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Meghan F. caught up with Betty Culley about THE NAME SHE GAVE ME, a teen book written in verse which sees Rynn, an adoptive teen living on a garlic farm. Culley tells Meghan about the importance of telling the truth when writing an adoption story.
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Children’s Librarian Meghan F. chatted with Stacy Hackney about THE SISTERS OF LUNA ISLAND, a middle grade contemporary fantasy novel about three sisters with magical abilities, and Marigold, the youngest sister who is finding herself and her way while trying to break a centuries old curse.
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Meghan welcomes Newbery Award winning author Tae Keller to chat about her most recent middle grade novel JENNIFER CHAN IS NOT ALONE. Keller’s newest novel finds its protagonist dealing with alienation from her friends, while she wonders if we are alone in the universe.
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Author Erika Lewis took the time to chat with Meghan and Nathalie about the very first in the Kelcie Murphy series, a middle grade fantasy novel which sets Celtic Mythology within a magical academy — but the main characters are the misfits.
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Children’s Librarian Meghan catches up with author and Long Island Native Lisa Greenwald to discuss her love of middle grade literature — as well as one of the places dearest to Lisa’s heart which inspired some of her stories — her summer camp!
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Nickelodeon’s cartoons have defined a generation of fans — and we got to get up close and personal (over zoom) with Anna Lynn Martino, senior manager of the Nickelodeon Animation Archives and Library Resources. Anna Lynn treats our hosts to a small taste of the magic that takes place at her place of work. Who is your favorite Nicktoon? Spongebob, Invader Zim, Eliza Thornberry?
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Author Victoria (V.E. ) Schwab joined us from Edinburgh where she lives, to discuss The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and some of her own favorite reads (looking at you Neal Schusterman). We were also visited by a strange phantom that haunted the podcast with unexplained echoes on Victoria’s end.
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Brent Spiner — yes, THAT Brent Spiner — beams in from the Zoom Quadrant to chat about FAN FICTION, his hilarious “MemNoir” that matches true to life experiences with a wild fictional mystery which takes place on the set of STar Trek TNG in the 1990’s!
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We got a chance to chat with Madlyn Burkert, the Collections and Exhibitions Archivist at Lucasfilm Ltd. Madlyn took us on a “tour de force” of how she found herself on the path of a pop-culture archivist (shout out to L.I.U.), the challenges of providing reference for future projects, and so much more.
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Amber Benson zoomed in to talk about her several series written in the fantasy genre, and ended up hanging out to discuss the foresight of Octavia Butler, the congeniality of Merricat Blackwood — Shirley Jackson’s antihero, and how often Giles cleaned his glasses during her time on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Spoiler Alert! Merricat wasn’t so nice, but Amber is a delight.