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Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair
Guest: Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
Guest: John Kofron, Youth and Teen Library Services Manager, Pequot Library
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This episode is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2025 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
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Library Staff Favorite Books for 2024:
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
James by Percival Everett
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena
Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
A Rover's Story by Jasmine Warga
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
The Backyard Bird by Amy Tan
How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Librarian
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Leslie Hagel, Adult Servies Librarian
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty (selected twice!)
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Long Island by Colm Toibin
The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia by Juliet Grames
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian
This Book Will Make You An Artist by Ruth Millington and Ellen Surrey
Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan
Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Coordinator
A Murder Most French: American in Paris Mystery, Book 2 by Colleen Cambridge
A Fashionably French Murder (An American in Paris Mystery Book 3) (coming in April)
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel (Secret Projects Book 1) Book 1 by Brandon Sanderson and Howard Lyon
The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) Book 2 by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
After Oz by Gordon McAlpine
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
Scott Jarzombek, Town Librarian
The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Woods Branch
Children's Librarian and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara:
Detective Beans: and the Case of the Missing Hat Hardcover by Li Chen
This Land: The History of the Land We Are On by Ashley Fairbanks
Looking forward to:
Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies by Megan McDonald
Your Places Series by Jon Klassen
Stefanie:
The Fairy Tale Fan Club: Legendary Letters Collected by C.C. Cecily by Richard Ayoade ill. David Roberts
Doctor Fairytale by Catherine Jacob, ill. Hoang Giang
Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts by Syl Sobel
Looking forward to:
Keeper of the Lost Cities – Unraveled by Shannon Messenger
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell
Emily:
Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn
The Happy Shop by Brittany Long Olsen
Scare School Diaries: Welcome to Scare School by Jarrett Lerner
Looking forward to:
Scare School Diaries: Forest Frights by Jarrett Lerner
Best Wishes: Like a Boss by Sarah Mlynowski and Hena Khan, ill. Jennifer Bricking
The Bad Guys in One Last Thing by Aaron Blabey
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services, and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Mary:
Maria by Michelle Moran
The Days I Loved You Most by Amy Neff
In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
The Cliffs by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Stolen Child by Ann Hood
also mentioned:
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg
Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty
Jen:
None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Powerless by Lauren Roberts
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park
Elaine:
James by Percival Everett
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Philip (up and coming):
Our Evenings by Alan Holinghurst
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
Rough Pages by Lev AC Rosen
When the World Tips Over by Jandy Nelson
The Last Dream by Pedro Almodovar
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Jessica Stevens, Adult Services Branch Librarian, Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan:
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
The Yankee Way: the untold inside story of the Brian Cashman era by Andy Martino
Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: a history by William Alexander
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris
The Book of Fire by Christy Lefteri
Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
A Daughter of Fair Verona by Christina Dodd
Jessica:
The Witches of Bellinas by J. Nicole Jones
Once Upon A Time by Elizabeth Beller
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
She’s not Sorry by Mary Kubica
Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Bébé day by day : 100 keys to French parenting by Pamela Druckerman
Leslie:
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Roley
The Same Bright Stars by Ethan Joella
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (current audio)
The Singer Sisters by Sarah Seltzer
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
The Sequel by Jean Hanff (talked about with Jess)
Philip
Karma: My Autobiography by Boy George
After Oz by Gordon McAlpine
Lark Ascending by Silas House
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Sue:
THE GARDEN TOURIST: 120 DESTINATION GARDENS AND NURSERIES IN THE NORTHEAST by Jana Milbocker
D-DAY-THE UNHEARD TAPES by Geraint Jones
NORMANDY '44: D-DAY AND THE EPIC 77-DAY BATTLE FOR FRANCE by James Holland
THE STONE WITCH OF FLORENCE by Anna Rasche
Due out in October
AFTER OZ by Gordon McAlpine COMING AUGUST 6, 2024
BEAR by Julia Phillips COMING JUNE 25 2024
DISAPPEARING EARTH- also by Julia Phillips
THE WIDE WIDE SEA by Hampton Sides April 2024
Other titles:
On Desperate Ground, In the Kingdom of Ice, Blood and Thunder, and Ghost Soldiers
THE HUNTER'S DAUGHTER by Nicola Solvinic
Out May 14, 2024
MURDER AT AN IRISH CHIPPER by Carlene O’Connor
Out February 2024 #10 in Irish Village Mystery Series
A MURDER MOST FRENCH by Colleen Cambridge
Out in April An American in Paris #2
Led me to…
WINE AND WAR: WINE AND WAR: THE FRENCH, THE NAZIS, AND THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE'S GREATEST TREASURE Don Kladstrup
INCIDENTS AROUND THE HOUSE by Josh Malerman
out June 25, 2024
bestselling author of Bird Box
LOOKING FORWARD TO:
THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny October 29
BLOOD LIKE MINE by Stuart Neville August 6
author of The Ghosts of Belfast. Also writes as Haylen Beck.
