A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

"There's probably NOT going to be another crazy Corn/Clown Cult this time..." That's just one direct quote from the episode you're about to listen to! We're discussing the ins and outs of Tabletop RPGs! We'll discuss our current bi-monthly Middle Grade Table Top RPG Group, but also our upcoming quarterly Teen RPG Group, which launches in October! We're also teasing an upcoming episode in which our...

This week, our Romance Reading Panel returns to discuss their favorite and least-favorite tropes that appear across a variety of romance novels! Keen ears will be able to pull a lot of excellent reading recommendations from their lively discussion! Plus, we have an announcement about our upcoming Romance Book Club, which officially launches in October! 

This week, we're chatting with em dickson, author of Beyond They/Them: 20 Influential Nonbinary and Gender-Diverse People You Should Know , illustrated by Cameron Mukwa.  Turns out em went to college with our Podcast's cohost Mary Grahame, over at Simmons University in Boston; you'll get a lot of their charming history together, including Mary Grahame's path to becoming a Youth Librarian and em's...

This week, we have an energized panel discussing a wide range of topics related to the romance genre! This is all building up to some big news, actually: we're start hosting monthly Romance Book Club meetings beginning in October! Also, for the first time, we'll be assembling a separate section of fiction dedicated entirely to the genre! Tune in! 

Here are some things we know to be true: 1.) The Detroit Institute of Arts is simply a gem of a cultural destination and community resource that enlightens, educates, enriches, and entertains the tri-county Metro area and beyond! 2.) Their incredible exhibition, Painted with Silk, just closed last week, spanning the art of early American Embroidery from the 1600s up into the 1830s, just one of man...

Award-winning singer/songwriter, musician & poet Carolyn Striho will be here at the Ferndale Library on June 18 for a live performance in our courtyard to kick off our annual Summer Concert Series! Visit https://www.carolynstriho.com to find more information about this incredible artist, previous albums, songs, and her poetry collection , Detroit Maiden Energy.  Featured music in this episode,...

This week, we're getting nostalgic AND providing some reading recommendations! It's our podcast's annual Summer Reading Spectacular! We're talking about books that we have fond memories of reading during the summers of our past, as well as particularly fond memories tied to the Summer Reading Programs hosted by the public libraries we attended as kids/teens!    Correction: We discuss the 2024 book...

Michigan Author and poet Linda Nemec Foster joins us to cap off Poetry Month and discuss her latest book, The Lake Huron Mermaid, with Anne-Marie Oomen; recently released on WSU Press.   https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814347416/   https://www.lindanemecfoster.com/works/the-lake-huron-mermaid/   https://anne-marieoomen.com/   https://lafontsee.com/artist/meridith-ridl  

The Library of Michigan is the state library of the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the state capital, Lansing. It is housed in the 5-story Michigan Library and Historical Center building. Our guest, Adam Oster, is the Community Engagement Librarian for the Library of Michigan. Adam holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Grand Valley State University with a minor in Political Science and Seco...

This week, our staff discuss their passion for the fiber arts, from crochet to knitting to cross-stitch and beyond! We have plenty of resources here at the library that you can check out to get started on your crafting journey, but our panelists also provide some pointers and some charming banter! Don't forget to join us on April 24 for the Opening Reception of FiberClub's Group Show, Material Mot...

The Verse for Now is the ninth book from poet Jacqueline Suskin. This meditative collection asks us to accept ourselves as planetary, at once vast and cosmic, while equally small and animal. The Detroit-based poet and educator will be celebrating the launch of her latest book on Earth Day, April 22, at 27th Letter Books! Suskin has appeared on this podcast once before, back in late 2023; she's bee...

This week, we're chatting with Katie Shulman, founder of Fiber Club*, a network of artists and creative practitioners working in Southeast Michigan, joined here by one of the community's key administrators, Jessica Paruch! Both of these artists joined us to talk about an upcoming Group Show featuring Fiber Club Members, hosted here at the Ferndale Library, titled Material Motives! The Opening Rece...

This week, our Youth Librarians will shift and relabel their Nonfiction section as we switch from the Dewey Decimal System to the new Ferndale-METIS system! This change is only effecting nonfiction books in the Kids Corner, but it was quite a "journey." Tune in to hear the whole story! 

This week, our panelists are simply discussing what they've read lately, what they're currently reading, AND what they're looking forward to reading! March is National Reading Month and your library is here to help with some enticing recommendations! 

Kanopy is an on-demand streaming video platform for public and academic libraries that offers films, TV shows, educational videos and documentaries. This week, our staff are talking about the wonders of Kanopy, recent films they've watched, and how you can get started streaming at home with your library card! 

This week, we're chatting with Stefanie Black, the Marketing Coordinator at the Grand Ledge Area District Library.  https://gladl.org/   Providing community support & enrichment through books, movies, music, electronic resources, and more Meanwhile, Stefanie is also a crafty artist creating plush creatures, enamel pins, stickers, and more, with Creepy Kawaii! https://creepykawaii.com/  

March is National Reading Month! A time to cross off some of your long-held reading goals, like, say, finishing a door stopper! Today, we're talking about books with formidable page counts and how to not let them intimidate you! 

It's our ongoing miniseries, featuring voices & personalities from public libraries all across Michigan! This week, we've turned the spotlight on us--the Ferndale Library--as we interview our new Director, Drew Macaulay, who's had quite a journey, career-wise, to wind up here in library world! 

We're talking all about opera on the podcast this week! But, for those who haven't ever fully immersed themselves in this age-old art form, we'll spotlight two particular operas that could serve as potent gateway/introductions, including Don Giovanni and Carmen! We'll also talk about how you can learn more about opera at your local library, of course! 

It's the latest installment in our ongoing Library Spotlight series, aka "Cool Library People," where we bring you interviews with a variety of staff members from libraries across the state of Michigan. This week, we're chatting with librarian Storm Hawthorn from the East Lansing Public Library, currently serving as that community's Teen Services and School Liaison Librarian! alittletooquiet.podbe...

Tune in to our podcast this week for an interview with local author Kelly J. Baptist. One of Baptist's recent books, 'Eb & Flow,' was selected for this year's Battle of the Books, where Ferndale Upper Elementary Fifth-Graders form teams to compete in a trivia-style tournament answering questions about the books they've read! Baptist was raised in Detroit and currently resides on the west side...

This week on the podcast, come along with staff on comical (mis)adventures as they play GOBLIN ERRANDS: it's a short role-playing game as three goblins (and one "tall person") simply trying to complete seemingly mundane tasks! You'll also hear information about our bi-monthly RPG Group!      

Continuing our "Cool Library People" mini-series, in which we introduce you to a variety of library workers from across the state of Michigan! This week on the podcast, the spotlight is on Troy Public Library with Director Emily Dumas! alittletooquiet.podbean.com              

This isn't a test, you can totally copy from our lists! Get some recommendations from our staff when we reveal our "To Be Read" lists for 2025, i.e., books we're looking forward to reading in the New Year!   The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Jonathan Strange and Mr....

It's the last episode of the year! We're catching up on the books we're currently reading and previewing an upcoming change to the organizational layout of items in the Kids Corner!