Episodes

Ridgway Award winners 26.01.2018 3:43

Lisa Von Drasek talks about the 2017 Marion Vannett Ridgway Award winners in this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Hannah and Sugar , written and illustrated by Kate Berube was the 2017 winner, with Honor Awards going to Bethan Woollvin for Little Red and Dori Kleber for More-igami . About the Ridgway Award Established in 1993, the Ridgway Award is given each...

Flying Funny by Dudley Riggs 31.10.2017 4:22

Flying Funny: My Life Without a Net by Dudley Riggs was the featured book on this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. Performing Arts Archivist Kate Hujda joined host Lisa Von Drasek in sharing insights into the book, Riggs, and Riggs’ papers, which are in the Libraries’ Performing Arts Archives. Riggs was born into the fourth generation of traveling...

The Magicians gets a big thumbs up 06.10.2017 3:44

Science Librarian Carolyn Bishoff and host Lisa Von Drasek discussed the Lev Grossman fantasy novel series, which started in 2009 with The Magicians on this episode of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries. The series has been adapted on television and currently airs on Syfy. The Magicians tells the story of Quentin Coldwater, a young man who discovers and attends a college o...

Nordic cooking and cookbooks 30.05.2017 5:16

Nordic cookbooks was the subject of this installment of Read This Book! from the University of Minnesota Libraries, hosted by Lisa Von Drasek and featuring Megan Kocher. Find the books Fire plus Ice by Darra Goldstein From University of Minnesota Libraries From Hennepin County Library The Nordic Cookbook by Magnus Nilsson From University of Minnesota Libraries From Hennepin County Library Saint...