THE LIFE IMPOSSIBLE : A NOVEL by MATT HAIG
ON SALE DATE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ KLUNE SERIES: CERULEAN CHRONICLES (#2)
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Claudia:
American Mother by Colum McCann & Diane Foley
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
Twilight Garden by Sara Nisha Adams
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton
Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
The Comfort of Ghosts by Jacqueline Winspear
Philip:
In Tongues by Thomas Grattan
Wildful by Kengo Kurimato
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara
Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs by Heather L. Montgomery
One Day This Tree Will Fall by Leslie Barnard Booth
The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly
Looking forward to:
The Infinity Rainbow Club Series (3 in a series) by Jen Malia and Peter Francis
Stefanie
The Sixth Extinction (young readers adaptation): An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum and Marta Sevilla
Piano Wants to Play by Colleen Kong-Savage
Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo and Carmen Mok
Looking forward to:
The Curious Why (The Magical Yet, 2) by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez
Emily
Dogtown by Gennifer Choldenko and Katherine Applegate
Wildful by Kengo Kurimoto
Rise of the Green Flame: A Branches Book (Kwame's Magic Quest #1) by Bernard Mensah and Natasha Nayo
Looking forward to:
Emily's Cupcake Magic! (1) (Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch) Book 1 of 2: Cupcake Diaries: The New Batch by Coco Simon and Manuela Lopez
The One and Only Family by Katherine Applegate
Karen's Sleepover: A Graphic Novel (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #8) (Baby-Sitters Little Sister Graphix) by Ann M. Martin and Katy Farina
Summer Reading coming soon!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and OBOT Co-chair
Guest: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and OBOT Co-chair
Guest: Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian and OBOT Reading Committee Member
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month is all about our One Book One Town (OBOT) selection for 2024: Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley.
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
Fairfield Public Library
Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, and Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences by Jedidiah Jenkins
Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel by Benjamin Stevenson
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
The Lioness of Boston by Emily Franklin
Mary Coe:
The Hunter by Tana French (also talked about the 1st book in the series, The Searcher)
The Official MIND Diet by Dr. Martha Claire Morris and Laura Morris
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
The Fury by Alex Michaelides
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
Amy Peck:
Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping The Future Of Our Planet by Ben Goldfarb
Flight Paths: How A Passionate And Quirky Group Of Pioneering Scientists Solved The Mystery Of Bird Migration by Rebecca Heisman
A Wing And A Prayer: The Race To Save Our Vanishing Birds by Anders Gyllenhaal and Beverly Gyllenhaal
Philip Bahr:
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: All Podcast Staff.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month everyone connected with the podcast shares their favorites reads for 2023.
