The Bookmark

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

Shari Schawo is a trainer in the Learning Experiences department at the library. She is a lifelong reader who fell in love with audio books and digital books and enjoys helping library customers learn to use their various devices to access the library digital resources.

Why choose this topic?

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels. Fans of Jane Austen have continued writing and reading books that continue those stories, rework those stories in new ways, update or retell those stories, or otherwise provide endless variations on these classic characters and plots.

Find more Jane Austen variations and readalikes at these fan websites

• Austenprose.com
• Austenvariations.com
• Austenesquereviews.com
• Austenauthors.net

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

Stephanie Hall is the Learning Experiences Manager at the library. She is in charge of learning through play, which translates into fun. In her spare time Stephanie likes to get lost in books that she has a pretty good idea on how they are going to end, hence her love of romance novels.

Autumn Friedli is the Readers Team Supervisor at the library. Her job is to connect adult readers with GREAT books. She reads romance and thrillers and would even consider reading a romantic thriller. She mostly reads advanced readers copies so she can start creating a buzz for up and coming things.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2019 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

As the library’s communications editor, Ginger Park helps spread the word about books, events and other cool stuff happening at the library. She spends free time relaxing with her husband and dogs, and volunteering at the humane society. Check out her booklist.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2019 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

Marian Rakestraw is a writer and longtime fan of TSCPL who now lives in Liberty, Missouri. She has been a guest on the HUSH podcast before, on a You Made Me Read it episode for which she made Lissa and Miranda read The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. The highlight of her Shakespearean life was seeing Kenneth Branagh as Henry V with the Royal Shakespeare Company.  Check out her booklist.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2019 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

As library staff, Michelle Stottlemire spends most of her days traveling the county in a bookmobile or providing educational programs at area schools. In her off time she loves to learn about all kinds of topics: history, art, languages, crafting, and (most deliciously) international cuisine. Check out her booklist.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2019 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Complete show notes at http://tscpl.org/podcast

Zan Popp shares her recommendations of the Amelia Peabody mystery series by Elizabeth Peters, along with other historical and historical mystery series. Check out her booklist.

Zan Popp is the Curator of Exhibitions and has the amazing job of creating, building and presenting wonderful art exhibits  at the library's Alice C. Sabatini Art Gallery.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2019 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you! We also feature occasional episodes focused on the 2Book Topeka community reading selections, including this episode on The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America by Joe Posnanski.  

We chat with guest Dave Coleman about the positive influence of Buck O'Neil's life on other people, Buck O'Neil's passion for promoting the Negro Leagues, Posnanski's skill and talent as a storyteller and writer, and how talking about baseball connects us all.

Dave Coleman is a Public Services Specialist at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. He connects readers with books throughout the community.

According to Dave:  There is an old saying about sports, 'sports build a person’s character.' I agree with that statement, but want to take a step further and say that sports not only builds a person’s character, it also reveals one’s character. As Posnanski writes about his travels with O’Neil, each page is another lesson in a life well lived."

Read more of Dave Coleman's book recommendations in his booklist Heavy Hitters.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2018 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Welcome to the 2019 season of HUSH -- What I Read -- featuring recommendations from readers like you!

Debbie Stanton shares her recommendations of illustrated memoirs and autobiographical graphic novels.

Debbie Stanton is a Public Services Supervisor at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. She coaches the staff who work the front lines to help create amazing customer experiences. She is new to Topeka, but not new to librarianship or to sharing great book recommendations.

According to Debbie: "Graphic memoirs are illustrated accounts of a person's life told through their own words and their own drawings. These books are also called Illustrated Memoirs or Graphic Novel Autobiographies. For the sake of argument, I'm considering books that are 50%+ illustrated to be "Graphic." Graphic here just means illustrated or drawn usually, but not always, in comic book fashion (illustrated panels)."

Debbie's recommendation for finding graphic memoirs is "Just Grab!" Taking a giant stack of books home gives you lots of options to read and explore, and graphic memoirs and other titles in the graphic novel format read quickly, so don't be intimidated by bigger, longer books. Her annotated booklist will make it easy for you to Place a Hold on all of her recommendations.

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2018 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Kelli Smith, Megan Johnson, Autumn Friedli, Stephanie Hall, Miranda Ericsson, Lissa Staley and Thad Hartman from the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library discuss their favorite books from 2018 based on the Goodreads Choices Awards in this annual fan-favorite episode. 

Every three weeks, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2018 and participate in 2Book Topeka. 

• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].

Betty Jean Neal and Zan Popp from the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library join us to discuss the book Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear. We'll chat about World War I history, fiction set in that time, and the Over There exhibit in the Alice C. Sabatini Gallery of photographs of Americans in World War I support staff roles overseas.

Every three weeks in 2018, join librarian hosts Thad Hartman, Lissa Staley, and Miranda Ericsson with special guests from the library and community. Listeners are encourage to read along throughout 2018 and participate in Reading Around the World and 2Book Topeka. 

• Reading Around the World episodes feature recommendations for books from a region to help listeners explore reading selections from locations around the United States and the world.
• Special ” 2Book Topeka Book Club” episodes will discuss books from the library’s community reading program. 

If you have questions, comments or suggestions for future topics please comment on our blog posts or send us an email at [email protected].