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On The Same Page is a podcast from the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library to keep you in the loop and on the same page about what’s happening at your library.
In this episode we learn more about JMRL Same Page and the Virginia Festival of the Book.
Abby talked about Annhilation by Jeff VanderMeer (and the new movie based on it) and Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi.
Erica talked about Fake ID by L.R. Giles (and his festival event with Nic Stone and Jason Reynolds)
Co-chair of JMRL Same Page Heather Pehnec talked about:
- Same Page Community Read focused on What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
- Nathan Englander will be at the Northside Library on Thursday, March 22, at 6pm.
- NEA Big Read
- Friends of the Library Book Sale (upcoming March 31- April 8)
- She’s reading:
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (about Savannah, Georgia)
- Theft By Finding by David Sedaris (on audio from OverDrive)
Sarah from the Virginia Center for the Book and the Virginia Festival of the Book mentions:
- SJ Sindu – Marriage of a Thousand Lies (her Festival events)
- Poet Tess Taylor – Work and Days (her Festival events)
- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor – How We Get Free (her Festival events)
- JMRL Same Page author Nathan Englander and his books What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and Dinner at the Center of the Earth (his Festival events) with moderator Linda Kobert
- Virginia Humanities (formerly the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities – they rolled out a name change between recording and releasing this episode!)
- The Library of Congress Center for the Book and state affiliates.
- Letters about Literature program and the associated celebratory Festival event.
- Virginia Arts of the Book Center (a program of Virginia Humanities)
- She is reading:
- Ursula Le Guin
- What You’re Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte (her Festival events)
We gave a special shoutout to An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (also appearing at Festival of the Book), the latest release by the author of last year’s NEA Big Read selection – Silver Sparrow.
This podcast (along with the Same Page community read) is made possible with generous support from the Friends of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Find out more about the Friends, what they do, and how to support them at the following link.