Library Friends Podcast

Writing in Lockdown - Brown Handler Resident Shruti Swamy in conversation Daniel Handler. Episode 1. 

Shruti Swamy, Brown Handler Resident and author of the forthcoming A House Is A Body from Algonquin press, starts off our new author reading and conversation series, Writing in Lockdown. Each of the six writers in the program will share from a project they've worked on during they're time as a resident, and then have an intimate conversation with either Lisa Brown or Daniel Handler. For more info, go to FriendsSFPL.org. Shruti will be reading the short story "The Siege," from her collection, and will discuss writing in isolation, favorite library branches, and the publishing industry with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket).  

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What's the Brown Handler Writer's Residency? Two years ago, Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) created this Writer's Residency to provide local writers with free, adequate, and accessible space to produce creative work in San Francisco. Residents were able to work directly with the Library in tandem with their creative projects. The residents were using the space until the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn More at FriendsSFPL.org/Residency

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To make more content like this possible, donate to Friends of the San Francisco Public Library. Go to FriendsSFPL.org to learn more about the residency and find out all the ways you can impact your financial contribution. 

For this episode of the Library Friends Podcast, we’ll be speaking with Electronic Resources Librarian Daniel Matsumoto, about the robust eResources that are available with your library card. We will also talk about how the Library is handling the influx of traffic to these platforms. Daniel has been working in libraries for most of his career, and you may have seen him manning the circulation desk at the Main a couple of times a week.

Alan Wong is a Librarian at the busy Excelsior Branch, who currently mobilized as a 'Disaster Service Worker' in the wake of COVID-19. We spoke with Alan (via mobile phone) to see how librarians are helping the City of San Francisco during this turbulent time. (For the full interview go to www.FriendsSFPL.org)

Welcome to a special episode of the Library Friends Podcast!

Today we’re going to hear a presentation from the Mary Louise Stong Society Legacy Giving Breakfast, and listen to a Q and A afterward.

City Librarian Michael Lambert and Executive Director of Friends of the Library, Marie Ciepiela talk about Friends’ Strategic Plan for the Library and the three upcoming renovations at the Mission, Chinatown, and Oceanview Branches.

You’ll also hear from Board Chair Beth Kelly, and Board Member Jay Auslander during the presentation. Stay tuned until the end to hear from City Archivist, Susan Goldstein talk about the incredible materials available to the public in the SF History Center, on the 6th Floor of the Main!

Enjoy! 

Thanks to the generosity of Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Friends opened its administrative office to five talented San Francisco writers, establishing a residency to provide writers with free and accessible space, and connecting them with five library branches to share their talents with the community.

Chaney is a part of our inaugural class of Residents. A San Francisco based travel and short story writer, Chaney is working on his debut novel.

For this show, we will be listening to a reading of Chaney’s short story Admission and talking about the story with the author.

Thank you for listening to the first Friends

To learn more about this residency go to our website: www.FriendsSFPL.org/Residency

You can find Chaney at chaneykwak.comOn twitter @chaneykwakAnd on Instagram @chaneykwak

I’m Michael-Vincent D’Anella-Mercanti, @mvddm, and you can follow Friends of the San Francisco Public Library on all platforms @FriendsSFPL

Thanks to the generosity of Lisa Brown and Daniel Handler, Friends opened its administrative office to five talented San Francisco writers, establishing a residency to provide writers with free and accessible space, and connecting them with five library branches to share their talents with the community.

K-Fai is a part of our inaugural class of Residents. A children's book author, and a San Francisco based artist.

Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer and illustrated by K-Fai is out now with Enchanted Lion.

A Normal Pig, her debut author-illustrator book comes out in June 2019 with Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

Thank you for listening to the first Friends

To learn more about this residency go to our website: www.FriendsSFPL.org/Residency

You can find K-Fai at k-faisteele.comOn twitter @KFaiSteeleAnd on Instagram @areyouokfai

Host: Michael-Vincent D'Anella Mercanti 

@mvddm