gifford
- The Deep, Alma Katsu
- The Good the bad and the Little bit Stupid, Marina Lewycka
- Mum and Dad, Joanna Trollope
New and forthcoming children’s titles:
- (0-5 years) When a dragon comes to stay, Caryl Hart, Rosalind Beardshaw
- (5-7 years) Billy and the Mini Monsters at the seaside, Zanna Davidson and Melanie Williamson (Illustrator)
- (7-9 years) Evil Emperor Penguin (almost) takes over the World, Laura Ellen Anderson
- (9-11 years) The Lost Magician, Piers Torday
- (Teen) The Endsitter, Penni Russon
DVD recommendations:
- Judy (12)
- Maleficent: mistress of evil (PG)
Our Reading Agony this week:
‘I’m planning a trip to celebrate a special birthday can you help me decide where I should go?’
General travel tips:
- Where to go when the worlds best destinations Dk Eyewitness Travel
- The Family Travel Handbook, Lonely planet
- Travel Writer’s Way: Turn your travels into stories , Jonathan Lorie
Specific guides to different countries for short trips or longer ones
Staff quote of the day: “People are silly “
Our Discussion: Why we love libraries: our earliest memory of using the library
We raved about some of our memories of libraries as children: Malmesbury in Wiltshire, Bath, Campbeltown in Argyll, and lovely Grangemouth Library here in beautiful Falkirk area.
And Vikki had some interesting stats and sound bites about libraries and their use
Did you know?
A reminder about our requesting service….
You can request items either via our library catalogue using your card and pin…chose which library you would like to pick your item up from. Or in person with your card. if the item isn’t on our system we do charge £1.20 But if its already on our system then its free
Thank you for listening to the Library Love podcast, we hope you’ve enjoyed yourself and if you did, then subscribe to the 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