This episode of Recently Returned is from our Live with the Librarians series. Initially broadcast live via our Facebook page on December 6, 2019, host Anita is joined by Librarians Anu, Jess, and Lachlan to discuss some of the books they’ve been reading, and what they're looking forward to next.

Titles discussed (in order of mention):

Lachlan

Jess

Anu

Also mentioned:

Download the Live with the Librarians episode transcript

In our spooky Halloween episode, librarians Anita and Kirsty explore horror literature: delving into what makes it different to its onscreen counterparts; talking about a few of their own favourites; and sharing recommendations from staff and from our listeners.

Books discussed:

Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy) by Mira Grant

The Girl with All the Gifts by M R Carey

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

You by Caroline Kepnes

Let the Right Ones In by John Ajvide Linqvist

Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink

Southern Reach Trilogy/Area X by Jeff Vandermeer

Ballad of Black Tom (Novella) by Victor LaValle

Graphic Novels of Junji Ito

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Welcome to Recently Returned, a Wyndham City Libraries podcast about books and literature. In this first episode, librarian Kirsty introduces the series before we play the audio from a Live with the Librarians panel recorded on April 5 2019.  Live with the Librarians  is a quarterly Facebook livestream with a panel of librarians chatting about what they've read and are looking forward to next. To see all Live with the Librarians sessions, visit our Facebook page @LibrariesInWyndham or our website. 

Visit the library website to download the Live with the Librarians episode transcript