As you probably know, CMLE has a library training podcast called Linking Our Libraries. We have so enjoyed chatting with our member Guest Hosts and discussing library topics. When people talk with us about this podcast, they mention that one of their favorite segments in each episode is when we talk about the books we are reading.
That’s understandable, because we are book-loving library people!
So we decided to add a second podcast, this one all about books! It will be called Books and Beverages. The idea is two-fold.
- First: we want to have fun chatting about books. To guide each discussion, we are establishing a weekly theme. We are excited to talk about some of our favorite genres, and to learn more about ones we are not as familiar with!
- Second: we do like to provide some educational content to our work. So this podcast will also help library people in their Reader’s Advisory work! If you don’t do that – no worries. We will be talking about fun stuff; but there will also be material available on our website to help you learn more about RA work, and about each week’s genre in specific.
Our goal is for this podcast to be like a fun book group. To make sure we have a variety of opinions and book choices, we’re inviting guests to be part of each episode! See our contact form below for genres we will be discussing. We’ll talk about favorite books, what we like/dislike about the genre, and share book suggestions.
To add in a bit of fun, we’ll also discuss what beverage we’d be drinking while we read a particular genre. And yes, we will include recipes on the episode’s page, so you can grab your beverage when you listen along with us! (Example: drinking tea while discussing British literature, eggnog while discussing holiday books, or Cosmos while talking Romance!)
Books. Beverages. Libraries. What could be better?
Our first episode will drop Tuesday, October 17. In the meantime, keep listening to our Linking Our Libraries episodes, dropping every Thursday morning!