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Spill Lit Episode 25: Writer Wrong? Part Two

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they take a deep dive on the works of David Levithan. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist!
Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Authors Annotated 5: Polly J. Price

Polly J. Price is an award-winning legal historian and Professor of Law and Global Health at Emory University. She is the author of the new book, Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America, which is a narrative history of America through major outbreaks. The book examines how law and government affected the outcome of the epidemics that struck America, and how those outbreaks have in turn shaped our government. 

Spill Lit Episode 24: Hispanic Heritage Month

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they share some of their favorite books featuring Latinx authors, topics, and award winning titles. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist!
Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Flip the Library: Hooper-Renwick, Jason DiFranco

Jason DiFranco is the Director of Development and Community Partnerships at Gwinnett County Public Library. One of the projects he has been working on is gathering support for the restoration of the historic Hooper-Renwick building, which housed Gwinnett County’s only high school for Black children until desegregation in 1968. The building will be converted into a 25,000-square-foot museum and house Gwinnett County Public Library’s new Lawrenceville branch. Hooper-Renwick Legacy Preservation Committee chair and vice-chair Theresa Bailey and Joyce Moore also join the podcast to talk more about this important project and their place in its history. 

Spill Lit Episode 23: Writer Wrong Pt. 1

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they take a deep dive on the works of Maggie Stiefvater. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist!
Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Authors Annotated 4: Alex Robson

Alex Robson is the author of The Freedom Cards: 15 Years Fighting to Understand Freedom and is an assistant principal at Gwinnett County Public Schools. Robson is joined in conversation with Kolinda Scialabba, the Content and Creative Services Coordinator with Gwinnett County Public Schools. 

Spill Lit Episode 22: (Stab You in the) Back to School

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they share some thrilling titles with a back to school theme. For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist!
Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Flip the Library: Culinary Literacy

Libraries are not only a great place to feed your mind, but you can also feed your body! In this episode, Gwinnett County Public Library staff define culinary literacy, discuss the library's cookbook collection, and go over the library's in-person and virtual programming and services, including Healthy Meals on a Budget, Pantry Cooking, Cooking With Kids, and Family Cooking Camp (all found on the library's online event calendar)! 

Spill Lit Episode 21: Fae-vorite Book

Join our hosts Katharine, Sarah, and Patty as they discuss what they’re reading and what they recommend! In this episode, listen as they discuss Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.  For a look at the books featured in this episode, check out this booklist!
Email us at SpillLit@gwinnettpl.org and tell us what you like about the show, recommend a book for us to read, or share your opinion about a book we've already reviewed. Everyone who sends us an email will be entered into a drawing to win a free YA book.

Authors Annotated 3: Dr. Scott Williamson

Dr. Scott Williamson is the Robert H. Walkup Professor of Theological Ethics at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the author of The Narrative Life: The Moral and Religious Thought of Frederick Douglass.