In this month's episode we dive into a selection of Sci Fi stories from celebrated author Ken Liu and we chat to local artist, broadcaster and disability advocate Warren Lorham about his passions and work with Voice At The Table. We review the movie The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill and The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein and check out some features from our Kanopy streaming movie Collection, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives and BabaKiueria.

Fire up your taste buds in this episode as we discuss Salt Fat Acid Heat: mastering the elements of good cooking by Samin Nosrat.

We also interview Children and Youth Services Librarian Sara about the challenges of creating diverse collections for the community and her favourite Young Adult and Children's reads. We get some great recommendations for readers who enjoy Suspense, Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure and Crime and finally we review adult graphic novel Y : The Last Man series and the DVD Mary Shelley.

In this episode we bookchat about adult graphic novel Rat Queens volumes one and two and explore the features of this genre. We also interview local visual artist Shegofa Rahimi about her work and inspirations for her art. We review the novel An American Marriage by Tayari Jones and bring in the Year of the Ox with The Complete Guide to Chinese Horoscopes by Weijan Zheng. Finally, we chat with one of our Librarians who has a great list of suggested reading for a reader who likes Historical Fiction, Classics, Mystery and World Stories with a bit of Action and Fantasy thrown in.

In this episode, we bookchat about the Godmother, an award-winning crime novel by Hannelore Cayre and we discuss the new look Library website and catalogue with the Content Management Librarian.

We review dystopian novel The Mother Fault by Kate Mildenhall and the graphic novel The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and we chat with one of our Librarians about the importance of promoting new and emerging authors.

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In this episode we Bookchat about ‘Such a Fun age’, a page-turning satire by Kiley Reid, we discuss how items are purchased for the Library and how the community can suggest items to purchase.

We review YA novel They both die in the End and fantasy novel The house in the Cerulean Sea as part of the Unwrapped festival, and we give a Bookmatch suggested reading list for someone who likes, Thriller, Biography, Horror and Historical Fiction.

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