On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is Laura Hyppolite, the author of a poetry anthology about culture, immigration, and identity called "Ordinary." Laura and her family immigrated from Haiti to America when she was eight years old and that experience helped inspire the poetry she finally gets to share with readers! She and I discuss poetry, writing, language learning, and swap some great book recommendations.  Laura Hyppolite's website and Instagram Purchase a copy of Ordinary Check out all the books we talked about on the book li ..read more

Welcome to this week’s dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm. Have you ever wondered who narrates your audiobooks? Well, today we get to talk to Paul Gewuerz about his experience doing just that. Then, a few years ago, Paul took his experience as a freelance audiobook narrator to start telling personalized stories through his business Made To Order Audio. We talked about audiobook narration, character voicing, telling stories, what non-fiction and historical fiction have to teach us, and what Paul enjoys listening to while renovating their 100-year-old home into a ..read more

Here to join us on this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm is Marcus Henson. Marcus is the host and producer of the Big Kids Book Club Podcast, where they are adults who talk about Middle Grade and YA books they love to read. We are so excited to be doing some collaboration between our two podcasts. He’ll share how the podcast got started and we’ll swap some great book recommendations. You can also tune into the March 17th episode to hear me give a guest mid-week review on The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and then March 26th I get to join Marcus ..read more

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, your host Laura shares her reading list from September 2021. She read a surprising amount of both middle grade books and non-fiction this month, as well as some more mysteries! Books from today's episode are on the Library Laura storefront on bookshop.org. Come tell us what you've read in September or if there's a book Laura read this month that now you want to read on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or on the Podcast Blog.  Also, this is an announcement that due to the upcoming birth of Baby Miller (and the ..read more

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is debut author Rab Ferguson. He's written a young adult climate change novel, Landfill Mountains, that blends all the coming-of-age and young love of YA with a bleak, futuristic landscape and eerie characters plucked straight from folktales. The result is an ode to the fragile beauty of our planet and the timeless art of oral storytelling. I first met Rab through the Big Kids Book Club Podcast, and today we have a great chat about storytelling and its role in his life and career, as well as what insp ..read more

Welcome to this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm. Today’s guest on The Library Laura Podcast is Carol Cujec, co-author of a new middle grade book called Real. She wrote the book with Peyton Goddard, whose own life is the inspiration for Charity's story. Peyton is autistic, and for the first 22 years of her life had no reliable way to communicate. She now communicates with what’s called supportive typing, and one of the first sentences she ever typed was “I am intelligent.”  She went on to graduate from college as valedictorian. Peyt ..read more

On this dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, Laura catches you up on her reading from December 2021 and January 2022. From year-end musings to ALA award winners, picture books to non-fiction there's a lot to catch up on.  Check out the #grownupspicturebookclub with @noextrawords on Instagram for February's book club pick, Unspeakable. Books from today's episode are on the Library Laura storefront on bookshop.org Follow the Library Laura Podcast on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and on the Podcast Blog.  ..read more

On this dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our Library Laura Podcast guest is author Kari Cope. She's recently written a book, There's Always Water in the Wilderness: A Close Look at the Biblical Motifs of Wells and Wildernesses. On today's episode, we chat about the writing process, Kari's reading life, what it means to closely read a text and why it's important when it is applied to reading Scripture, and swap some great book recommendations!  Find Kari at @cope.kari on Instagram and her email is Kari(at)karicope(dot)com. She'd love to hear from you. Bo ..read more

On this week's dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, podcast host Laura tells about all the books she read in August 2021. We've got loads of mysteries and fantasy this month, with some middle grade adventure and even some non-fiction thrown in for good measure.  Drop a comment and let me know what you've been reading lately! Or is there a book from this list that you're interested in reading? Books from today's episode are on the Library Laura storefront on bookshop.org Follow the Library Laura Podcast on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and on the Podcast Blo ..read more

On this week’s dose of book recommendations, library love, and literary enthusiasm, our guest is Nancy McConnell, the author of Into the Lion’s Mouth. It’s a middle grade historical fiction novel set in 1498 Venice. This is her debut novel but she has several other manuscripts in the works, including a graphic novel in collaboration with her daughter, Rebecca. She’s also a mother and an educator. We have a great conversation about her reading and writing life and swap some wonderful recommendations for both children and adult books.   Visit www.nancymcconnell.com or connect with ..read more