We started 2025 with Endings, but Jennie and Pari are going back to Beginnings for this week's episode. 

Can they both meet Bea's theme this week? Grab your headphones and listen from beginning to end. You can judge - and maybe add some books to your 'To-Read' pile in the process.

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We kick off 2025 on our podcast with a start to a new season - with the first episode maybe ironically called Endings.

It's the first challenge from Bea's Books for Jennie and Pari and, as usual, they are more than up to the task. Grab the headphones to find out if we can add to your 2025 'To-read' pile.

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Join us for a festive feel That Didn't Happen in the Book with Andrew and Kirkland having a chat about A Christmas Carol and all the various versions that have hit the screens. 

As always, Andrew and Kirkland will hit along loads of festive references and pop culture as they go with lots of fun and laughter. Grab the headphones and enjoy the fun.

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Our Bea's Books edition of our podcast tonight is starting to feel a little festive and this week Jennie and Pari will be looking at some cosy reads to enjoy as the end of the year begins to wind up.

As always they'll have some great book recommendations which might just make their way onto the end of your 2024 'To-read' pile. Listen in and enjoy.

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We're back with another podcast episode for you, and this week, our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, is feeling reflective about the many great events that have taken place in our libraries throughout 2024.

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For our new episode of the For the Love of Books: Bea's Books Edition, Jennie and Pari are aiming for Middle Ground - because that was the theme that Bea has set for them this week.

As usual our hosts will come up with creative ways to hit the target and make sure that there will be a middle ground for their suggestions this week. Will the books make their way onto your 'To-Read' pile? There's only one way to find out. Listen and enjoy.

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This week's podcast sees our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, catch up with local author John Gillick. John earlier this year released his second novel, The Scars of Fate, a crime thriller set around his character Sam Meredith.

To find out more, listen in to the podcast and enjoy hearing more about John's writing and interesting background in comedy.

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With all the excitement from the release of Wicked in cinemas, Andrew and Kirkland decided to have a look at the world of Oz for their latest That Didn't Happen in the Book! podcast episode.

Follow them down the yellow brick road and listen to what they have thought of the various films, books and shows about Oz.

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With Book Week Scotland this week, Bea has challenged Jennie and Pari with the theme Hope and Inspiration which is also partly the theme of Book Week Scotland.

Our regular listeners will know that Jennie and Pari are always up for all the challenges and will meet this one head on. Listen in to see if any of their suggestions will make it onto your 'To-Read' pile.

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Book Week Scotland, Scotland's national celebration of books, authors and reading in general is just around the corner. If you haven't already heard, we have a fantastic lineup of events beginning on Monday 18 November.

Our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, caught up with our Librarian, Thomas Clark, to walk our listeners through the author events we've got planned for next week. 

We're sure there's something that will catch your eye, and would love to see you at the events. Feel free to book a free place on any of our events online at: https://bit.ly/3U7vMx3

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