For the Love of Books

Chasing Waterfalls | Bea's Books

This week on our podcast, Jennie and Pari are back with another Bea's Books edition episode. Their challenge or theme from Bea this time was Chasing Waterfalls.

Catch the episode to once again find out how Jennie and Pari meet that theme. It's time to give this podcast a little TLC and grab the headphones.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Great Bookish Menu Returns

With the summer arriving, libraries start to turn their attention to summer reading challenges. This year, it’s not just all about the children though. Some of our library members may remember in the not too distant past we ran an adult summer reading challenge called Great Bookish Menu.

We are excited to be bringing the Great Bookish Menu back for 2024.

Listen in as our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, gives you a run-through about what the challenge is and gives you some suggestions for titles to help you complete the challenge.

Want to get in early and sign up for the challenge? Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3KwxTFu

Keep us up to date on your challenge progress too using #GreatBookishMenu. 

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback on our podcast using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Oooooh Sparkly | Bea's Books

After a technical hitch with their last recording, Jennie and Pari are back with a new episode of Bea's Books. This episode, Bea's theme and challenge was 'Oooooh Sparkly'. Who doesn't love sparkles? But how will Jennie and Pari match that up to the books they've been reading?

If you've been listening to Bea's Books episodes in the past, you'll know they'll manage to figure a, sometimes imaginative, way to get the books they've read to complete the challenge. 

Listen in to see what books they suggest and see if any of them might make it on your to-read list.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Real Gone Kid with Kate Fridriks

At North Lanarkshire Libraries, we love a local novel. That's exactly what Real Gone Kid by Kate Fridriks is. Set around the Ravenscraig area in the 1980's, it's a novel that a lot of our members will find instantly recognisable in scene, tone, themes and lifestyle.

Our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, caught up with the author Kate Fridriks to find out about the inspiration behind the book and to discover a little a bit more about Kate herself as well as her lead character Aileen. 

Real Gone Kid is available for loan or reserve with our libraries so if this podcast inspires you to want to pick it up, just ask on your next visit to your local library.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback on our podcast using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too. 

Our main podcast episodes and Bea's Books edition have switched places for one week following a technical glitch, but Bea's Books will be back next week.

Murder on the Orient Express | That Didn't Happen in the Book!

Ready for our new That Didn't Happen in the Book episode? 

Join our hosts Andrew and local author Kirkland Ciccone as they discuss the differences between Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express with various adaptations through the years. 

If you've listened to the first That Didn't Happen in the Book, you'll know there will be a lot of laughs along the way.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #ThatDidn'tHappenFLB or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd appreciate a rating too.

Celebrate Bookbug Week

It's a special week in libraries this week because it's... Bookbug Week. 

We've made this special episode of For the Love of Books to celebrate all things Bookbug. Our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson, caught up with four of our fantastic Bookbug Leaders to find out why libraries love the programme so much, and to find out if there's more to it than just singing nice songs and rhymes in the library.

He's joined by Susan, Jean, Fraser and Lindsay from Wishaw Library to find out all about it.

Keep listening to the end as well for a special ending featuring their favourite songs and rhymes.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback on our podcast using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Lucky Numbers | Bea's Books

Join us as Jennie and Pari take on another theme from Bea in today's Bea's Books Edition.

This week's theme is Lucky Numbers - books can have a lot of ways of involving numbers, whether it's the story itself, the book with chapters and pages and much more. 

But Jennie and Pari are sure to provide an unexpected twist to hit the theme. 

Listen in to see what books they suggest and see if any of them might make it onto your to-read list.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Breezy with Kirsty Malone

Join our E-Services Librarian, Chris Wilson as he chats with North Lanarkshire author Kirsty Malone about her debut children's picture book - Breezy the Windy Kitty.

Kirsty tells us about her, including some fantastic charity work, and hilarious fails in attempts and making freebies for children at book events as well as, of course, all about the star of her book - Breezy.

Since recording, a few copies have already hit our shelves, so if you and your little ones want to discover more about Breezy, you can reserve a copy now.

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback on our podcast using #FLBpodcast or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Space | Bea's Books

Our podcast returns with a new Bea's Books edition where Bea has challenged Jennie and Pari with the theme of Space. 

It's a wide-open theme and which can allow for a lot of different ways of looking at it, and Jennie and Pari have found some fantastic books to hit the mark. 

Listen in to see if you can find the book that you really must pick up from our shelves the next time you visit your local library. 

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #BeasBooks or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd always appreciate a rating too.

Carrie | That Didn't Happen in the Book!

It's time to catch our first episode of the new feature in our For the Love of Books podcast - That Didn't Happen in the Book.

Our hosts Andrew and local author Kirkland Ciccone are having a look at some well-known books and their movie adaptations to see what the differences are as well as a meander of movie trivia and chat along the way.

With this introduction episode, Andrew and Kirkland focus on Stephen King's Carrie. 

Don't forget you can leave us some feedback using #FLBpodcast or #ThatDidntHappenFLB or by emailing librarypodcast@northlan.gov.uk. On podcast platforms that allow ratings, we'd appreciate a rating too.