OFF THE SHELF at the Susquehanna County Library

Hi there,  I'm Howard and I can't believe that we are just about to wrap up 2020 and our first season of podcasting here at the Susquehanna County Free Library.  We are going to end the year with an episode that was requested to cover, "What is a Podcast?".  We will discuss what a podcast is, what it isn't, where to find them, how to get them, and then... I'll recommend five of my c...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We conclude our special treat for you today as we end 2020.  This is the last of a five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, Tod...

As Christmas Eve approaches, we wish to share this reading of a poem that was written in 1823 by Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas.  It's a short piece, but one of the most well known writings about Saint Nick.   Our reader of this wonderful poem is Susquehanna County Commissioner Allen Hall.  Commissioner Hall was kind enough to have recorded this with us last year,...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue our special treat for you today as we end 2020.  We have a five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, Today we are re...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue our special treat for you today as we end 2020.  We have a five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, Today we are re...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We continue our special treat for you today as we end 2020.  We have a five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, Today we are re...

Happy Holidays!  We want to thank you for listening to us over the last few months as we kicked off our podcast series, OFF THE SHELF.  We have a special treat for you as we end 2020.  We have a five part reading of one of the most famous holiday stories,  The Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.  The book was first released on 19 December 1843, We are excited to share five chapters over today and...

Are you done eating those turkey leftovers yet?  It's December.....the last month of 2020.  That means that it's time to review the top ten authors that had books checked out during the month of November.  What surprises will we find this month?  Will James Patterson still be the number one author for another month?   From all of us at the four library branches and the His...

This story is for our younger readers, ages 8 and up.  This is the second part.  If you have enjoyed the reading, you'll need to come into one of our library branches to check the book out to finish out the story.  Enjoy!  If you are not aware of the many children's programs that we have available, check us out on line or stop in to talk to someone at our front desk!

This story is for our younger readers, ages 8 and up.  Enjoy!  If you are not aware of the many children's programs that we have available, check us out on line or stop in to talk to someone at our front desk!

Wow, Thanksgiving is in just two weeks!  We had such good inputs from our Bonus Halloween Episode on Edgar Allen Poe's Tell-Tale Heart, we thought your might enjoy a reflective piece for Thanksgiving. We hope that you can take a moment from your busy schedule and listen to this episode.  We appreciate you subscribing to our podcast and look forward to our future episodes.  As always...

Wow, where did the month of October go?  We are into November and it's time for our look of what came "OFF THE SHELF" at the Susquehanna County Free Library during the month of October 2020.  We hope you enjoy our update and knowing what the top authors are from the 5,993 books that were checked out last month! Please be sure to subscribe on which ever podcaster service that you are usin...

We would like to capture book reviews from our staff and our patrons.  So, if you have a Library Card with us, listen here for our process, submit your review and we will present the best reviews in a SPECIAL episode of "OFF THE SHELF", so everyone knows what our county readers recommend.   As a BONUS for this first set of reviews, if you have a valid Susquehanna Free library card, and s...

With Halloween just a few days away, we thought it might be nice to record a short story that came OFF THE SHELF, for the holiday.  Edgar Allan Poe published this in 1843, and it's reported that he was only paid about $10.00 for the story.  Now, almost 200 years later, it is considered one of his best short stories.  We hope you enjoy and we would enjoy hearing from you with comment...

Do you wonder what other readers of our library system have been reading over the last month?  This podcast lets you know from our circulation records which authors had the most books pulled "OFF THE SHELF", by our patrons.  Join Howard for a brief review of who they are and a bit of background on the author.  Please be sure to provide us some feedback on the podcast so we can make...