A LITTLE TOO QUIET: THE FERNDALE LIBRARY PODCAST

Metro Detroit-based brother-duo Pancho Villa's Skull performs at the Ferndale Library on Friday, March 10 at 7:30 pm - Pancho Villa’s Skull was started by Tino Ybarra in 2011. While growing up in Pontiac, Michigan, Tino developed a love from Mariachi music through his grandfather on his mother's side who played trumpet in mariachi bands. He also, spent time in south Texas with his paternal grandfa...

We look back at 20 years' worth of Best Picture winners and nominees with film enthusiast/lecturer Greg Black. Greg will be HERE on March 7 for his annual Oscars Preview, looking at all of this year's Best Picture nominees.  https://www.fadl.org/oscars  

C.J. Box is an award-winning N.Y. Times Bestselling author, famous for his long-running Joe Pickett series about a Wyoming Game Warden. His latest is 'Storm Watch,' (out on 2/28) 

Today on the podcast, Rodi, Mary Grahame, Simon and Kricket discuss their favorite musicals, as well as some of their least favorites... This is all an early prelude to our eventual MUSICALS TRIVIA NIGHT, happening on April 10!  Titles discussed include: Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 Phantom of the Opera Les Miserables Phantom of the Paradise Pippen Hadestown Lion King Hamilton Spon...

Ahead of our upcoming Rom-Com Movie Trivia Night, here in Ferndale, we're having a panel discussion all about our favorite Rom-Coms! ( www.fadl.org/triva ) 

Our annual BAKE SALE is coming up on February 13! If you live in Ferndale and you want to sign up to bake, click here: www.fadl.org/bakesale | Today on the podcast, we have some baking enthusiasts from our staff discussing their approach toward & philosophy on BAKING, as well as their personal baking success stories (and baking fails!)   

Ethos is a Detroit-area indie-rock band led by singer/songwriter Christian Burke; they'll be performing HERE at the Ferndale Library on Friday, February 10, part of our First Stop Friday (local music showcase), with free/all-ages concerts brought to you by the Friends of the Ferndale Library. Ethos blend pop, shoegaze, and post-punk; they have a new album coming out in the fall titled There Must B...

This week on the podcast, we're talking to one of the most unique and imaginative authors on the contemporary horror scene: Grady Hendrix. The bestselling author of Horrorstor, The Final Girl Support Group and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Vampire Slaying is back with his latest, How to Sell a Haunted House. We talk about bringing some fun and emotional substance back to the horror genre while...

We're here today, once again, to talk about attempts to ban books from libraries. We'll look back at last year, especially some of the instances that made headlines, but we'll also talk about the rights that library patrons have when it comes to intellectual freedoms and privacy. We are also fairly caffeinated on this episode, and we certainly did our best to keep things a bit light. For more info...

We always hear how "the book was better..." But sometimes the film or tv adaptation is actually QUITE GOOD. And perhaps even sometimes the adaptation is BETTER!?  Titles discussed include: Lock & Key (series)  Dune (films) The works of Elmore Leonard Practical Magic (film) Crazy Rich Asians (film)  Anihilation (film) Jurassic Park (film) A Series of Unfortunate Events (series) Atonement (film) Per...

Detroit-based painter/artist/musician Mike Ross currently has new/recent works up on display inside the Ferndale Library. Ten years ago, to the day, January 12, 2013, Mike's first-ever solo show was also hosted here in the library, and it was on that occasion that Mike initiated an interesting experiment. He passed out 60 small shreds of canvas, the cut-up remains of a recently-finished painting t...

It's our last recap/rerun episode of the year, looking back to conversations we had with Lisa Scottoline (author of 'What Happened About The Bennetts') and Jonathan Evison (author of 'Small World').  We'll be back in the New Year with a new season of conversations and interviews! 

This week, we're listening back to two of our favorite interviews from 2022: Brit Bennett (The Vanishing Half) and Mohsin Hamid (The Last White Man).  Stay tuned for more author interview in 2023, including chats with Grady Hendrix, C.J. Box and J. Ryan Stradal! 

Today on the podcast, our librarians are back for MORE seasonally-inspired reading recommendations! Winter is coming!  Titles discussed include: Bodies in Winter by Robert Knightly Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh City of Thieves by David Benioff Royal Holiday by Ja...

This week, we're playing a game, and YOU can play along! Often, our librarians have to help someone find a book but are only provided scant or scattered details. ("I can't remember the title, but the cover was blue!") Our librarians will be given a few random descriptions, and we'll see if they can guess the book title & author!  

This week, we're talking with author Laura E. Weymouth about her new YA novel, A Consuming Fire. https://lauraeweymouth.com/   Laura Weymouth is a Canadian living in America, and the sixth consecutive generation of her family to immigrate from one country to another. Born and raised in the Niagara region of Ontario, she now lives at the edge of the woods in western New York, along with her husband...

This week on the podcast, we're looking back on some of our "favorite" albums that we selected to be featured on our library's website! Visit our Readers Corner to find all of staff's favorite albums, books, and movies: https://www.fadl.org/staffpickbooks     Full music list: https://www.fadl.org/mustlistens     Listen to a Spotify playlist of our panel's picks, here: https://open.spotify.com/play...

Mary Grahame & Rodi are back on the pod and they have LISTS.  Titles Discussed Include:  House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Dracula by Bram Stoker Fake it til you Bake it by Jamie Wesley That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming League of Gentlewomen Witches by Indie Holton The Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way...

This week, we're talking about our favorite Manga series. Manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan--and over the years, public libraries (like Ferndale) have started to circulate quite a wide variety of titles, many of which can be found in the "graphic novel" section. In this episode, we discuss some of the best new series, including some iconic/classics:  A Man and His Cat Attac...

Today we're talking to author Ophelia Crane about her latest work of fantasy/horror, 'I Hope Your Abuser Dies.' Crane has written a handful of novels with a clear intention to both fascinate and to shock! In 'I Hope Your Abuser Dies,' she's exploring the myth of Medusa with a very modern twist. More info: https://opheliacrane.com  

An entire podcast dedicated to horror films. Jeff and Simon unpack the progression of horror films from the 1920s through the 2020s, singing the praises of their personal favorites all along the way.

We circulate nearly every popular film that Keanu Reeves has ever made... And, now that we have at least ONE tie-in to a library resource there, we're just going to go ahead and have an entire episode about Keanu Reeves, the Internet's Boyfriend: a fan's analysis of the various "eras" of his career...  

Iconic? Well, we'll see... Jeff is performing lines from films, books (and..., inevitably, films adapted from books!) We have a panel of three contestants who will do their best to guess the source material of each quote. (Can you guess them all??) 

Today on the podcast, we're talking about movies! Specifically our DVDs and Blu-Rays, and the upcoming Movie Trivia Night we're hosting. But beyond that, we're just geeking out about the cinematic arts, from horror movies to rom-coms to soundtracks. Tune in, it's a wild ride. Movie Trivia Night: www.fadl.org/trivia Film Club: www.fadl.org/film-club   Also discussed in this episode is the utterly t...

Sarah wanted to round up recommendations of "scary books for scaredy cats," but we're not sure if Simon and Jeff's picks perfectly fit those criteria... BUT, if you're looking for a mix of spooky books, then you should tune in this week. Find "A Little Too Quiet" wherever you get your podcasts.   The Night Country - by Stewart O'Nan Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury Books of Blood by...