Synopsis
Podcasts from the Gwinnett County Public Library
Episodes
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Spill Lit Episode 50: Worth Writing Homecoming
25/09/2023 Duration: 34minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty for the last time as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Black Queen by Jumata Emill. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org for book recommendations or tell us what you liked about our show. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 49: Food for Thought
11/09/2023 Duration: 31minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Café con Lychee by Emery Lee. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 48: Outwit, Outlast, Outread
28/08/2023 Duration: 43minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss No Accident by Laura Bates. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 47: Stab You in the Back to School Pt 2
14/08/2023 Duration: 42minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Promise Boys by Nick Brooks. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 46: Not the Same Old Story
31/07/2023 Duration: 42minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. Simon Teen's R&J Retelling List Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 45: Opening Pages
17/07/2023 Duration: 52minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Davenports by Krystal Marquis. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Spill Lit Episode 44: Oh Say, Can You Read?
03/07/2023 Duration: 38minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Swing by Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!
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Flip the Library: Getting to Know the Five Forks Branch
26/06/2023 Duration: 32minThe Five Forks branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library opened in 1995. A 2012 renovation included the TechStudio, which was the precursor to the Learning Labs, which are now at nine of Gwinnett library branches. In this episode, hosts Steve and Melissa welcome staff from the Five Forks branch to tell us all about their branch, their community, and the work that they do.
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Spill Lit Episode 43: Book Your Trip
19/06/2023 Duration: 35minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!
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Spill Lit Episode 42: Saw It in a Book
05/06/2023 Duration: 37minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Lumberjanes created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooke Allen, and ND Stevenson. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!
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Flip the Library: 2023 Summer Reading Challenge - Camp Kindness
29/05/2023 Duration: 38minGwinnett County Public Library uses the Summer Reading Challenge to keep our community engaged with reading over the summer months by encouraging them to set challenging reading goals, attend fun educational programming, and earn awesome badges and prizes! The Ken Scott Comedy Magic Show is the kick-off program for the Library’s 2023 Summer Reading Challenge, and in this episode of the podcast, hosts Steve and Melissa welcome both Ken and the Library’s Youth Services Manager Patty Reeber!
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Spill Lit Episode 41: Reading In-Tents
22/05/2023 Duration: 42minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Counselors by Jessica Goodman. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!
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Spill Lit Episode 40: More to the Story
08/05/2023 Duration: 41minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the 2023 Summer Reading Challenge!
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Flip the Library: Career Online High School
01/05/2023 Duration: 37minGwinnett County Public Library offers access to Career Online High School, which helps qualified learners looking to earn a high school diploma and advance their careers.
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Spill Lit Episode 39: No Mythtakes!
24/04/2023 Duration: 45minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Author Talk!
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Authors Annotated 12: Daniel Immergluck
17/04/2023 Duration: 52minDaniel Immergluck is the author of Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First-Century Atlanta
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Spill Lit Episode 38: April Fools!
10/04/2023 Duration: 38minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book. Click here for more details about the Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro Author Talk!
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Flip the Library: Gardening at the Library
03/04/2023 Duration: 31minPlanting, tending, and cultivating a garden is a popular pastime in the Gwinnett County community, and the library has offered related programming for many years. In this episode, we talk with a number of staff members who are offering these programs, including this year’s Garden Fest!
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Spill Lit Episode 37: March Magic
27/03/2023 Duration: 38minJoin our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.
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Authors Annotated 11: Lynn Cullen Returns
21/03/2023 Duration: 16minOn today's episode, we welcome Lynn Cullen, national bestselling author of the historical novels The Sisters of Summit Avenue, Twain’s End, Mrs. Poe, Reign of Madness, and I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter. Her newest book, The Woman with the Cure, follows the life of Dr. Dorothy Horstmann, who paved the way for the polio vaccine.