Off the Shelf with Delaware Library

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Hannah Simpson. This week's guest is Olivia Montgomery-Gray, DCDL's newest HR Specialist!  This week we chat about what it's like working at DCDL! Speaking of jobs, there is a Hiring & Grad School Fair at OWU on September 17th from 11am-2pm . Recommendations include: The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell, Alchemised by SenLinYu, and The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede (plus the Musical Adaptation Come from Away) Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 11, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include author Isaac Fitzgerald. This week we chat about Isaac Fitzgerald's upcoming visit with the Friends of the Library! He'll be at the newly renovated Bicentennial Barn located in McCammon Creek Park on Thursday, September 17th from 6pm-8pm.  Tickets are available now.  Recommendations include Death and Dinguan by Mia P. Manansala and Nightbooks by J.A. White. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on September 4, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. We have a very special guest this week! Author, Margaret Peterson Haddix! This week we chat about Margaret's upcoming Young Writers Workshop. The workshop is officially sold out, however she is doing a special book signing with books bought from Bean Bag Books at the Liberty Branch on September 19th @3:30pm. Recommendations include: The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives by Elizabeth Arnott, Unstuck by Barbara Dee and The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 29, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Rich Yepsen, a volunteer with AARP Fraud Watch Network. This week we chat about the upcoming AARP Scam Watch series at the Delaware Branch Library!  Recommendations include The Mad Wife by Meagan Church, Where the Music Had to Go by Jim Windolf, and What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama. Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 21, 2026.

Recording of Off the Shelf Radio Show from WDLR with co-hosts Nicole Fowles and Molly Meyers LaBadie. Guests include Dyesha Darby, Director of School-Based and Community Prevention with HelpLine of Delaware and Morrow Counties. This week we chat about the upcoming QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer) programming at the Orange Branch on August 24th. With participation from Helpline, this program will equip attendees with knowledge on how to support someone who may be in crisis. More info can be found here. September is also National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. If you or anyone you know is in a mental crisis, call 988 for help and advise.  Recommendations include: The Housewife by Natalie Barelli and Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan. Also check out what the Maker Studios can do for parents of high school seniors! Listen live every Friday morning at 9 AM. https://my967.net/  This episode originally aired on August 14, 2026.