Librarian Jessica Stalker holds a panel discussion with staff from the Job Center of Lake County. They discuss services offered by the Job Center to help you secure a new job. The panel also shares tips for your job search.
Readers Advisory Librarian Debbie Hoffman has a fun chat with author Adriana Trigiani during a visit to the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee, IL.
Do you love popular cable shows like Game of Thrones but cringe at the thought of paying $75 per month to watch it? Listen as our Executive Director Ryan Livergood sits down with librarians Jessica Stalker and Rachel Murray to discuss how you can cut the cable by utilizing streaming services.
Renee Rosen's latest novel, Windy City Blues, pays tribute to Chicago as a city that helped paved the way for the robust sound of Blues music. In this episode, WNPL librarian, Debbie Hoffman chats with Rosen about this historical fiction book and how it came to be. Then listen to the audio of a book discussion by Rosen as she addresses a crowd of her biggest fans.
In this episode, librarian Debbie Hoffman sits down with author Mary Alice Monroe to discuss her latest novel, Beach House for Rent, which will be released June 20, 2017. We apologize for the audio issues, but stay tuned to listen to a delightful conversation.
Executive Director, Ryan Livergood talks about fake news with librarians Jessica Stalker, Rachel Murray and Madelynn Austin. Learn how to spot a fake news article and what resources are available to distinguish between what is real and what is not.
Host, Latoya Campbell, speaks with WNPL Adult Services librarians, Debbie Hoffman and Jessica Stalker about their recommendations for reading this summer. They also talk about the Summer Reading Program at WNPL for adults. The second half of the podcast is dedicated to summer reading for kids. Librarians, Vicky Schoenrock and Liz Kristan discuss their suggestions for getting kids reading over the summer and what WNPL has to offer.
Librarian Jessica Stalker sits down with Alan Blitz of SCORE Chicago Business Mentoring to talk about how their mentors can help get small businesses up and running. Learn about future workshops and mentoring sessions offered at WNPL.
Our readers advisory panel (Executive Director, Ryan Livergood; Graphic Marketing Associate, Latoya Campbell; and Librarian, Jessica Stalker) discuss some things about the library that you may not be aware of. Also, Jessica talks about four books that you might want to read right now.
WNPL librarian, Debbie Hoffman, has a conversation with Betsey Means of WomanLore about her theatrical performances of famous women in history. Means discusses how she selects her "ladies" and why she finds this work so meaningful. (music: www.bensound.com)
Readers Advisory Librarian, Debbie Hoffman sits down with author Marilyn Brant to discuss her thoughts on romance writing. Brant also shares some of her favorite authors and books.
In this pilot episode of the More Than Just Books podcast, Executive Director Ryan Livergood, along with co-host Latoya Campbell, and WNPL Readers Advisory Librarians, Debbie Hoffman and Jessica Stalker briefly discuss what books made them fall in love with reading as children. Debbie and Jessica also each give two book suggestions and their reviews of each. Also find out what new book releases are getting buzz.