Gwinnett County Public Library

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they take a deep dive on the works of David Levithan. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Polly J. Price is an award-winning legal historian and Professor of Law and Global Health at Emory University. She is the author of the new book, Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America, which is a narrative history of America through major outbreaks. The book examines how law and government affected the outcome of the epidemics that struck America, and how those outbreaks have in turn shaped our government. 

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they share some of their favorite books featuring Latinx authors, topics, and award winning titles. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Jason DiFranco is the Director of Development and Community Partnerships at Gwinnett County Public Library. One of the projects he has been working on is gathering support for the restoration of the historic Hooper-Renwick building, which housed Gwinnett County’s only high school for Black children until desegregation in 1968. The building will be converted into a 25,000-square-foot museum and house Gwinnett County Public Library’s new Lawrenceville branch. Hooper-Renwick Legacy Preservation Committee chair and vice-chair Theresa Bailey and Joyce Moore also join the podcast to talk more about this important project and their place in its history. 

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they take a deep dive on the works of Maggie Stiefvater. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Alex Robson is the author of The Freedom Cards: 15 Years Fighting to Understand Freedom and is an assistant principal at Gwinnett County Public Schools. Robson is joined in conversation with Kolinda Scialabba, the Content and Creative Services Coordinator with Gwinnett County Public Schools. 

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they share some thrilling titles with a back to school theme. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Libraries are not only a great place to feed your mind, but you can also feed your body! In this episode, Gwinnett County Public Library staff define culinary literacy, discuss the library's cookbook collection, and go over the library's in-person and virtual programming and services, including Healthy Meals on a Budget, Pantry Cooking, Cooking With Kids, and Family Cooking Camp (all found on the library's online event calendar)! 

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.  For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Dr. Scott Williamson is the Robert H. Walkup Professor of Theological Ethics at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the author of The Narrative Life: The Moral and Religious Thought of Frederick Douglass. 

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Electric Kingdom by David Arnold.  For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Designed for adults and older teens with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Gwinnett County Public Library’s Open Your World Book Club welcomes readers and aspiring readers to join together for reading, listening, and discussion of one book over the course of each 6-8 week session.

Join our hosts Katharine, Patty, and special guest host, Erin, as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott and share some of their favorite books from local high school required summer reading lists. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Lynn Cullen's novel Mrs. Poe was named a Book of the Week by People Magazine, an NPR Great Read, an Indie Next List selection, Oprah Book of the Week, and Best Book of the Year by Atlanta Magazine. Twain's End was a People Magazine Book of the Week.  Her novels have been translated into seventeen languages and she has appeared on PBS American Masters. Her newest novel, The Sisters of Summit Avenue is a moving and heartfelt tribute to mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere. In this episode, she discusses her early memories of libraries, her writing process, why she likes writing about strong women throughout history, and her upcoming book, The Woman with the Cure.

On June 18, 1990, the new Lawrenceville Branch of the Gwinnett County Public Library opened, measuring almost 30,000 square feet, including space for the library’s administrative offices. In this episode, staff members from the Lawrenceville Branch staff chat about the branch, its programs and services, and the community it serves. 

Unfortunately we do not have a new episode for you today. We were unable to record the episode due to a fire/HVAC issue in our building! Check back on July 18th for our next episode that will cover both American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott and our required reading segment where Sarah, Patty, and I each take a look at some of the summer required reading titles from our local high schools. Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and 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.

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they share some of their favorite books featuring LGBTQ+ authors, topics, and award winning titles. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Authors Annotated is a Gwinnett County Public Library podcast, where we chat with authors about their work, their creative processes, and their love of libraries. Martin Padgett has written books, features, product reviews, and news for 30 years and is the author of A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution. He earned his MFA in narrative nonfiction writing from the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. He was named a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow. He is a PhD candidate in History at Georgia State University. Marty lives in Pensacola Beach with his husband, their cat, and an overflowing file of future story ideas.

Join 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 novel A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist! 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.

Learn about the Early Education Library Associates (EELAs), who are in charge of programming and outreach for kids from birth to age 5 at Gwinnett County Public Library!