EBPL Podcast from the East Brunswick Public Library

This episode contains sensitive topics. Join us for an evening in conversation with Bindu Bansinath on her book, Men Like Ours. The conversation is led by Shilpi Mahajan of the Indian Cultural Society. About Bindu Bansinath : Bindu Bansinath is a staff writer at New York Magazine’s The Cut. Bindu grew up in New Brunswick and lives in Jersey City – the novel is set in a fictional NJ suburb. About S...

On this episode of, “Cooking through the Collection,” Librarian Melissa tries to recreate a dish she had in her travels to Milan. She tries recipes from: “The Food and Cooking of Milan and Bologna, Classic Dishes from the North-West of Italy”.

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul share someshorter books that you should check out. You can check out these items with your EBPL or STELLAlibrary card: https://www.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-short-reads   Exiles by Mason Coile Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul recommendssome titles that the library’s Book Discussion Group has enjoyed recently. Check out these titles with your EBPL or STELLA librarycard! https://www.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-book-discussion-group-faves Check out our Book Club in a Bag service! https://www.ebpl.org/book-club-bag West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge The Talented Mr. Ripley...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sits down with super library fan Chris Caro! They talk about what media that Chris C has been enjoying and wanted to share. Check out items using your EBPL or STELLA library card! https://www.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-chris-caro READ The Crash by Freida Mcfadden Bad gays: a homosexual history by Huw Lemmey The Briar Club by Kat...

Chris Barnes and Circulation Supervisor Jesse Farapan talkabout everything he's reading, watching, and listening to! From science-fiction to some great music, check these items out with your EBPL or STELLA libraryCard! https://www.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-jesse-farapan  READ Twelve Months (Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher Dear Dad: a graphic memoir by Jay Jay Patton WATCH The outer limi...

Thank you for joining us for the final episode for 2025! We are excited to share the "Winter Creature" performances from our Voiceover Workshop led by Dennis Connors of NextGenActing . Our cast: Andrew J. Harold D. Jennifer B. Kanza M. Keiko I. Matthew B. Paul L. Sally V. Tin N.

On this Episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul leads you through his favorite books he has read in 2025 (not all were published this year). Check out these books with your EBPL or STELLA Library Card! https://www.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-pauls-favorites-read-2025 Emma by Jane Austen The Only One Left by Riley Sager Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul recommendssome longer reads for the upcoming winter nights. Check out these titles with your EBPL or STELLA library card: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-long-reads-long-nights The Stand by Stephen King Middlemarch by George Eliot The Goldffinch by Donna Tartt

Enjoy this special spooky episode from our "Intro to Voice Over and Monster Audition" workshop led by NextGen Acting. Performers: Alicia, Kim, Tamara Canady, Brandon, Sklyer, and Nickie.

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes interviews Lycett Thiel, our Consumer Health Librarian. Check out the recommended titles using your EBPL or STELLA library card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-lycett-thie l READ The Art of Exile by Andrea Max Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy WATCH The Flash (TV, Season One) Shrek (2001) LISTEN Blue Neighbourhoo...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes interviews Rachel Botnick of Eyes on EB. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-rachel-botnick-eyes-eb Learn more about Eyes on EB on their website at https://eyesoneb.com/ and their podcast "Eyes on EB": https://www.youtube.com/@EyesOnEB READ Va...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sitsdown with Jen Fitzgerald, our Youth Services manager. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLAlibrary Card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-jen-fitzgerald READ Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom We Still Belong by Christine Day WATCH Fringe Haven Don’t Worry Darling LISTEN The Answer is…Reflections on My...

We are back with our annual short story competition, "73 Words in the 732." Enjoy these stories ready by local voiceover talent from the 2025 selectees. You can enjoy all of the stories online at https://ilove.ebpl.org/short-stories Amruta Beri Alicia Soriano-Roa Monica Shah Alicia Soriano-Roa Kim Trachtenberg Music courtesy of HitsLab https://pixabay.com/users/hitslab-47305729/ through Creative C...

Presented on June 4, 2025 Shirley Russak Wachtel, East Brunswick author of the bestselling A Castle in Brooklyn, discusses the subject of generational trauma and how a daughter of the second generation of Holocaust survivors carries the parents' heartbreaking loss in her latest novel, THE BAKER OF LOST MEMORIES (Little A). A question and answer session will be held after Shirley's presenta...

On this episode of Match+Book, host Paul takes you throughsome recommendations of newer nonfiction books to “sink your teeth into.” Read them with your EBPL or STELLA library card here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-nonfiction-sink-your-teeth Cue the sun! : the Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum Nuclear War: a Scenario by Annie Jacobsen The Bookshop: a History of the American...

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul delves throughsome short story collection recommendations in celebration of National Short Story Month. You can check out these titles with your EBPL or STELLAlibrary card: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-short-story-collections . To submit a short story in our 2025 short story competition,visit https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/73-words-...

On this episode of Match+Book, host librarian Paul helps uspull ourselves out of hibernation and into our natural world. Check out any of these titles with your EBPL or STELLAlibrary card:   https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-coming-spring The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan The Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang Entangled Life: how fungi make our worlds, change ourminds & sh...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes chats with teen library associate Sarah Zyto, whose love of books in many genres is undeniable! Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults-teens/news/read-watch-listen-sarah-zyto   READ Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingslover Pachinko by...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnessits down with Dr. Wilbur Pan, who is newly elected to the East Brunswick Board of Education and a library super user. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-wilbur-pan Follow Wilbur’s band Blaming Ray: https://www.facebook.com/BlamingRay   READ Interior Ch...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sits down with Samantha Michael, IT Supervisor here at EBPL. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card! https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-samantha-michael READ Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk WATCH Ugly Betty: the complete first season Mashle: Magic and Muscles  LISTEN Mezmerize by Syste...

On this episode of Read, Watch, Listen, host Chris Barnes sits down with Isaac Osores, NASA Solar System Ambassador and the founder of the East Brunswick Astronomy Club. Check out the items recommended using your EBPL or STELLA library Card by clicking here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/read-watch-listen-isaac-osores Follow Isaac online at https://linktr.ee/3dastrogeek . READ Sams teach your...

On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul shares some of his favorite reads this near in the nonfiction genres. Check out the titles with your East Brunswick or STELLA library cards now at https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-nonfiction-favorites Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly by Anthony Bourdain The wide wide sea : imperial ambition, first contact and the...

Our Intro to Voice Over and Monster Audition students led by Dennis Connors of NextGenActing created a few spooky monologues. We hope you enjoy on this Halloween. Performers: Brandon A, Laura D, Skyler G, Tamara C, Tom R.

Host Paul Kibala is back with Match+Book, where this episode he shares some of his favorite, more unique horror novels. To check out a title with your EBPL or STELLA Library card, click here: https://ilove.ebpl.org/adults/news/matchbook-unique-horror-titles Want to find a book you match perfectly with? Try Match+Book at https://ilove.ebpl.org/content/ebpl-matchbook ! Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay...