Off the Shelf

Where Lily and Elizabeth talk retirement, life, and music-making with departing colleague Jim.

Librarian Jim Jatkevicius talks with local author Tim Applegate about writing and his "Southern Noir" novel trilogy.

Where we talk to Elizabeth about her art project, a mixture of photography and text, which allows participants to share anonymously something that captures their identity. This project can be found online at theinspiredanimal.org 

Librarian Jim Jatkevicius and guest Elizabeth Stover talk about the strange, and tragic story of businessman and ill-fated single-handed sailor Donald Crowhurst, immortalized in book and film, including most recently The Mercy, starring Colin Firth.

Adult Services Librarian - and admitted Jane Austen skeptic - Bob Abbey introduces his year-long quest to read all six of the author's major works of fiction and talk about what it means to finally come to terms with such a major literary blind spot.

Where Forest Grove librarians Jim and Lily talk enthusiastically about what they've been reading and other tangential stuff. This time around, it's Andre Dubus's memoir Townie, Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train as well as Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe, With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo, and Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.

Librarians Jim and Lily discussion the work of British novelist Elizabeth Taylor.