Toot Hill Library Podcast

In this episode, Claire and Sophie interview author Brian Conaghan!

Questions below:

Thank you for visiting us Brian and we cannot wait for your future book!
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In this episode Claire & Sophie recap on the big events that happened this week including the Sleigh Debate, Student Librarian Christmas Bonanza, and Brian Conaghan's author talk.

They then talk about the books they have taken home for Christmas:

Then Claire reviews 'Mud' by Emily Thomas (10.37)

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In this episode Claire & Sophie recap on the big events that happened last week including Heat 1 of the ESU debate, a webinar with Manjeet Mann, creating the Reading Week advert and fake Ben Davies.

They then review their books from 8.20

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In this episode, Claire and Sophie chat about the countdown to Christmas! They have lots of activities going on. They chat about their Christmas display, scavenger hunt, raffle and movie night! They then talk about upcoming events including;

At 9.05 they jump into their book reviews!

Shoutout to Taran Mathieu at (15.51)

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In this podcast, Claire & Sophie interview French and Spanish teacher Ms Graham. She discusses the following information:

 She then reviews what she's been reading - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (8.30)
 
 Finally some great tips on studying languages! (10 mins)
 
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 ALSO sorry for the poor audio quality during this recording. The heating played havoc with the audio...

In this episode, Claire and Sophie discuss their relationship with reading over the years and how it has changed. They also discuss how working in a library has altered their reading culture. We hope you enjoy this personal podcast to celebrate our 100th episode!!! Thank you to all our listeners! Please share our podcast so we can continue to reach listeners and grow the reading network.

We then review our books:

Thank you for listening to our 100th episode and feel free to let us know you relationship with reading over on our twitter @lounge_learning.

In this episode, Claire & Sophie discuss why there has been a podcast hiatus. Then they get stuck into the new Book Trust pack and explore the new classics on offer!

They then review what books they have been reading!

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In this episode, Claire & Sophie go through their 50 Fab Fiction picks! Every year they create a 50 fab fiction list of the best books they have read this year. In this podcast we discuss the following books & authors:

Then at (10.05) we discuss our fav LGBTQ+ reads including: 'The Falling in Love Montage' by Ciara Smyth, 'The Quiet at the End of the Universe' by Lauren James, 'Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World' by Ashley Herring Blake, 'You Should see me in a Crown' by Leah Johnson, 'Cinderella is Dead' by Kalynn Bayron and 'Wranglestone' by Darren Charlton.

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They then review the books they have just read:

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In this episode, Claire & Sophie discuss organising competitions which you can run in your library. They mention the launch of their Toot Hill Reader Challenge and they talk about their Big Draw Competition 2021.This year they are focusing the Big Draw on themes of Homelessness to tie into the Year 7 book they bought, 'Cardboard Cowboys' by Brian Conaghan. 

Book Reviews:

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In this episode, Claire & Sophie chat about all the stuff they have been up to this week, including the introduction of extended study, our new peer reading scheme and our love of Laburnum Book Boxes. We also mention the English Speaking Union, Barrington Stoke, Alan Gratz & Booktrust.

We then review our books from 8.14

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