KPL Podcast

It's the pirate episode with special guest Daniel Jose Older.  He's here to talk about his latest novel Ballad and Dagger.  Then hosts Shannon and Jigisha talk about some of their favorite pirate books and movies.

Recommendations
Shadow Shaper by Daniel Jose Older
Witchling by Claribel A. Ortega
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by CB Lee
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Muppet Treasure Island
Pirates of the Caribbean

We're with back with another great episode featuring special guest HE Edgmon and his novels, The Witch King and The Fae King.   The interview is followed by a book recommendation section for transgender books with a fantasy element.
1. Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve
2. Pet by  Akwaeke Efmezi
3. Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
4. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Park-Chan
5. Gideon the Ninth by Tansym Muir
6. Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega
7. I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

This week the KPL Podcast speaks with author, journalist Evan Hughes about his book, "The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup." Plus learn about the various services and programs the library offers to start a new business.
Recommendations
1. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
2. Black Edge:  inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on Wall Street by Sheelah Kolhatkar.
3. Scoundrel: how a convicted murderer persuaded the women who loved him, the conservative establishment, and the courts to set him free by Sarah Weinman.
4. Taking People With You by David Novak
5. Work won't love you back : how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted, and alone by Sarah Jaffe.
6. More than ready : be strong and be you, and other lessons for women of color on the rise by Cecilia Muñoz.
7. Lessons from the Navy : how to earn trust, lead teams, and achieve organizational excellence by Mark Brouker.

Rosie Walsh visits the podcast to tell us about her new novel and Good Morning American March Book club pick, The Love of My Life.  In honor of National Poetry Month, poetry readings by our colleague, Bob and host Shannon.
Recommendations
1.  Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
2. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

This week on the KPL Podcast, Lisa Scottoline is back to talk about her new book, "What Happened to the Bennetts".  In addition, in honor of National Siblings Day, we discuss books depicting sibling relationships.
Recommendations
Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In this week's episode, the KPL podcast hosts interview Jesse Q. Sutanto about her new book Four Aunties and a Wedding.  The book is a sequel to Dial A for Aunties.  Our recommendation segment takes a deeper dive into the author's other books, especially her dark and twisty young adult titles.

1. Four Aunties and A Wedding
2. Dial A for Aunties
3. The Obsession
4. The New Girl

This week on the KPL podcast, we have Elena Gorokhova speaking with us about her novel, "A Train to Moscow."  Also this week on the podcast you'll be hearing from new host Shannon, who is part of the youth and teen department at Kirkwood Public Library.  Shannon and Jigisha provide you with new historical fiction recommendations.

1. The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
2. The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
3. Our Country Friend Gary Shteyngart
4. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
5. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
6. Midnight Library by Matthew Haig
7. The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner
8. Pulp by  Robin Talley
9. So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow

This week on the KPL Podcast hosts Jigisha and Ryan interview Diana Abu-Jaber, the Kirkwood Public Library One Author One Kirkwood special guest.  She talks to us about her newest book Fencing With The King, baklava, and fencing.  Next our hosts recommend other Own Voices authors. 
Recommendations
1. Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
2. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
3. When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
4. She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
5. A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi

Welcome back to another episode of the KPL podcast.  This week we have CJ Box as our special guest.  He's here to tell us about his latest Joe Pickett novel,  Shadows Reel.  What do Nazis, a library, and falcons have in common. Please listen to find out.  For the recommendation segment, our hosts "attempt" to recommend some westerns. It's not a genre they know too well so email us at [email protected] and let us know what you thought of their recommendations.
1. Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
2. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
3. Bone Tomahawk
4. From Dusk Till Dawn
5. The Call of the Wild
6. Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder
7. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
8. Cowboys and Aliens
9. Firefly

Debut author, Gwen Kirby, visits this week on the KPL Podcast! We will be chatting about her  short story collection, Shit Cassandra Saw. Then hosts Jigisha and Ryan share some of their fave fictional women protagonist in our recommendation segment. All this, and more on this week's KPL Podcast!
1. The Taking of Jemina Boone by Matthew Pearl
2. Pretend I'm Dead by Jen Beagin
3. Game of Thrones
4. His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
5. Nancy Drew by Carolyn Keene
6. Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
7. She Hulk # by Rainbow Rowell