KPL Podcast

This week on the podcast we have award winning author Jessie Rosen.  We discussed her debut adult novel, The Heirloom.  If you have superstitions about engagement rings then this is the book.  The main character sets on a mission to find the ring's previous owners and the fate of those marriages.  This is a light-hearted book about self-discovery,  Listen to learn more.

Author recommendations:
The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza
Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski

Welcome back to another episode of the KPL Podcast.  This week we spoke with environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb about road ecology.  Ben is an award winning author and his latest book, Crossing: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet was named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times.

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Fire weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant
Trust by Hernan Diaz
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Morningside by Tea Obreht
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson

This week on the KPL podcast, we have bestselling author Ramona Ausubel.  She tells us all about her new book, The Last Animal.  The novel covers a range of topics from, mother-daughter relationships, careers in science, wooly mammoths, and climate change. All the various topics are woven together into a fun exciting story.
Author Recommendations
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar
Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

This week on the KPL Podcast we have bestselling author Abbi Waxman.  We spoke to her about her new novel Christa Comes Out of Her Shell.  This is a light hearted rom com about a woman happily studying snails in the Indian Ocean and she learns that her father is supposedly died 25 years ago is actually still alive. Listen to learn more. 

This week on the podcast we have Professor Marion Gibson as our guest to discuss her new book, Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials. This is a nonfiction account of what happened during witch trials during 17 to 19 centuries throughout the world.  Listen to learn more. 

We are back with another great episode.  This week we have Jennifer Belle as our author guest.  She tells us all about her new novel, Swanna in Love.  It's been about 13 years since her last novel was released.  Swanna in Love is a coming of age story, set in the early 80's, about a young girl in love with a much older man.
Author Recommendations
True Grit by Charles Portis
Kramer vs Kraver by Avery Cormen

This week on the KPL podcast, we have our first ever cookbook author, Bri McKoy.  We had a wonderful time discussing her new book, The Cook's Book, favorite recipes, and essential items for every pantry and kitchen.  Listen to learn more. 

This week on the podcast, we have Bram Stoker award winning author, Gwendolyn Kiste.  We discuss her latest novel, The Haunting of Velkwood.  It is a story of an entire neighborhood turns into ghosts except for the three young women who left the night before.  Listen to learn more,
Other books by the author and recommendations
The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
Grackle by AC Wise

The Kirkwood Library's One Author One Kirkwood event featured bestselling author Brendan Slocumb.  This week's podcast contains clips from the evening. Alvin Reid was the moderator.  He and Brendan discussed the two titles, The Violin Conspiracy and The Symphony of Secrets.  It was a wonderful, fun-filled night.  Listen to learn more about Brendan and his two novels.

Welcome back to another episode of the KPL podcast.  Ellen Baker author of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson is on the podcast.  We spoke about the circus, DNA and ancestry, family and so much more.  Listen to learn more.
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love  by Dani Shapiro
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