Susan Balla, Senior Circulation Manager
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian:
Big by Vashti Harrison
Simon sort of says by Erin Bow
Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James
Jessica Stevens:
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services
20 Questions by Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson
Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow
Spy School Goes North by Stuart Gibbs
Opinions and Opossums by Ann Braden
Emily Muller, Children's Services Librarian
The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass
Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly
Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
Book Club Hotel by Sara Morgan
Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services
Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper
The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradel
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergshese
Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
The Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
All CT Reads: sites.google.com/view/allctreads/
One Book One Town (OBOT): fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/OBOT/
Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services and Podcast Host
The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government by David K. Johnson
The Bell in the Fog (Andy Mills Book 2) by Lev AC Rosen
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being by Neil Theise
Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
Better Living through Birding by Christian Cooper
Scott C. Jarzombek, Town Librarian
The Lighthouse of Stalingrad: The Hidden Truth at the Heart of the Greatest Battle of World War II by Iain MacGregor
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Claudia Silk:
The Last Devil to Die (Thursday Murder Club book 4) by Richard Osman
The Well-Lived Life: A 102 Year Old Dr.'s Six Secrets to Health & Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey
xoxo Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
The Second Chance Year by Melissa Weisner (12/5/23 release date)
The Last Love Note by Emma Grey (1/24/23 release date)
Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
Elaine Barrie:
Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
The General and Julia by Jon Clinch (11/14/23)
Philip Bahr:
The Bell in the Fog by Lev LC Rosen
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian, Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Emma Jane Kennely for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Mary Coe:
A Life with Ghosts: true, terrifying, and insightful tales from my favorite haunts by Steve Gonsalves
Life with the Afterlife: 13 truths I learned about ghosts by Amy Bruni
And the Devil Shivered: a year in my life by Dustin Pari
Ghost Hunting: true stories of unexplained phenomena from the Atlantic Paranormal Society by Jasonn Hawes and Grant Wilson
All the Beauty in the World: the Metropolitan Museum of Art and me by Patrick Bringley
The Queen of Dirt Island by Donal Ryan
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin
Looking forward to:
After Annie by Anna Quindlen
The Hunter by Tana French
Susan Balla
The Caretaker: A Novel by Ron Rash
On Great Fields: The Life And Unlikely Heroism Of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain by Ronald C. White
The Bell In The Fog by Lev Ac Rosen
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
Mastering the Art of French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery) by Colleen Cambridge
Hallowe'en Party: Inspiration for the 20th Century Studios Major Motion Picture A Haunting in Venice (Hercule Poirot series Book 36) by Agatha Christie
How Can I Help You by Laura Sims
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night: A Novel by Sophie Hannah Book 5 of 5: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery
Leslie Hagel:
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
The September House by Carissa Orlando
Briefly, at end, The Night House by Jo Nesbo
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
Bright Lights, Big Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Emily Muller, Children's Librarian, and Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian.
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara Lyhne:
Stinkbird Has a Superpower by Jill Esbaum
Your One and Only Heart by Rajani LaRocca, M.D.
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohenn
Upcoming:
The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (The Bad
Guys #18) by Aaron Blabey
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death (Cat on the Run
#1) by Aaron Blabey
Emily Muller:
Best Wishes: The Sister Switch by Sarah Mlynowski and Debbie Rigaud, ill. Maxine Vee
Home Away From Home by Cynthia Lord
Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass, ill. Gabi Mendez
Upcoming:
The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown
Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian
Angus Is Here by Hadley Dyer
Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson
Rebel Girls minis
Upcoming:
new Percy Jackson
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian. Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
Block Party by Jamie Day
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donoghue
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
Finding Me by Viola Davis
Amy Peck:
Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man In the Natural World by Christian Cooper (June 2023)
Leader of the Pack : An Andy Carpenter Mystery [#10] by David Rosenfelt (July 2012)
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (May 2023)
The Heartbeat of the Wild: Dispatches From Landscapes Of Wonder, Peril and Hope by David Quammen (May 2023)
Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries Of Octopuses by David Scheel (June 2023)
Upcoming:
The Last Devil To Die : A Thursday Murder Club Mystery [#4] by Richard Osman (Sept 2023)
Leslie Hagel:
