Have you ever had something really difficult happen in your family? Then you might appreciate the books of Jacqueline Woodson. In today’s podcast, Katie and Helena introduce listeners to Before the Ever After and Peace, Locomotion – two books about kids going through difficult times in their lives.

Linda shares one of her recent favourite reads: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn.

Rosemary tells listeners about three of her favourite books from the Strange But True series: Loch Ness Monster, Vampires, and Ghosts.

Katie introduces listeners to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel Good Omens.

Kristine introduces listeners to Katie O'Neill's fantasy graphic novel series: The Tea Dragon Society.

Tune in as Liz introduces listeners to two titles to inspire aspiring fiction writers: Daniel Joshua Rubin's 27 Essential Principles of Story and Stephen King's On Writing.

Afton introduces listeners to a heartbreaking and breathtaking story, Starfish, a middle grade novel written in verse by Lisa Fipps.

Margarita tells us about one of her favourite romance authors, Beverly Jenkins, an iconic writer of African-American historical romances.

Tune in to hear Laurel tell us about two awesome graphic novel series featuring cats and rocket ships: Binky the Space Cat by Ashley Spires and Catstronauts by Drew Brockington.

Fraser Valley Regional Library is celebrating Authors Day (Nov. 1) and National Novel Writing Month (all through November). In this episode of ReadRadio, FVRL staff share a few of their favourite authors: Charles de Lint, Terry Pratchett, Madeline Miller, Lisa Genova, Beth O'Leary, Ben Aaronovitch and Susanna Clarke.