The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine 5/23/23
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis 6/12/23
Hedge by Jane Delury 6/6/23
The Only One Left by Riley Sager 6/20/23
The Woman in the Castello by Kelsey James 7/25/23
California Golden by Melanie Benjamin 8/8/23
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services and Elaine Barrie, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jennifer Laseman:
Warrior Girl on Earth by Angeline Boulley (author of Firekeeper's Daughter)
World Made of Glass by Ami Polonsky
The Davenports (The Davenports, #1) by Krystal Marquis
Spell Bound by F.T. Lukens
Elaine Barrie:
The Gifts by Liz Hyder
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (author of The Killers of the Flower Moon)
Next!: The Power of Reinvention in Life and Work by Joanne Lipman
Philip Bahr:
looking forward to four new books being released on June 6, 2023:
Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives by Amelia Possanza
The Last Gay Man on Earth by Ype Driessen
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul Rudnick
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Susan Balla, Circulation Manager, Linda Quinn, Adult Services Associate, and Claudia Silk, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Sue Balla:
A Most Tolerant Little Town: A Forgotten Story Of Desegregation In America by Rachel Louise Martin (June 2023)
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis (June 2023)
You Shouldn’t Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose (April 2023)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang (May 2023)
Phaedra by Laura Shepperson (Jan 2023)
The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny, And Murder by David Grann (April 2023)
The General And Julia by Jon Clinch (November 2023)
Linda Quinn:
Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan
Ms. Davis by Sybille Titeux de la Croix
The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams
What Remains by Wendy Walker
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Claudia Silk:
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt
The Little Italian Hotel by Phaedra Patrick
Five Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
Same Time Next Summer by Annabelle Monaghan
Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabelle Monaghan
Summer Stage by Meg Mitchell Moore
Philip Bahr:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read. Fairfield Public Library Fairfield, CT fairfieldpubliclibrary.org
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services Guests: Jan Fisher, Deputy Town Librarian, Amy Peck, Head of Technical Services, and Leslie Hagel, Adult Services Librarian Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Jan Fisher:
All That Is Mine I Carry With Me by William Landay
Beyond that, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
The Golden Spoon by Jessa Maxwell
The Private Lives of Public Birds: Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live by Jack Gedney
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
Amy Peck:
A Siege Of Bitterns (Birder Murder mysteries #1) by Steve burrows (2016)
Killers Of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn (2022)
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong (2022)
Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World By Christian Cooper (June, 2023)
Leslie Hagel:
Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
American Mermaid by Julia Langbein
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patty Callahan Henry
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
These are the ones I’m looking forward to reading:
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
The Senator’s Wife by Liv Constantine
Spectacular by Fiona Davis
We are honored that our 2023 One Book One Town (OBOT) title was written by a resident of Fairfield. This year’s OBOT selection is I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye by Ivan Maisel. It is an honest and emotionally deep memoir in which Ivan reflects on the loss of his dear son Max to suicide, the impact of grief on family and community, and the painful journey which brings Ivan to a place of seeing grief as an expression of love.
We are so fortunate to have Ivan and his wife Meg Murray with us for the podcast to focus on their journey as individuals, as a couple and as parents to their three children including Max. Please join us for a very special edition of Fairfield, What Are You Reading.
Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
OBOT Co-chair: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian,
Guests: Ivan Maisel, author, and his wife Meg Murray
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Tamara Lyhne, Head of Children's Services, Stefanie Bergstrom, Branch Children's Librarian, and Emily Muller, Children's Librarian
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
This month's FPL staff picks:
Tamara Lyhne:
Garvey in the Dark by Nikki Grimes
Capturing Cow Farts and Burps by Erin Twamley
Cooking with Chef Sloth (Part of the Animal Chef Series)
School Trip by Jerry Craft On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks
Stefanie Bergstrom:
Miles Lewis series – King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons, ill. Wayne Spencer
The Girl who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium by Jess Keating, ill. Michelle Mee Nutter
The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin
Emily Muller:
Mihi Ever After by Tae Keller, ill. Geraldine Rodríguez
Lily and the Night Creatures by Nick Lake, ill. Emily Gravett
Upcoming releases: The One and Only Ruby by Katherine Applegate
Fairfield Public Library's monthly podcast helps you find your next great read.
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Fairfield, CT
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Podcast host: Philip Bahr, Head of Adult Services
Guests: Mary Coe, Branch Reference Librarian and Jennifer Laseman, Head of Teen Services
Thanks to our podcast editor Max Berryman for making us sound great!
